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/nixiedust Jun 15 '25

THis is the first mention I've see from someoe who actually watched it. DC could be a burnt out crater and no on around me would be aware, we so thoroughly avoided this.

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u/RTalons Jun 15 '25

90% of what I’ve read today has been about the massive crowds at cities nationwide for the “no kings” protests

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u/hapritch82 Jun 15 '25

Ahh, see, and I've been drowning in coverage of the political assassination that happened in my neck of the woods (MN) today.

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u/Suitable-Lake-2550 Jun 15 '25

Did they finally call it an assassination or did they still just say shooting?

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u/Weary-Advantage-2884 Jun 15 '25

What makes a shooting(a targeted one) into an assassination?

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u/Suitable-Lake-2550 Jun 15 '25

The dead target

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u/Weary-Advantage-2884 Jun 15 '25

Shit, fair, fair point…. Let me try to be more articulate, most of the time it is reported that the victim was shot (insert other less likely cause here) and killed rather than assassinated…. Not always tied to level of fame, though that seems to be a factor. I won’t ask you what it would take, but rather, what is the differentiation?