• Riccosuave@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was responding to your previous point that a standing military is all that matters against an occupied civilian force. I don't think that really bears up to scrutiny in historical terms.

    Also, I don't know where you got off thinking I'm trying to LARP as a militia member, but nice strawman with absolutely zero background to support that conclusion…

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think that really bears up to scrutiny in historical term

      Then, frankly, you're wrong.

      Also, I don’t know where you got off thinking I’m trying to LARP as a militia member

      it was a generalized "you"

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        1 year ago

        Then, frankly, you're wrong.

        Cool, but you could have just said that initially without being kind of an asshole.

        it was a generalized "you"

        Well since you said it to me, how else was I supposed to take that.

        Anyways, not mad at you. Was more just making a joke initially, but maybe in bad faith. Which, by the way, I was more than willing to admit.

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          1 year ago

          Not mad at you either dude. Sorry for the poor phrasing leading to this confusion.

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            1 year ago

            It's fine. I know there's a lot of heightened emotions and frustrations in this thread already, so I probably should have just used my better judgement by saying nothing. I knew what you meant with your initial statement, which I also generally agree with.

            In hindsight, I think I was expressing my own personal frustration with the US involvement in those two conflicts which ultimately just lead to more dead civilians and US service members rather than approximating anything close to resolution of a justifiable conflict. Add that to the current situation unfolding in the Middle East, and I was just hip firing some stupid quippy retort where it wasn't needed. So, again, my bad.