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4. Under Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), members of the military are only forbidden from

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 03:47 PM

Sep 2025

expressing "contemptuous words" against specific government officials, like the President, Vice President, Congress, Secretary of Defense, Governors and Legislatures, right? Kirk wasn't a government official.

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On the Hegseth and Loomer purge of active military members commenting on Kirk [View all] D. Spaulding Sep 2025 OP

What office does Loomer hold? What authority does she speak from? She's a one person lynch mob ... marble falls Sep 2025 #1

You're right she has no official authority or position D. Spaulding Sep 2025 #2

Thank you for the name I can now call him Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #3

She's the orange pedo's felon side chick. kimbutgar Sep 2025 #5

Under Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), members of the military are only forbidden from sop Sep 2025 #4