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“We need to refocus our military on what it’s supposed to do, which is blow things up and kill people,” Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas recently declared.
…dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while
Captain Bone Spurs, who knows fuck all about either. >

It's his shtick. He tries to exude strength, when he's really just a sad old obese man. He knows his base has a warped idea of what strength is and are easily confused by blowhards, so he claims he can "make us strong again" with all his great strength.
I mean, imagine what kind of deluded fool was sitting around in his XXXXL underwear with his gut hanging over them and "liking" those silly memes on twitter that imagine him as a great general leading troops into battle holding a flag. Christ. >

It's always a solid idea when running for Commander in Chief to insult the entire armed forces. That's going to inspire confidence and really bring out the military vote. >

And yet, the majority of military folks will vote for him. My husband, a former fighter pilot, cannot understand why the military supports this idiot - who continually runs it down and thinks those who served are losers (especially those who made the greatest sacrifice.) >

In my family it generally comes down to guns and money. Republicans are seen as being more pro-gun (though I've never heard a Democrat say the service members shouldn't have guns, ever) and have convinced many service members that their likelihood of getting pay increases are better under a Republican. While the military budget often gets more green lights under a Republican president, or it seems that way at least, I doubt the increased budget goes to service men. I'm pretty sure that ends up with private military contractors. >

Republicans sure as hell don’t seem to care about veterans, as they’re always depriving resources from the the VA in an effort to “starve the beast.”  The goal is to starve the VA of resources that it needs to function so that it fails.  (Who cares if a few million vets suffer as a result?)  Then when it fails, they can point to the VA and say, “See?  The government can’t do anything right.”  They then advocate for privatization with claims that the private sector is so much more efficient, as if our for-profit healthcare situation doesn’t show that to be the complete opposite. >

This is the plan for public education, too. >

So, let’s skip the middle bits and bookend the whole thing:  if Republicans are put in charge, public education and the VA are guaran-fuckin-teed to collapse. >

And social security, federal lands, SNAP, and the IRS. Pretty much any government services that aren’t writing a check to the incredibly wealthy. >

Oh look, the Putin wing of the Republican Party is trying to undermine the US military. How very odd. >

Weird to double-down on their claims a year ago that the Russian military was full of unbeatable badass mercenaries, and the US military was a bunch of rainbow flag waving social justice geeks. >

You forgot the new right winger catch-all and trigger word... woke. >

Hearing grown ass adults using the word "woke" in any culture wars sense is so uncomfortable and embarrassing >

True, however it's nice to have a clear sign that who you're talking to is a moron. Trump flags only got you so far, but when Janice from HR drops 'woke' in a sentence you know you're in for a treat. >

My personal favorite is anyone mentioning "cancel culture". It's by far the most clear indication of an individual's unmitigated lack of capacity to contribute anything meaningful to any conversation I could possibly have interest in.