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I heard this suggestion in a podcast and wanted to voice it here: If you're in LA and part of the protests, consider whether you can reach out to the troops who have been sent without housing, supplies, or water. Buy a case of water bottles and hand them out. Gather some friends and do a pop-up tent with lunch.
While doing it, fly American flags, display your protest signs, and thank the troops for their service. We have no kings here, and we fight fascism - but we also want to be kind, and to care about people in need, and to show respect for our military when the administration which sent them has no respect for them at all.
Remember, we're fighting for human decency in the face of cruelty. Let's try to fight with kindness, too.
Originally Posted By u/sphinx_feathers At 2025-06-11 01:14:24 PM | Source
these troops are VOLUNTEERS who joined knowing FULL WELL the deplorable history of this nation.
ACAB includes sleepy marines deployed to help cops.
If you’re gonna hand them water bottles, hand them fliers for places that can help them escape the military service they so happily joined.
I saw a video explaining all service members are subjected to similar conditions regularly, even during just training. That may be true, and I'd still be pissed if it were me. There's not a task for the military to accomplish in LA. That's the thing that would bother me if I were a mobilized service member.
There is a common saying in the military called "hurry up and wait". You get ready at 8am with everything packed and then can wait til 2pm and then all of a sudden you need to be somewhere else with all your stuff and you show up there and wait another 4 hours. That's just how it goes sometimes.
These guys had one shot at proving they're not on the side of the fascists and they blew it.
If you're hispanic or an immigrant, I'd recommend making sure that they know where their donations are coming from. Might make 1 or 2 soldiers that support this disgrace reconsider. Maybe. A man can hope.
Wow. So brave.
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Ok, conspiracy theory time (but one that totally tracks given... Everything):
Is this deliberate?
Tired, hungry troops are easily agitated, more impulsive, more likely to make a decision that might escalate violence. Trump has shown that he has no interest in de-escalating, he wants a narrative, this may be the fastest way of getting there...
This is just a logistics failure on part of the army, the troops are used to this. People attributing all these conspiracy theories to look a bit silly to anyone with military experience.