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ExciteBike66

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29. I think it is perfectly fine to dodge the draft even if it is not because of "conscience"

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #15)

Fri May 25, 2018, 12:19 PM

May 2018

COs are great, but one need not be anti-war in order to dodge any particular conflict.

Certainly Trump lied about his own deformities, but I can't really fault him for dodging Vietnam. I of course can fault him for later supporting similar wars (or indeed any war).

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To the kneeling haters...thought about this? [View all] Heartstrings May 2018 OP

Dodging the draft disrespects the flag? WTF? WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #1

Pretty sure that's a jab at Trump oberliner May 2018 #2

Spanky Bonespurs I believe RainCaster May 2018 #3

dodging the draft when you support the war rurallib May 2018 #44

On target as always! ProudLib72 May 2018 #4

Is there a difference between kneeling haters and people who think mythology May 2018 #5

With You On Nearly Every Point 100% ProfessorGAC May 2018 #30

trump Disses America and is selling it down Cha May 2018 #6

the sink holes await him and his. sheshe2 May 2018 #8

Trying to be so patient Cha May 2018 #10

Yeah... sheshe2 May 2018 #12

No, one could not Cha May 2018 #13

Brilliant. Amaryllis May 2018 #7

Boom! sheshe2 May 2018 #9

i have issues about draft dodging. nam was fucked up. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #11

True Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #15

In wartime, it's not that easy. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #20

I think it is perfectly fine to dodge the draft even if it is not because of "conscience" ExciteBike66 May 2018 #29

Depends on why one dodged. Grokenstein May 2018 #18

i had an uncle who dodged. Kurt V. May 2018 #37

Non-citizens do not have to honor the flag. keithbvadu2 May 2018 #14

OMG, jazzcat23 May 2018 #19

On SNAP !! Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #16

About the top sign: BadgerMom May 2018 #17

Respect the Kneel. Guilded Lilly May 2018 #21

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As a spectator I would kneel with them. LakeArenal May 2018 #25

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Mic drop!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #27

Love it, except the part about the draft ExciteBike66 May 2018 #28

It's a dig at Trump oberliner May 2018 #39

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All Jehovah's Witnesses and Amish must leave the country now. Sneederbunk May 2018 #32

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Seems appropriate to remember that the hater in the Whitehouse Enoki33 May 2018 #36

Dodging the draft during the Vietnam War was NOT disrespecting the flag. Nitram May 2018 #38

It's a dig at Trump oberliner May 2018 #40

A misguided dig. A very poorly written meme. An insult to anti-war protestors. Nitram May 2018 #41

Trump's dodging of the draft wasn't an anti-war protest oberliner May 2018 #42

Totally. LakeArenal May 2018 #43

It doesn't say Trump. It says "draft dodger." But never mind. You clearly didn't live through the Nitram May 2018 #47

Trump is the one saying kneeling disrespects the flag oberliner May 2018 #48

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I'm white. I'll go kneel with DUers at any event. sharedvalues May 2018 #46

The flaw in your argument... brooklynite May 2018 #49