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Revealed: neo-Nazi active club counts several of US military as members | California
(www.theguardian.com)
They were easy to spot because of their red hats.
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I mean I use fedora I'm not a Nazi...
I was hoping there would be less low effort jokes on the fediverse. Womp Womp.
It's not a joke.
OK, so the "Current" member of the armed forces is only current because in the military you need to be active duty in order to be in detention.
I'm a little confused as to the wording here. Typically detention is in the brig and if they are in the brig regardless of what rank they went in as they are busted down to private.
I understand artistic liberty but it seems they are intentionally stretching this. And i while heartedly understand that there could be some active duty Marines that are neo nazi's. The examples given are a stretch to me.
It says further down in the article that he was busted down to private and is in the brig for 11 months. I suspect that most people don’t understand how the military ranking systems work anyhow, so it really means very little to most people, until you throw around words like general or commandant.
what makes it a stretch?
Is a private not a serving member of the military?
I think he means that they're only 'active' because they're in detention, but they're not 'active' in the sense that we normally think of it as in actively serving in a role.
Sort of like saying that residents of a town are gang affiliated when they're only there because that's where the prison is located.
Why would anyone be surprised that Jerry Lee who flew halfway round the world on his 18th birthday to kill brown people might be racist.
A valid reason to invade the US, according to some
Isn't Lance Corporal the lowest rank one can have in the US Marine Corps? The headline makes it sound like its a systemic issue, but to me, it just seems like some Marines straight out of training are nut jobs.
I could be wrong though
Lance Corporal is the third rank from the bottom (E-3). It's still very low but Private (E-1) and Private First Class (E-2) are lower.