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"W-well, The Draft is bad for everyone, and we don't support it either!"

GreasedLightning

January 14, 2018

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Title	"W-well, The Draft is bad for everyone, and we don't support it either!"
Author	GreasedLightning
Upvotes	68
Comments	28
Date	January 14, 2018 6:43 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/7qdo6q/wwell_the_draft_is_bad_for_everyone_and_we_dont/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/w-well-the-draft-is-bad-for-everyone-and-we-dont.1180102 https://theredarchive.com/post/1180102

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The idealistic crap they said in those responses is exactly what I was encapsulating with my title here. "Well, we shouldn't even have a draft." OK, then we'll have compulsory military service, like Singapore has to make up for it. What did you think would happen? We'd leave our defenses down? It's like "We shouldn't even go to the Middle East." Yet the people who are in charge said we will anyway! Tough shit I guess. Maybe focusing on getting us out with regards to their information would be better than shrugging and saying, "I dunno!"

And boy did I laugh at this one:

I'm a woman and I voluntarily filled out a draft card when I turned 18.

As if that were the point. The point isn't "I dare ya to get drafted! I double dare ya!" The point is this has never been a talking point for them. It's been swept under the rug and forgotten again and again and again! Yet we get nothing but ideals.

In a perfect world we wouldn't have a draft. In a perfect world we wouldn't go to war. In a perfect world we wouldn't lose loved ones in terrible ways. None of this changes the fact that it still happens. The dismissal of this topic for decades now, is exactly what you'd expect from someone who sincerely does not give a shit.

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