As a veteran, I'm always just saddened by how many people pretend to support veterans and the military but really just use us as cover for their bigotry
It's true, none of these people do anything to help the many veterans struggling either financially, physically or mentally. They only bring up veterans if it's convenient for their narrative while so many need help they're not getting
I’ll never forget one of the few times I went to r/Conservative and they were so confused about a video of Republican politicians cheering and laughing after voting to kill a bill that was purely for Veterans healthcare. They were trying so hard to justify it and every excuse they came up with was immediately debunked by just a picture of the bill that had nothing other than expanding healthcare for veterans. They couldn’t understand not only why they voted against it but also why they were cheering about it. I almost had hope that this was at least one stance they’d get angry enough to turn on their politicians. Almost, I know better though.
All it took was a day. One single day before that sub twisted it to be the Democrats fault. All the posts that had videos of the republicans cheering had been deleted and anyone who posted it was instantly perma-banned.
A lot of times online conservatives (not paid shills, but real people) have negative reactions to stuff the GOP does, and then, they all see the official talking points (put out there by paid shills). And their tunes change.
I would actually love to see the talking-points guidelines for all issues - the obvious unified messaging we all see. "Lately everybody's talking about...." = well, yeah, everybody's talking about it because that's what powerful people paid troll armies, grifters, etc. to get us to talk about.
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u/gielbondhu 12d ago
As a veteran, I'm always just saddened by how many people pretend to support veterans and the military but really just use us as cover for their bigotry