First they came for the veterans … Did you speak out? - ThreadSky

out5p0ken.bsky.social • 1 day ago

First they came for the veterans …

Did you speak out?

Reposted from Acyn

Rieckhoff: And what I would tell folks is: if they treat veterans like this, if they treat retired generals like this, how do you think they're going to treat everyone else? How do you think they're going to treat you? We are just first.

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cold-feet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Unfortunately I think we need it to reach a breaking point, then all hell breaks loose.
Then it escalates:
martial law —> pepper spray, tear gas, firing on civilians.
Then we test out the 2nd amendment.

mattpickrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Section 3 of the 14th constitutional amendment. Friday 3/14 . Come stand with your veterans and be counted as a nation! FDT ,,!,

leephillips.bsky.social•1 day ago

As Musk slashes 70,000+ workers from the VA, including suicide hotline workers, we can always fix it later if we see people are dying.

Musk wouldn't know this (nor would he care):
❗ >125,000 veterans have died by suicide since 2001
❗about 6,000 veterans take their own lives each year

STOP THIS

laglynnwrites.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, so now white America 🇺🇸 is concerned with what's happening to and within White America 🇺🇸 when black Americans for years have been signaling the alarm, especially as it pertains to Donald... well, "you reap what you sow..."we are accustomed to this, so we'll be alright, it's the norm.

mattpickrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

And as a veteran I would never kneel for the national anthem but I absolutely believe it's your constitutional right to do so. And if we can't get on the same page and push the flood gates open. We are screwed. If you are in a foxhole with me all I care about is your ability to shoot.

laglynnwrites.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now on this statement we are in 💯% agreement... also a Military veteran here! Violence when deemed necessary to protect what's mine; including liberty, home and democracy is not out of the question.

mattpickrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not really. I was really fucking disturbed when the Minneapolis police shot philandro Castille a legal gun owner . And in front of and in the same automobile as his girlfriend and her young child. I was disturbed when the L.A pd beat the shit out of Rodney king. There are plenty of WTFU moments.

laglynnwrites.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not sure what you're "not really" is referring to... disturbed in each of those horrible inhumane events? Yes, likewise, but ABSOLUTELY not surprising at all... as a great-grandson of a sharecropper survival who shared many stories of atrocities & continue to see & live with many of them annually...

mattpickrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

The " not really " was for the " oh so now" i have cared for a long time and I despise people who think they are better than someone because of race , religion, sex . Sorry not trying to be combative.

laglynnwrites.bsky.social•1 day ago

You aren't combative...
This is the energy that we want or would like more of our fellow Americans of a different hue to display...because I can tell you from personal experience during Donald's first term, while marching to protest his & his gestspos actions, so many watched with obvious disdain.

mattpickrell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Last time I knew it was temporary and I honestly thought there would be a record turnout Nov 5th to keep this shit stain out of office. Not so sure it's temporary this time. And my credo comes from this guy. I picked it up from a black drill Sargent in boot camp.

damon-blake73.bsky.social•1 day ago

Shocking. This would never happen in the UK. People would be out rioting.

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