After Trump deployed Marines to Los Angeles, this military member joined an anti-ICE protest in Dallas, declaring, 'We won't be pawns in stripping away constitutional rights.'

Originally Posted By u/CMao1986 At 2025-06-10 10:19:10 PM | Source

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[–] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Damn right you aren't. Your oath is towards the constitution, not any single person. And you not only have a right to not obey unlawful orders, you have a solemn duty to defy them. Any dictator only has as much power as his enforcing branch - the military - will allow him. Take the military away, and they're just overgrown children throwing a tantrum, subject to the will of the common people.

This has been said to death, but "I was following orders" was not a valid justification in Nuremberg, and it will be even less so this time around.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Especially right now in this period .... what kind of legacy is it to say that you followed orders, from a criminal, selfish, idiotic leader that does not represent the people but only to wealthy backers and to monied interests and to their own self interest.