• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    And as former enlisted, I stand by my belief that ANY MILITARY PERSONNEL who obey treasonous orders ARE GUILTY OF TREASON and should be tried accordingly.

    You have a DUTY to disobey unlawful or immoral orders, and report those who issue them.

    Unfortunately, in practice today that means “intimidate and maybe shoot some Americans on American soil or spend the rest of your life in a military prison”

    But would you rather be able to say “I shot 15 men women and children defending the president from embarrassment” or “neonazis put me in prison because I wouldn’t be a neonazi with them”?

    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz
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      1 day ago

      yeah I had an airforce friend who said you guys take classes about ethics and the responsibility surrounding following orders during basic. I don’t know if that was just an AF thing but it seems like there are some built in ideology for the military when it comes to the future prospects of civil war.

      not that it seems to have always been the thing, I know the national guard has been deployed against American civilians in the past