Stars and Stripes does really good journalism. Losing independent outlets is sad. Prez Kid Fondler strikes again!

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    As someone who grew up reading the Stars and Stripes for the 10 years I was living in Germany, this hurts.

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      I always knew the tendencies were there, but I had no clue just how many horrendously wretched people we had in this country. I would have known fascism were inevitable if I did.

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    uh oh… did they accidentally point out black people exist or that women have an 75% chance of being sexually assaulted in the military or some other pertinent fact?

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      In the article, the main “woke distractions” are celebrity gossip and reprinted AP articles. I know for MAGA, “woke” mostly just means things they don’t like, but this is making that true to the point of self-parody. I suppose rain on a golfing day, the sound of fingernails on chalkboards, and hangovers will be “woke” soon enough.

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      Its important to lump everybody in a classroom and death-by-powerpoint through SAPR training annually. That will fix everything. No need to actual investigate known problematic members of the military or Fort Hood.

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        Investigate? But they all signed the form online, they would never do that.

        it’s better for everyone to ruin that woman’s career over investigate. She’s clearly insane.

        Edit: I wrote this with strong sarcasm and I still feel awful. This kind of culture is disgusting.

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          It is disgusting, and I only had to deal with the civilian side of it. Just the casualness of all the awful things was horrible. The younger airmen at least had a lower tolerance for it and would call shit out, older retirees working GS jobs have no filter.

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          But it is true within the military. I hated that we had to take those classes cause some E4/5 couldn’t keep it in his pants. Yet they were still in good standing with the unit leadership.