• 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    11 months ago

    I would have joked that at least everyone can join the military but they said I was too fat to join back when I was 19 when I was only 25lbs overweight. Isn’t it your job to whip my fat ass into shape? What the fuck am I paying you for?!

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      11 months ago

      I’ve seen how veterans are treated. There’s no way I’d join the military even if I didn’t find it ethically unacceptable.

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        11 months ago

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znfZnSRcaeY

        Gave up my girlfriend and my family

        traded them in for an M16

        Afghanistan Pakistan Yemen Iraq

        I don’t care if I ever come back

        From poor families how far we roam

        So the rich kids can just stay at home

        When I come home with PTSD

        The VA hospital won’t care for me

        I’ll probably end up homeless out in the dark

        To get played on screen by Marky Mark

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            11 months ago

            When I came back from Luang Prabang

            I didn’t have a thing where my balls used to hang

            But I had a wooden medal and a fine harangue

            Now I’m a fucking hero

            Mourn your dead land of the free

            If you wanna be a hero, follow me

            Mourn your dead land of the free

            If you wanna be a hero, follow me

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              11 months ago

              Holy shit van ronk’s not just the stonewall guy he’s worth taking seriously. Thank you for this!

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        11 months ago

        Veterans get that free healthcare the rest of us need. The inadequate, short-funded, free healthcare you get as an afterthought