Anonymous #1 23h

VA benefits are fantastic and the GI bill saves them hundreds of thousands of dollars in education

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Anonymous #2 23h

VA benefits are fantastic when the government decides to actually help the veterans rather than fuck them… too many wind up in need because our government couldn’t back them when they got out

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Anonymous #3 22h

Some end up in good homes with a family and others end up begging on the street for 50 years like so many Vietnam vets… and instead of helping our homeless veterans we spend $50b on this war that has led to nothing but dead people, grieving homes, and expensive gas

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Anonymous #3 22h

Agreed but to act like they get “a small discount” is absurd. They absolutely deserve what they do get and more but it doesn’t mean we can’t have pride month lmfao

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Anonymous #2 21h

I saw a man bleeding to death in the sand. I think about him often. The desensitization made it so any relationship with others friends or likewise were difficult. I attempted suicide via overdose. They give us benefits because we earn them, you sacrifice a lot more than just time.

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Anonymous #4 21h

Brother i just said you deserve those benefits

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Anonymous #2 19h

As a current soldier facts. TRICARE and military discount on car insurance are great money saves

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Anonymous #2 19h

Oh my bad type shit

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Anonymous #1 19h

It’s not for our country and for us. We haven’t been at war with a country that posed a significant threat to us for decades. Veterans get a small discount for being pawns for the oligarchs who run this country.

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Anonymous #4 19h

No you’re good. I hope things get easier

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Anonymous #9 18h

Pride month is to fight to ensure people aren’t killed, discriminated against, segregated, erased, or genocided outright for their sexual orientation. Veterans Day is to celebrate those who killed people of other ethnicities overseas, who, granted, suffered greatly and deserve a lot more than what they get, but suffered in vain. Pride has more of a point than veterans day, because at least we fight for something for a reason

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Anonymous #10 18h

What about WWII? Fighting Nazis to free Europe from racist fascist control?

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Anonymous #1 18h

It’s almost like the rise of the Nazi regime started with burning down the library of the world’s leading institute on transgender research. And that the Nazis specifically persecuted queer people in addition to Jews and disabled people. And there are countless stories of queer freedom fighters sacrificing their lives to fight against fascism. We are everywhere. And we always have been. You cannot discuss virtually any topic without queer people having a present or historical link to it.

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Anonymous #1 15h

Dude ww2 was 80 fucking years ago. We are closer to 2100 than WW2 now... let that shit go. The generation that fought in ww2 is pretty much dead. Veterans need to STFU. They literally signed up to fight and then get bent out of shape that they have to deal with the trauma of being surrounded by death. The only veterans that deserve benefits are the ones that were drafted, because they were slaves of the government.

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Anonymous #5 15h

people say that every year actually and you’d know that if you were a queer person, we hear shit like that constantly

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Anonymous #7 15h

you got me

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Anonymous #9 15h

pride is a celebration by queer people (and allies) for queer people (and allies) while military benefits & appreciation is done almost entirely by non-veterans. y’all are just complaining about us celebrating as if you can’t just ignore it lol

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Anonymous #13 15h

this is an incredibly disgusting thing to say about people with trauma

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Anonymous #14 11h

No, it was literally what they signed up for. They joined thinking "I get to go shoot people" and then they complain about not being thanked. If you choose to arm yourself, you don't have the right to complain about it. Again, draftees are the ones that deserve sympathy.

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Anonymous #14 11h

Also which part is disgusting? I'm not saying the trauma isn't real, I'm saying they make a huge fuss about not being appreciated for having the trauma they elected to go in to(when it's not even for some morally right objective like stopping the Nazis)

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Anonymous #15 10h

While yes it is disheartening that many people that celebrate pride have a hard time socially, internally, whatever the case maybe, a month feels excessive in my opinion. It’s celebrated much more than any other month of celebration including cancer, black history, Asian Pacific Islander, diseases, etc. I feel like somewhere there has to be a middle ground to all of it.

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Anonymous #15 10h

People are being verbally and physically harassed, sexually assaulted, and killed left and right just for being queer. A lot of young people have lost their housing due to being outed as queer. Veterans also have an entire month dedicated to them (Nov), pride is widely celebrated because of how many people are queer and how long we’ve been having to fight for basic rights and social equality

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Anonymous #16 10h

If you want to celebrate other things nobody is stopping you. But it’s sad that so many people hate LGBTQ people so much that they want to do everything they can to distract people from pride month and everything to do with it. We should all be uplifting each other, even if we aren’t directly involved in their communities

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Anonymous #16 10h

I’m not saying it’s right. Although those that shame people for not participating in pride shouldn’t face hostility either. I’m a you do you type of person, happy if your happy and its not effecting me.

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Anonymous #15 10h

it’s celebrated a lot because queer people make more of an active attempt than the others do for their own months (vets do have a month btw). it’s not our fault that we care more, it’s on the US population for not celebrating their vets. people act like we’re taking something away from others by engaging with our culture. also we don’t just struggle internally, we’re being murdered for who we are and having legislation passed against us. who are you to decide that our solidarity is “too much”

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Anonymous #15 10h

Very fair point that they do technically have a month, it’s just very much not pushed like pride month is. It definitely depends on recent events in the general public of the level of importance.

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Anonymous #15 10h

I think that’s because supporting veterans is already very heavily normalized at least among citizens. I would agree the government could support veterans more. You don’t have to go to pride parades to support queer people and fight against homophobia and transphobia

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Anonymous #15 10h

You might want to take a look at this as well

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Anonymous #16 9h

Thank you but how many of those do you actually recognize in your life? Most people only care about them because they don’t have to work on some them

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Anonymous #15 9h

So fucking what? You aren't celebrating them, so you have no room to complain. Just stop already

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Anonymous #16 9h

15+ is still applicable, but Aug 4 and Sept 11 are repeated in this graphic...

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Anonymous #15 9h

Instead of saying veterans need more benefits, we need to go to the true root of the problem: the government needs to increase education and provide more social programs PERIOD. Military service is only around because people are uneducated and think the benefits outweigh the 4 years + risk of life. It's like The Long Walk(which might have been talking about military service tbh) you sign up knowing it's dangerous and the benefits are meh. If society was better, people wouldn't join the military.

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Anonymous #15 9h

Personally I don’t know any veterans outside of my family and don’t come across them on an average day so I just like posts advocating for veteran support or other posts that raise awareness. I do that for other observances for communities I’m not directly involved with, it’s not hard to support people that way

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Anonymous #13 9h

Also Veterans shouldn't be asking for support of any kind. They chose to join. You shouldn't do something only for benefits or public perception. If the vets truly believed in military service they wouldn't make such a fuss about the lack of benefits and public support. It's in-fact ANTI-patriotic to ask for anything more than the opportunity to serve your country(if you really think about it)

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Anonymous #13 9h

Yeahh I didn’t make it but if I can find a better graphic I’ll start sharing that one instead

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Anonymous #17 8h

So why are we trying to give military the one month for pride?

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Anonymous #14 8h

I'm straight and even I hear that bs(my dad is a veteran and cop which equal parts of his entire personality)

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Anonymous #15 8h

If you’re going to argue about it, then you set up the parades. You set up the banners and advertise. You go and get the city’s permission by going through court hearings. You spread the word. And you celebrate it. stfu about pride happening which was originally and still is, a protest for our freedom to love who we love

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Anonymous #7 8h

Lmao you try and go to a store and say ‘what?! But where’s my discount?? I’m straight!’ And see if you get laughed at

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Anonymous #11 7h

They deserve the entire year, everyday we should remember those who died and sacrificed themselves

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Anonymous #18 7h

No. It's not a sacrifice when it never needed to happen.

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Anonymous #13 7h

I mean it legit is, and wars are inevitable and some wars aren’t bad, I mean WW2 is one of the better examples, it’s how you view it from a history standpoint not a modern day view

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Anonymous #18 7h

Oh my god. Your only example is from over 80 years ago. Most wars WE are the bad guy in.

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Anonymous #13 7h

Gulf War, War on Terror, Operation Freedom Eagle, Iraq War, I mean the list goes on of wars where we were not the bad guy in them

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Anonymous #13 7h

The recent war with Yemen and Venezuela as well

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Anonymous #13 7h

Oh and the fighting in Nigeria as well

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Anonymous #18 7h

Not bad, bad, not enough info, bad, bad, bad...

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Anonymous #18 7h

We literally caused the war on terror.

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Anonymous #13 7h

Due to the reaction of 9/11 but I mean it’s a war on terriost groups so fuck em

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Anonymous #13 7h

We weren’t bad in the Iraqi war as it was to prevent Saddam Hussein (yk not a very good guy), Yemen we definitely weren’t bad nor the stuff near Somalia, Venezuela oh my we are not even close to bad

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Anonymous #18 7h

Dude, if you take each war in isolation we don't look bad... but if you look at what actually caused the war, it's the US. We destabilize regions by funding insurgencies, then they come to power and we invade, removing the leader and causing a new power vacuum for an extremist who hates our occupation

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Anonymous #18 7h

The terror groups were created by the US...

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Anonymous #13 7h

Yes and no, most formed during the Cold War and the US supported Afghanistan to fend off the USSR…after helping said groups like ISIS and such would eventually form so…no the US did not create terror groups

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Anonymous #18 7h

Dude... we literally created terror groups during the Cold War. What history are you talking about?!

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Anonymous #13 7h

The war was more or less a reaction to 9/11 in the heat of confusion due to where the said attacks came from, and yes the US and its wars have helped with the instability in the Middle East and they usually do remove a leader but there is usually already strong and established terror groups present and with the longevity of the war it would leave gaps in governmental standing

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Anonymous #13 7h

Which groups? Because I’m curious on what history you’re speaking of? They never created a terroist group

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Anonymous #18 7h

Seems like you don't know how to type into Google...

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Anonymous #13 7h

If your speaking on the war in the 80s between the USSR and Afghanistan, the US backed Afghanistan resistance and gave aid to the and support, yes there were terror groups present but that doesn’t mean they created them? They were present before and after, the US supported the communist resistance in the war

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Anonymous #18 7h

We shouldn't have even been there! We shouldn't stop a country from being socialist or communist!!

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Anonymous #13 7h

Ahh yes because communism is so great…and worked so well…and because socialism and communism really did work for numerous countries

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Anonymous #18 7h

The US literally destabilized those countries! And again we shouldn't be the arbiters of what government can and can not exist ffs. Stopping invasions is one thing, but overthrowing governments is completely different!

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Anonymous #13 7h

I mean I read about the Afghan-Russo war…they didn’t support them for terror views or support but to resist against communists advances a little different than creating or providing said terror attack ideas, plus…I mean you can look at a real source like the 9/11 Commission Report that talks about stuff with ISIS or Council on Foreign Relations for a better source that Wikipedia

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Anonymous #18 7h

You are an idiot. Just stop.

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Anonymous #13 7h

With what war? I mean I disagree on some points of overthrowing a completely shit government and since we’re talking about invasions I’m assuming you mean the Afghan-Russo war which the government was not overthrown nor affected by the US, like in 78 when it was Afghan communists that did so

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Anonymous #13 7h

I mean your using Wikipedia over it 😭 I mean you can look at the sources or what I’m saying or just bitch and moan some more

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Anonymous #14 3h

Sorry to hear that they sound annoying af and they should mind their business. Im a veteran and I support pride month :-D

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Anonymous #5 42m

hell yeah 🔥 I get that it sounds ridiculous (bc it is) so I understand why you had faith in people not making dumbass arguments 😭

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