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submitted 11 months ago by rnjesus to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would have joked that at least everyone can join the military but they said I was too fat to join back when I was 19 when I was only 25lbs overweight. Isn't it your job to whip my fat ass into shape? What the fuck am I paying you for?!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I've seen how veterans are treated. There's no way I'd join the military even if I didn't find it ethically unacceptable.

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znfZnSRcaeY

Gave up my girlfriend and my family

traded them in for an M16

Afghanistan Pakistan Yemen Iraq

I don't care if I ever come back

From poor families how far we roam

So the rich kids can just stay at home

When I come home with PTSD

The VA hospital won't care for me

I'll probably end up homeless out in the dark

To get played on screen by Marky Mark

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Country Joe and the Fish - Fixin' to Die Rag

Come on mothers throughout the land

pack your boys off to Viet Nam

come on fathers don't hesitate

send your sons off before it's too late

and you can be the first ones on your block

to have your boy come home in a box

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

When I came back from Luang Prabang

I didn't have a thing where my balls used to hang

But I had a wooden medal and a fine harangue

Now I'm a fucking hero

Mourn your dead land of the free

If you wanna be a hero, follow me

Mourn your dead land of the free

If you wanna be a hero, follow me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Holy shit van ronk's not just the stonewall guy he's worth taking seriously. Thank you for this!

[–] AA5B 1 points 11 months ago

Veterans get that free healthcare the rest of us need. The inadequate, short-funded, free healthcare you get as an afterthought