cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31344860

Disregard all rules, Get this to anyone you know in the US military now

A tweet states that National Guard or Active Duty military ordered to violate constitutional rights can call the GI Rights Hotline for support, with the number 1-877-447-4487 provided.

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Same tactics, same soldiers, same commanders, same weapons, same policies…

    What’s different, besides the location? Only difference I see is that the rules of engagement are much stricter for soldiers abroad, while demonically they can fire on anyone they want and attack the press without consequence.

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      13 hours ago

      Right, but my point was that the location is different. The OP’s image contains this text, which you might not have noticed:

      violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens

      Anyway, if your point is that “GIs aren’t going to care about the fact that these are US citizens,” then I more or less agree with you.

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        12 hours ago

        It implies an adherence to law that I’ve never seen in my lifetime, from neither domestic law enforcement nor foreign deployed military. It should be a factor, but I’ve never seen it in practice.

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          11 hours ago

          If you mean “should” from a moral point of you, I don’t think it should. What’s moral doesn’t change based on your physical location. Or at least, not in my moral framework.

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            11 hours ago

            I’m speaking to the purported “law and order” they claim to enforce. It’s just a fabrication to justify their authority.