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WhiskeyGrinder

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4. This is a garbage take. If the leader's orders are illegal or so immoral they must be undermined,

Reply to Trumpocalypse (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:58 AM

Sep 2018

anonymous moves behind the scenes are not the solution. These people are merely tweaking Trump's actions, which still result in things like family separation and incarceration at the border.

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All Federal officials and employees take an oath [View all] Trumpocalypse Sep 2018 OP

To honor their oath they would have to go public en masse--and NOT anonymously. tblue37 Sep 2018 #1

They are headed in this direction via the OP, imo. elleng Sep 2018 #3

Yet they may be effective working anonymously Trumpocalypse Sep 2018 #7

Kavanaugh just said that when he was WH Counsel to Bush he considered he was working FOR BUSH. flor-de-jasmim Sep 2018 #2

I doubt that George W. Bush was paying his salary FakeNoose Sep 2018 #5

This is a garbage take. If the leader's orders are illegal or so immoral they must be undermined, WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #4

Yes, that is how works marylandblue Sep 2018 #6

The military takes this oath Trumpocalypse Sep 2018 #8

Yes they are required to follow legal orders or be court-martialled for insubordination marylandblue Sep 2018 #9

That is the officers oath. The enlisted oath is different Lee-Lee Sep 2018 #10