The Constitution is not limited to how the US Government interacts with citizens. The Constitution also applies to non-citizens. Every person recently deported to El Salvador was denied due process of law. Removing their protected immigration status and labeling them an enemy did not change that.
I mean, the military is the group with the guns. If they just say no and refuse to comply with unconstitutional orders, who's the administration going to order to arrest them?
We have to acknowledge that MANY join for the reason of having that power over groups they do not like. And they do not care about the human rights of *those* people.
Dehumanization of "the enemy" is part of the training.
I suppose I'm hoping that military leadership is mature enough to remember their oath is to the constitution and not to the monster in the WH. I know, it's a lot to hope for these days, but still...
And, if you do carry out illegal orders, the defence of "I was just following orders" will not protect you from future prosecution. You have a moral, ethical and legal duty not to follow unlawful orders.
Make note of this because this is where we are headed. With Trump defying the Supreme Court rulings today, the 3 checks and balances are now gone. What is left is the military.
The forces of darkness are massing. We all feel it. Everywhere, evil is filling the void left by apathy. Lies are smothering truth. Shameless men manipulate the stupid. Greed prevails over honor & duty. The weak bow down but you must not! To stop Trump we must show our determination & his weakness.
As a 10 year USAF vet who is furry, pan, and went from being incredibly tired at the semiannual Law of Armed Conflict and UCMJ trainings reminding me of the specific policies in this thread, to being incredibly tired that everyone assumes we're unquestioning child-killers.
I think most who assume everyone in the military are slack-jawed right wing baby killers is speaking either from a place of privilege (and being a scummy classist at that), or has trauma and is, unfortunately, painting in extremely broad strokes.
Growing up poor myself, the military was presented as an attractive means of escape: travel, education, a consistent paycheck, and a community. The summer before 9/11, I even took the ASVAB & kicked its ass. Having a recruiter lay out options for my potential future was alluring af.
"You can do pretty much anything that isn't barred for women," he said, and I was stoked. Never went for it in the end, but just knowing my trailer park ass actually could achieve something greater? That I wasn't a failure because I was poor af and have ADHD? That was a huge boost.
Omg yeah let’s just do absolutely nothing and succumb to nihilism. You’re so right, can’t believe we didn’t all preemptively give up and do/say nothing
Thank you for posting this. I've been terrified of this happening. I already know what my response would be, but it's good to know there is support available.
Elon says thanks for the tip! Obviously, this program is rife with waste, fraud and abuse. He and his Doge-Bag friends will save TRILLIONS by killing it. Call center workers ain’t cheap, ya know!!
Next up on the chopping block: the VA’s suicide prevention hotline.
That's why it's imperative for servicemembers affected not to wait until they're faced with an awful decision. We need old-fashioned paper manuals to guide them...maybe a website where they can be referred.
Problem as I see it unfold is, there is NO SHORTAGE of willing NAZI thugs more than happy to do anything their Führer orders. The Rethuglicans are now activating all their sleeper agents & brainwashed children.
This is their end game & courts, attorneys and ancient manuscripts ain’t stopping them.
Maybe you could send this to your ICE agents as well, and remind them that “ I was just following orders” won’t protect them, when they face the courts of human rights.. they are responsible for the possible deaths of those they rounded up
Also, remember that all servicemembers have an *obligation* to refuse unlawful orders. It is your *duty* to not comply with genuinely unlawful orders. Know your laws and know your responsibilities, and when the time comes, dig in, load another belt, and pick a mighty fine hill, battle.
Important information to share because ordering people to do illegal unconstitutional things is a habit of trumps...was in the first time he was in the White House, is even worse now that he has bought all the nasties he can to support him.
I’m glad this info is getting out. So many people, including many service members, simply don’t know their actual rights. We hear so much chatter day in and day out. I hope there is a hotline for cops, too.
I’m not sure what I would do in that case as I served when these sorts of things weren’t an issue. Maybe they still aren’t in the Navy.
This makes me wonder what the bsky response to the Space Force Greenland commander getting fired for her comments was. Twitter unanimously lambasted her.
“If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487”
Yeah, as if anyone will be around to answer at this point. They'll probably get a recorded message informing them that their entire family is now slated for deportation to a foreign concentration camp.
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Dehumanization of "the enemy" is part of the training.
https://bsky.app/profile/beth4158.bsky.social/post/3lmst5xyx522m
This makes the post accessible to more people and also increases its visibility in searches and feeds.
Your post as it exists will come up if someone is looking for a phrase like "worth repeating", but not much else.
Unfortunately, that could open a whole other can of worms.
The first principle of wabi sabi is to accept that we and the world around us is imperfect. Practice what you preach.
Thank YOU for this.
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Next up on the chopping block: the VA’s suicide prevention hotline.
This is their end game & courts, attorneys and ancient manuscripts ain’t stopping them.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/11/incompliant-army-academy-tells-students-essays-cant-include-banned-subjects-women-minorities.html
don't they hand that out anymore?
This makes me wonder what the bsky response to the Space Force Greenland commander getting fired for her comments was. Twitter unanimously lambasted her.
“If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487”