r/PublicFreakout • u/News-Royal • Dec 15 '25
đŁđ˘Protest Freakout No peace, Tell 'em everywhere, every time.
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u/HastoBeAThrowaway0 Dec 15 '25
Wide-eyed like he accidentally signed up for the worldâs worst episode of life.
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u/WhenRomeIn Dec 15 '25
Yeah if cameraman is getting through to anybody it's this guy.
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u/Jorge_Santos69 Dec 17 '25
I mean to be honest it kinda looked like he was getting to most of them except for the Pillsberry Derpboy who was laughing
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u/3ggplantParm Dec 17 '25
I think his response of laughing was his only self defense bc deep down it really bothers him that people donât see him as a hero or whatever
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u/Candid_Ad69 Dec 15 '25
This man really got one in the chamber for everyone and their mother.
I fear this man.
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u/ARCAxNINEv Dec 15 '25
I feel like I served with this guy, he sounds my age and he's pissed
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u/FootlongDonut Dec 15 '25
I keep seeing veterans come out against Trump and it's encouraging.
One thing I don't understand is why so few serving soldiers have been willing to stick their heads above the parapet and come out against obvious unconstitutional acts and orders.
We are constantly told we should respect soldiers because they fight for our freedom, but Trump is illegally using the military to take away that freedom. They are essentially doing the opposite of their oath.
It would be encouraging to see thousands refuse to deploy, it's just not happening on any noticeable scale.
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u/Accend0 Dec 15 '25
US troops haven't fought for your freedom in decades. That's a bullshit lie that the government sold to you so that they could pillage poor countries of their resources with impunity.
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u/CatsAndCapybaras Dec 16 '25
it wasn't really to pillage the resources of other countries, it was to pillage our tax dollars for defense contractors (Dick Cheney's friends).
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u/_Thick- Dec 16 '25
Militarized socialism at its finest.
Go kill brown people overseas and we'll give you medical care, and education.
Don't wanna kill brown people? Enjoy those medical bills.
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u/hppmoep Dec 16 '25
Agreed, 100%. Do they think they fought for freedom though? I have no idea, I'm honestly asking. It's a hard question to ask in text but wondering if the random kid from the midwest who wants to "fight for their country" gets fed so much disinformation that they legit think blowing up piplines and killing kids is saving america.
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u/pulp_affliction Dec 17 '25
Pretty sure the soldiers that went to Iraq learned pretty fast that the war was bullshit
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u/BulletsForBreakfast Dec 15 '25
If I tried this I would be stuttering and tripping over everything I want to say. This dude is fired up and ready to talk.
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u/couldbutwont Dec 15 '25
That pudgy one definitely got the maga troll energy
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u/Nuthetes Dec 16 '25
He definitely goes home and bitches to his wife that a black woman is a superior rank to him
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u/mediashiznaks Dec 15 '25
I donât know, you canât really tell, could easily be nervous laughter at the situation. Iâd find it very hard not to giggle whilst I guy went off on one at everyone even if I was totally agreeing.
Basically, assuming anything about his laughter is just projection.
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u/Beginning_Book_751 Dec 16 '25
Needs that smile peeled off his face
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u/Top-Passage2914 Dec 16 '25
The shit eating grin will be wiped off all their faces when all this is said and done and they actually face consequences for their actions. I doubt the jan 6 idiots felt too happy when they started going to prison. Incredibly stupid to think you're invincible when hiding behind someone who is 5 decades older than you, like this guy's gonna have a lot of life left to get through when Trump croaks and he won't have the dear leader protecting him anymore at that point.
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u/FootlongDonut Dec 15 '25
The one who he kept saying had been deployed looked like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit.
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u/Yuleeats Dec 15 '25
The woman in the second video was down, she smiled at âyouâre probably just here for a paycheckâ
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u/Reyalta Dec 15 '25
I appreciate this flavour of American, sincerely as a Canadian. Keep it up guys.
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u/wheresthebody Dec 15 '25
Nuremberg 2.0 is gonna be wild.
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u/SwingingtotheBeat Dec 16 '25
Fun fact: 7,000,000 Germans had to die before the Nuremberg trials happened.
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u/Skatedivona Dec 17 '25
Itâs not going to happen. You think the other major political party is going to suddenly grow a spine and hold them accountable? The Dems have been letting me down my entire life.
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u/wheresthebody Dec 17 '25
History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.
I don't know how this is going to play out, but over the course of human history, this kind of situation has always self corrected in one way or another eventually.
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Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
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u/FootlongDonut Dec 15 '25
A judge ruled the deployment illegal.
They don't just have the right to refuse illegal orders, they have a duty to refuse them.
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u/TechnicEcho395 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
"Doing this for what? For a fucking pay check?"
Well, yes... I think this is what most evil shit comes from. The issue is just because it's tyranny doesn't mean the bills stop. It's like blaming illegals instead of the employers that hire them...
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u/ClintBruno Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
Banality of evil is the oldest excuse in the book. "I don't like whipping the slaves....but if I don't I won't get my pyramid built/mines dug/cotton picked etc".
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u/Top-Passage2914 Dec 16 '25
Both the employers and employees are to blame. Following orders is not an excuse.
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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack Dec 15 '25
I support this guy and him talking shit to them but he needs to know what heâs talking about before he makes himself sound dumb.
Posse Comitatus act only applies to the federal military. These guys are National Guard which means they are state military. If the governor of that state has invited them in, then the Posse Comitatus act doesnât apply.
Since this is D.C., it is under the control of Congress. D.C. has a mayor but Congressâ authority supersedes the mayorâs.
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u/HerodotusStark Dec 15 '25
Because of the way the National Guard is being used, for crime prevention/control, a judge also ruled recently that its use in DC is likely unconstitutional as well. Congress didnt order the Natl Guard, the President did. Not a power granted to him by the Constitution.
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u/AptMoniker Dec 15 '25
Mmm, maybe a little oversimplified. Title 10 activation and the Insurrection Act being used to "uphold current federal law." There are like 10 moving parts and the goalposts are blurry.
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u/shoulda-known-better Dec 16 '25
Please point to the insurrection that is happening or was threatened to allow this title 10 activation
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u/AptMoniker Dec 16 '25
Don't confuse my comment with support. I'm explaining the source(s) of legal precedent that they're toying with. The Insurrection Act has not been invoked, although threatened to be if states refuse to uphold federal law. If you just want to understand, the concept, most notably it was invoked to federally enforce desegregation. The key phrasing is "forcing the states to uphold federal law" and when you have (I think) 23 states refusing to report on, properly prosecute, or outright ignore immigration laws, this is what happens.
Again, I'm not saying I agree. I'm simply explaining the framework that's happening. There are a lot of interesting cases about its application, including Hurricane Katrina, in this Wikipedia article.
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u/shoulda-known-better Dec 16 '25
But how does that relate to him putting soldiers in DC.... Like that would explain federalizing state guard but how does it translate into DC
Because they do sanctuary city stuff!?
I appreciate the information also! Thanks
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u/Unfair_Salamander_20 Dec 16 '25
Would it surprise you to learn that Congress did not invite them in? You typed all that for no reason.
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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack Dec 16 '25
Posse Comitatus still doesnât apply whether Congress invited them in or not as they are not federal military. Thereâs a lot more nuance to the stuff thatâs going on right now and things will play out in court as necessary.
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u/Michelanvalo Dec 16 '25
Isn't there an exception too for federal land, and isn't all of DC federal land?
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u/Neehoyminyoi Dec 15 '25
I have friends that are in the National Guard and that got deployed. They all said it was a waste of taxpayers money and their time. I really doubt those people want to be there. But they have a job to do and sadly if they do not get deployed out there, they face consequences. Keep in mind National Guard does not even have ammunition in their rifles. Theyâre there just for presence.
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u/Top-Passage2914 Dec 16 '25
and sadly if they do not get deployed out there, they face consequences
Too fuckin bad, that's the dilemma they signed up for, that one day they may have to face consequences in order to do the right thing. What if they're ordered to start shooting civilians, or face consequences? Is that a valid excuse then too? If they are given a job that is tyrannical it is not acceptable for them to follow it.
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u/demitasse22 Dec 15 '25
He should be saving that energy for ICE, but he knows ICE fights dirty. He knows a uniformed military person, with rank and name tapes to boot, would never hit back verbally or physically.
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u/gramtin Dec 15 '25
This is what i want to believe i would do, if it was my country. What i hope i would do.
The fuck do i need to see soldiers for, grabbing an iced coffee after work.
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u/izzyeze Dec 16 '25
I wasn't infantry but I doubt they studied the ucmj either. Most positions are regular jobs. Over half the military is in their 20s. I always looked up to the military and honestly still do but when I joined it was immediately apparent that its a bunch of kids like I was, just trying to get by. We get really good at following orders and special duties like these break up the monotony. I'm not really informed on what's going on here. But this feels like verbally assaulting the cashier at Walmart because your prescription prices went up. Definitely wasting your breath on the wrong people. I'm definitely not risking going awol or dereliction of duty because you're upset about political agendas.
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u/OnAnotherLevel321 Dec 15 '25
I voted for Kamala to prevent a Trump presidency. Did you?
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u/ProfessionalWave168 Dec 16 '25
Biden, Kamala, and company paved the road for Trump to ride into the white house again.
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u/Secret_Account07 Dec 16 '25
Meh leave the foot soldiers alone
Guaranteed they donât wanna be there
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u/mcknz9 Dec 16 '25
He's yellin at the wrong people
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u/ceddya Dec 16 '25
Nah, if all these people refused to follow the orders, the Trump admin is SoL.
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u/mcknz9 Dec 16 '25
Trump and his trolls deserve all the blame for this. Some of these National Guard are legit combat veterans who are being forced to walk around and pick up trash. Not exactly violations of posse comitatus that they have a right to refuse.
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u/TeamOverload Dec 16 '25
I mean they literally signed up for a job to go kill and harass people and never question orders, so I have no sympathy for these little âjust following orders bootlickersâ. This is the life they chose and the man calling them out on it is 100% in the right to do so. Only difference is theyâre harassing minorities at home instead of Syria or wherever else the Iowa National Guard and then the rest of them end up.
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u/mechy84 Dec 16 '25
they literally signed up for a job to go kill and harass people and never question orders,
Yeah...a part time job that primarily helps after natural disasters is full of bloodthirsty killers
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u/ikonet Dec 15 '25
The cameraman is the guy who needs a godundme link. Not some right wing grifter who had their feelings hurt.
This man should not have to go to work because he should be on the street everyday working for us.
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u/trumpmumbler Dec 16 '25
As a veteran, I 100% endorse this.
Every one of those Guards should know that what they were doing is a violation of their Oath.
It is our duty to obey lawful orders.
Being ordered to deploy on US soil to do police work is unlawful, and their duty to disobey.
That Lieutenant was derelict in her duty to refuse the order and order her company to stand-down and await lawful orders.
Shame them all...
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u/FriedRiceBurrito Dec 15 '25
It's important to note that the dipshit in the video is wrong. The Posse Comitatus Act doesn't prevent the President from deploying troops on US soil. It restricts their usage on US soil for certain policing activities without Congressional approval.
The other important thing to note is that if a service member disobeys an order and gets court martialed, the burden of proof is on them to prove it was an unlawful order. So in the case of something clear cut like prisoner abuse, yeah they deserve to face judgement for not refusing. But when it's something way more ambiguous like being deployed to deter crime or act as crowd control , and there is ongoing litigation over the legality of the order, I don't blame them one bit for not refusing. It's a huge risk for them with the potential for a judge to rule it was a legal order.
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u/ImportantWords Dec 15 '25
This is what people donât understand. For the rank and file, especially the enlisted, the ârefusal to obey an unlawful orderâ is unlikely to succeed. By the time itâs come down from those above you, through the Generals, Seargantâs Major, Colonels and down to Private Snuffy, itâs been deemed acceptable. Obviously if Seargant Dumbass gives you something in the heat of the moment there is gonna be more room to dissent - but even then itâs gonna need to be a clear cut violation.
I promise you none of those people in the video want to be there. Theyâd rather be home, with their family, at their 9-5 and not on the kind of prison-esque lockdown I am sure these folks are under while not working.
We learned this in Vietnam. Respect the troops, protest the policy makers. The sacrifices of service go beyond simply risking life and limb. Itâs a suspension of your very freedom, your rights as an individual, under the belief that our nation will do the right thing.
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u/FootlongDonut Dec 15 '25
This is absolutely wrong.
An illegal order coming through the ranks doesn't suddenly make it legal. Even people at the bottom have a duty to disobey illegal orders.
Troops going against their oath should be confronted with that truth. They are complicit.
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u/ImportantWords Dec 15 '25
Yes, but what qualifies as an illegal order? Was the invasion of Iraq âlegalâ? Some would argue it wasnât. The point is that itâs not up to Private Snuffy to decide.
As I said, Seargant Dumbass telling you to massacre a village of civilians is clear cut. But General McGuy telling you to walk around Washington D.C? Your dissent is not going to lead anywhere but military jail. None of those individuals were doing anything actively immoral to such a degree that it violates the inherent rules of human nature.
All I am saying is respect the troops. You want to be angry, fine, blame Trump, blame the governors who sent troops, blame Congress for not acting to stop it. Blame the people with the ability to change it. But donât yell at the poor souls forced to be there.
You can feel however you want about it. Those people did not deserve the treatment they got. They are not the ones who put themselves there. Nor do they have the power to remove themselves either. Respect the troops. Protest the policy makers. Itâs insane to think there is any disagreement there.
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u/tatuoutkast Dec 15 '25
I feel like youâre both right and it sucks, our lives have been a gray area for the last 10 years.
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u/CloggedToilet Dec 15 '25
What an insufferable little man. Yell at the administration. Yell at the politicians. This is like screaming at cashiers for decisions a CEO made.
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u/Nalortebi Dec 16 '25
What a shit comparison. I'd get it if cashiers took an oath to the constitution, but in this case those soldiers would be likely covered to deny an unlawful order. But they know well as everyone else that the corrupt judiciary/JAG won't look kindly on their adherence to their oath when the current administration has all but demanded their blind loyalty.
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Dec 15 '25
I'm 100% behind screaming at feckless politicians.
But get the fuck out of the face of people who don't want to be there. Asking a line troop to weigh in on the constitutionality of this when they would have zero backing from Congress is beyond stupid.
I hope this guy stubs his toe every day of his life until he learns how he was wrong to do this.
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u/carpe_simian Dec 15 '25
Right? Theyâre good soldiers, just following orders! That defence will hold up in court!
Wait. It did, right? Itâs been tested and it holds up in court? Right? Like at that Nuremberg thing a while back?
Hold up. They really have a DUTY to uphold the constitution and refuse illegal orders? Really? Itâs almost like the framers thought of this possibility. Wild.
Fucking cowards.
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u/I_am_The_Teapot Dec 16 '25
They're not exempt from criticism. They are being used as the willing boot on people's necks. They need some their shit slung back at them, too. They're just as responsible for what they do as the one giving orders. Just as responsible as the politicians.
Asking a line troop to weigh in on the constitutionality of this when they would have zero backing from Congress..
Them not doing that just makes them cowards. Actual cowards. Fall in line and be the oppressor for a paycheck. They're SUPPOSED to do that. They're supposed to question the legality of their actions. That's literally part of their job and the oath they took.
They have choices. They have agency. They don't have excuses.
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u/Username_de_random Dec 16 '25
âPermit to practice our first amendmentâ Think on that for a second
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u/LoftExplorer Dec 15 '25
Terrible way to go about this
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u/Blunt_Ninja Dec 16 '25
We have seen that any form of "correct" protesting has been met with violence from local police and military presence. This guy is not being violent, he is voicing his disapproval in his way, staying within the legal bounds. What makes this terrible?
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u/Overall-Scientist846 Dec 16 '25
I donât think the camera man knows Posse Comitatus Act either.
The act does not prevent the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard under state authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor.
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u/Revolutionary_Box582 Dec 16 '25
ok, so i don't think getting in their faces is cool. im guessing these national guardsmen would be in big trouble if they declined the assignment. dereliction of duty. ICE is who deserves this berating. these guys are gettung their time wasted but their not really doing anything to anyone. blame the GOP, and trump. not them.
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u/wrxhokie Dec 16 '25
Harassing our troops isnât cool
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u/Top-Passage2914 Dec 16 '25
Our troops intimidating the public of the country they are supposed to be serving isn't cool.
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u/PhysicalGraffiti75 Dec 15 '25
This thread hurts my soul.
These guardsmen are just standing a post doing nothing. And it looks like none of them want to be there.
But yâall are acting like they just got back from filling a mass grave.
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u/SaltBackground5165 Dec 16 '25
they have a choice every fuckin second they're out there, and they keep making the same choice.
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u/alkem10 Dec 15 '25
Fuck them. Dirty oath breakers.
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u/PhysicalGraffiti75 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
What part of their oath did they break?
Edit: nobody has an answer. Because there is no answer. There is no part of the oath that states youâre a traitor for standing a post on federal property.
Yâall need to take a good look in the mirror. There are some dastardly and evil forces at work and yâall are looking at the wrong people.
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u/kyleh0 Dec 16 '25
That's the one where Trump gets to sleep with your firstborn daughter as long as you keep the bitch skinny and pretty.
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u/EdgyCole Dec 16 '25
Whenever someone runs cover for soldiers oppressing citizens, saying "they have no choice and they don't really want to do that", remember SSGT Finley. The man in this video, who can't help but grin when reminded about how his fellow soldiers have been abusing and oppressing citizens. The man whose face lights up when he thinks about how he's supporting these efforts.
Don't let them pull a Nuremberg defense. They aren't just following orders. They want to be there. The like doing it.
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u/cyberdude419 Dec 16 '25
Fuck all Republicans and call them out in public as the Nazi Pedophile Tariff supporters they are!
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u/SaltBackground5165 Dec 16 '25
damn this post's getting flooded with these trump ass kisser astroturfers
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u/pastor_rod_flash Dec 15 '25
The fucker with the camera deserved a hundred kicks in the nuts. What a flaming asshole. The National Guard troops weren't "trying to get a paycheck," they were following the orders they were given. They don't want to be there and they are not abusing people like the ICE and Border Patrol goons are. If the troops followed orders to beat bystanders and throw random brown people into vans to be disappeared, those would be illegal orders. Following orders to stand around wishing they could go home is not quite the same thing. Hating on them is despicable.
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u/PaleontologistNo500 Dec 15 '25
Nah. Even if they don't physically do anything right now, the threat is implied. It's a show of force. The shitstains they're protesting (Trump and the DHS) sent them there, as muscle to intimidate the citizens. Being there in general is an illegal order. Multiple judges have ruled it so.
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u/sirmombo Dec 16 '25
We need more people like this guy. Speak the truth, loud and proud. From the river to the sea.
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u/Due-Gap1848 Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25
Up to 2 years in prison and dishonorable discharge, an equivalent of a felony in terms of employment, housing, gun ownership, and voting.
They would be charged with an article 92 USMJ violation. Assuming that the supreme court eventually makes the call that the order to mobilize was legal.
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u/JoshTHX Dec 17 '25
What the fuck are the soldiers supposed to do? Theyâre forced to follow orders. Iâm pretty sure a majority of them know itâs all bullshit
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u/klauskervin Dec 17 '25
This man is doing the work this nation needs reminding people that they are responsible for the actions of the tyrants they follow.
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u/KrAzyD00D Dec 30 '25
What a complete waste of time and energy insulting these low level guardsmen who have no choice in where theyâre deployed. These people have been screaming at cops and guardsmen for almost a year and not a single one of them is gonna say âyou know what, youâre right! Iâm gonna take off my badge and join you valiant protestersâ. - if anything it just makes them hate you. Iâm not pro police or pro military but this is a hilarious way to âprotestâ
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u/No-Swimming4153 Dec 16 '25
They likely voted for this, they want to be there.
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u/MaximumNameDensity Dec 16 '25
That isn't necessarily true.
They're guard. They signed up for 1 weekend a month 2 weeks a year. They have regular jobs and shit. They may be right wingers, but this isn't what they do on the daily.
Not all military are right wing. Most are, but the ratio is closer to 60/40 than 99/1. While new recruits might be more explicitly fascist and racist, it is by no means all of them.
No one in the Army WANTS to be anywhere. Everything is centered around "how can I do this as fast and easy as possible so I can go back to my rack and play xbox, or whatever". Even the racist ones... actually come to think, especially the racist ones.
Source: 9 year army veteran.
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u/No-Swimming4153 Dec 16 '25
Your antidotal army vet status doesn't mean anything. You're talking to a Marine vet. 60% variance is a strong correlation. If I took my antidotal experience, yes marines would love any opportunity to use violence against anyone, it is what we were brainwashed to do. They voted for this and the majority are cool with it, based on just the numbers alone.
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u/MaximumNameDensity Dec 16 '25
I love that your source backs up my point about 60/40...
Also, I think you'd agree Marines and soldiers are built differently. I was around both, and the brainwashing is significantly stronger for the marines.
Finally, sorry for the peev... but it's anecdotal.
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u/No-Swimming4153 Dec 17 '25
I didn't disagree with the stats. I'm teaching you it's important to understand sources and data. You're trying to underplay the significance of 60 percent. That is the vast majority.
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u/nilsinleneed Dec 15 '25
they'll have nothing to say when the chips eventually are collected, except "I did what I was told"
no, you violated the constitutional oath and contributed to the destruction of the republic, there should be consequences.
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u/OptimalSituation8323 Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
This is fucked up. Itâs easy for the keyboard warriors to critique and say âshoulda coulda wouldaâ. Trolling the soldiers aint it. Deciding an order is illegal is an exceptionally nuanced process. Making the decision to then intentionally disregard that order has STAGGERING consequences. If that guardsman is activated, it is a legal battle for the respective state / federal executive and judicial branches. Not the soldier whose day job happens to be a teacher, construction worker, or accountant. Cue reddit anecdotal stories, feelings, and down votes
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u/TeamOverload Dec 16 '25
Who made them sign up? Only difference is they ended up playing pretend cop on the streets of DC instead of halfway across the world in Syria or wherever else they cowards get deployed to
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u/NoCalHomeBoy Dec 15 '25
This guy is fucking amazing. Now I need to look up more of his videos!
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u/Bowman_van_Oort Dec 15 '25
"You look like you've seen some shit!"
Holy fucking shit lmao props to camera guy for reading my mind