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JD Vance Tells U.S. Air Force Grads They Can't Boo His Commencement Speech Because 'I'm the Vice President of the United States' (people.com)

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“You know, this is the only commencement speech that I’m giving this year and so I’ve watched a few highlights of graduation speeches where this or that corporate leader will discuss artificial intelligence, AI, and be met with literal boos,” Vance said as he wrapped up his remarks.

“Now, you can’t boo me. I’m the vice president of the United States,” he added, drawing laughs.

that's pretty cringe

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[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Ideologically aligned is not quite accurate. I've met a couple of academy grads (and many military officers in general) and they're generally pretty smart. Much smarter than JD Vance is. Some may be aligned ideologically, but I would say that most of them are probably not. It's a 4-year pipeline too like any college, so they would have joined in 2022.

They have been noticing the attacks of the Trump administration on higher academia. They've been noticing the failures of the Trump administration in foreign policy. They've noticed the focus on trying to get rid of the queers and women instead of legitimate Force structure reform.

They've taken civics classes and understand how the government is supposed to work much more than the general population. They might not yell and protest JD Vance, but I don't think many want to endorse him either.