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multigraincracker

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6. It's called Blind Allegiance for a reason.
Tue May 6, 2025, 08:33 AM
May 2025

I was an anti-war hippie back in the day. Not once did ever see a service person spit on. We were never against the soldiers, just the war and the draft. In fact there were lots of vets at those demonstrations, lots and lots of them. I know a few magas now that talk a lot of crap and I remember them lying about being gay to doge the draft.
I went to a military high school and learned all I wanted to know about the army. When I got call in for my draft physical, I didn’t run away. I went with my tooth brush ready to go. At the last station they discovered a heart condition I didn’t know I had and got my 4F. Later I went on to take up boxing and running. I don’t trust most doctors to this day. My hero was Ali. “No Vietnamese ever did anything to me” and went to jail. Now that’s a war hero to me.

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