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Every single member of the military I've talked to, somehow, for some reason seems to support Trump. I'm fucking stunned by it, but it seems he has their support.
it's about a 50/50 at my local base. The vets, on the other hand, tend to lean towards tRUmp. I have never gotten it either. Our regional congressman, or ex now, never did jack shit for us. We were a tool to get her elected every time. She didn't really do anything to help. When she left, what did they do? Idiots voted in another useless GOP.
When PACT was first shot down, I had to actually explain why that was a bad thing and that we needed it. They bought every last fake talking point. I had actually read the measure. Anyone that did had seen why it was a good thing.
We have a problem of propagation of fake news on bases. A lot of them show faux on the TVs in waiting areas. On top of that, it tends to be conservatives that join. Officers do tend to be less red. I really don't know what would happen if the military actually fulfilled its oath to protect against the domestic threat part of our oath.
It is disgusting hearing fellow vets with the "I got mine" attitude, or other attitudes that are directly against the nature of service. That isn't what we were serving for.
Also, the "I got mine" group is about to lose all of what they got.
This is a really dark thing to say and I might delete it if it's too off base, but as a vet that decidedly does not support trump, I wonder if the ones that don't are too suicidal
I would honestly not be surprised to see the suicide rate increase. Especially among the marginalized veterans. We've already seen a couple. I remember the one who jumped off of the VA building wherever they were at. It's been mentioned a few times on the reddit vet board, and I'm noticing an increase in vets posting that they're at their limit and contemplating ending it all.
My BIL is a vet as well. He was having a mental break last week. I was able to talk him into going to the ER. He's getting better, but we're all worried about events going down. We're trying to prep as best we can. We feel as though something really bad is coming up. I told him to take a step back from the news and social media. I had to for a bit as well.
Yeah it's tough out here for folks. I'm just waiting for when they're going to stop covering my gender affirming care. Nothing yet, but it is inevitable. Your BIL is lucky to have you. I hope he's able to get the help that he needs <3