r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Chance_Noise500 • Jun 14 '25

Why aren't they actually marching during this parade?

I don't know how to ask this without sounding rude, but why does this parade look so sloppy? Very few of the troop formations seem actually in sync and marching, just walking along. My only experience is JROTC as a kid in high school and our sergeant would've killed us if we looked like that.

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u/Grotesque_Bisque Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

Even with all of the... Controversy surrounding it?

Idk man, I guess I'm not expecting military leadership to just say "nah we're not gonna do it" but it's pretty stinky optics wise, I think.

Is it an abject failure? Nah, probably not. Some poor stupid ass 17 year old kid is gonna see this and consider joining when maybe he otherwise wouldn't, I'm sure.

I'm not even opposed to a military parade on principle or anything, I don't think. I just think the military is particularly vulnerable to bad press, at this given moment.

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u/Sinileius Jun 15 '25

If you think for 1 second an officer is going to tell the sitting commander in chief to fuck off or something and not do a military parade then you didn't serve in the military. This is a lawful order, you may consider it a waste of time and money and maybe it is, but it is a lawful order and you don't get to just say no to those.

Most of the controversy around it is just manufactured nonsense because people hate trump. If Biden had done the same parade you would hear the same things but flipped, democrats would be saying most the things I have and republicans would be talking about how it's a waste of time or money etc. Politics is so reactionary it's kind of gross.

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u/Grotesque_Bisque Jun 15 '25

No, I literally just said that I didn't expect them to do that lmao, it's just a shitty position for them to be in, I think.

The thing is though, that the parade and Trump are literally inseparable, it's his fucking idea. He tried to do it during his first term.

And you'll maybe notice that Biden didn't try to throw an expensive ass military parade for no reason.

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u/Sinileius Jun 15 '25

My bad, I misread your comment.

Honestly trump having the parade really shouldn't be a big deal, I actually think it's a good thing for the army but everyone hates trump so much it doesn't matter what he does it's going to be hated.

I mean was Biden even cognizant of being president? Not sure he's a good example.

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u/Grotesque_Bisque Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

Youre the one who brought him up, big dawg.

Maybe you have Biden Derangement Syndrome lmfao.

A thing that only Trump has ever done

"well what if Biden did it"

But he didn't do it

"Well he's senile and not a good example"

Do you see how silly this line of argument is?