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Trump Told General Milley to Banish Wounded Military Veteran From Events: ‘No One Wants to See That’ (www.mediaite.com)

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[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have to give him credit for being right. Broken clock and all. Obviously no one wants to see wounded vets. Personally I'd rather they just not be in positions to get wounded or at the very least they have proper access to medical care post injury.

E: What ignorant twats are downvoting this? I'm saying we should be working towards vets not getting injured in the first place. As in lowering the number of vets that are injured, therefore there are less of them to be seen. Second would be ensuring proper care. How the fuck is that at all controversial?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You're being downvoted because you're ignoring the current issue in the world right now. Right now this is a post where he said we need to hide the disabled veterans so nobody can see them. You said he's right about that and went on about how we need to just make war go away.

War is not going away right this second. So write this second you're only real point is that yes we must hide the veterans. We can work towards making more go away in the future but that's going to be centuries. If we even survive that long.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not what that says. He didn't say we need to hide the injured veterans. He said "No one wants to see that". It's understood he meant hide them from sight. Hence the broken clock reference. I was saying the statement is correct, that nobody wants to see injured veterans. I then add that the primary way to accomplish that would be to reduce the number of injured vets. The second goal would be to ensure good healthcare if they become injured despite the primary goal.

[-] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You're looking at it through a lense of compassion. Go back and read what Trump said again. Do you really think he's doing the same?

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Did you even read the edit? I was being sarcastic about him being "right". A broke clock is still right twice a day...

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[-] Guildo@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

He's right, that's why they're mostly showing strong manly soldiers and not veterans on the streets. People would be against war, if they saw all consequences.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

This man has no soul or self awareness

[-] theostermanweekend@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Not surprised

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