• Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Can we also note that, to paraphrase, he tried to deny their adulthood before stating his sexual desire for them?

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    Apparently one too many people called him gay over this: he posted a tiktok a short while ago saying he meant what he said and “concubine” basically means slave, apparently hoping the people who follow him don’t know better.

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      13 days ago

      Honestly? I 100% believe he didn’t know what concubine meant. He seems like that kind of dumbass.

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      Maybe he picked that up in Afghanistan, warlords there keep young boys as concubines and might be disinclined to admit to a random US soldier that the boys all over their compound are sex slaves, so “slaves” is the “softer” term.

      Of course, that means that this dude is a-ok with bringing slavery back, so…

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    I’m just stuck on the notion that “the existence of social media” is his limiting constraint here.

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    *Claims to have killed, having been directly refuted by other members of the team

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      It was nice when special forces took pride in being quiet. Although, I guess it is just seals that get press agents when they retire.

      I once talked to a delta guy who was very low key about his service and very much like the later stage Smedley Butler.

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    Worst all time? Eh, Trump even beat him on that one. Trump vs Harris debate was totally botched by Trump.

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    As weird as the concubines thing is, a lot of people overlook that he said the alternative was that these guys would be food.

    I guess I should have figured some of these conservatives were secretly cannibals after all the times they accused others of eating babies.