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haele

(14,588 posts)
7. Only if the military becomes reduced to playing "Call of Duty"
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:23 PM
11 hrs ago

Or running unmanned armaments.
From what I can see, the recruits that would be attracted by Kirk's "martyrdom" are typically motivated by their personal emotions, and tend to be snowflakes and quitters because they're still living in their comfortable ideological bubbles.

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Henchmen is more like it. Silent Type 11 hrs ago #1
They should be careful what they wish for. Redleg 11 hrs ago #2
Oh great. Now I'll get a break from Noem's 24/7 commercials with military propaganda newdeal2 11 hrs ago #3
Gee, they aren't hiding their plans very well are they SamuelTheThird 11 hrs ago #4
20 yr old gamers living in Mom's basement n/t leftstreet 11 hrs ago #5
Is this Whiskey Pete's idea? The mind reels. Hekate 11 hrs ago #6
Only if the military becomes reduced to playing "Call of Duty" haele 11 hrs ago #7
Enough of this already JBTaurus83 11 hrs ago #8
His death is useful, in the right hands Hekate 11 hrs ago #11
I guarantee none will be from wealthy families. Kingofalldems 11 hrs ago #9
And since most of the chapters with any members are private h.s., well, we can do the math Iris 3 hrs ago #25
Well they seem to have found their white "Christian" martyr. I had to go look up Horst Wessel... Hekate 11 hrs ago #10
Funny, the Klan had the same idea. nt Buns_of_Fire 10 hrs ago #12
Wait a minute. He's the one who got shot. hunter 10 hrs ago #13
Ridiculous. Nt BootinUp 10 hrs ago #14
They can get their own uniforms and gear off the Internet ... eppur_se_muova 9 hrs ago #15
A generation that can't finish the obstacle course or find the mess hall without first consulting their GPS or ChatGPT pecosbob 9 hrs ago #16
Did Kirk ever serve? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago #17
Nope BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #18
Kirk-o-mania for a $100, Alex. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 5 hrs ago #19
Damn Solly Mack 4 hrs ago #20
How stupid MorbidButterflyTat 4 hrs ago #21
Oh, and my flag waving neighbor for Kirk??? Posted on his Facebook page some video of all the "new Christians a kennedy 4 hrs ago #22
Oh SPARE ME! What was Charlie's military record, again ??? Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #23
Wait until they find out most university chapters have about 5 members Iris 3 hrs ago #24
charlie didn't serve in the military. Klarkashton 3 hrs ago #26
If they want to try to exclude minorities from the military, let them. Gore1FL 3 hrs ago #27
ah jeez not Anthony tatahead again dweller 3 hrs ago #28
Except 70 to 90% of the college students rejected Kirk's message. Blue Full Moon 1 hr ago #29
Hahahahahaha .... Mike Niendorff 1 hr ago #30
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