You know this was a thing when I was growing up, I didn’t get why people were making such a big deal about soldiers coming home with PTSD and committing suicide, like I get suicide is a big deal but these suicides didn’t bother me.
Like, ok, they volunteered to go invade and destroy other countries on pretexts so flimsy that anyone could see through. Their “service” helped murder millions of middle easterners. Why would I care if some occupier came home and offed himself?
The only soldiers of empire who deserve sympathy and acceptance, imo, are those who mutiny, or those who quit and leave and dedicate themselves to fighting the empire and trying to make up for the sins of their past instead. The victims matter far more than the perpetrators.
One of the worst chuds I know has PTSD from his time in the army and I often find myself thinking he deserves worse lmao
He wasn’t even drafted and came from a well-to-do family. He’s just a narcissistic dumbass who didn’t pay attention in school so he joined the military. He tried going to college via the GI Bill, but flunked out. He’s the exact kind of person who would argue with a tenured and published professor over basic information to prove he’s the smartest person in the room.
There’s apparently a whole genre of memoirs like this in Israel. It’s called “shoot and cry” or something.
USA too, with movies like American Sniper about how shooting women and children in the back makes navy seal man very sad PTSD.
You know this was a thing when I was growing up, I didn’t get why people were making such a big deal about soldiers coming home with PTSD and committing suicide, like I get suicide is a big deal but these suicides didn’t bother me.
Like, ok, they volunteered to go invade and destroy other countries on pretexts so flimsy that anyone could see through. Their “service” helped murder millions of middle easterners. Why would I care if some occupier came home and offed himself?
The only soldiers of empire who deserve sympathy and acceptance, imo, are those who mutiny, or those who quit and leave and dedicate themselves to fighting the empire and trying to make up for the sins of their past instead. The victims matter far more than the perpetrators.
One of the worst chuds I know has PTSD from his time in the army and I often find myself thinking he deserves worse lmao
He wasn’t even drafted and came from a well-to-do family. He’s just a narcissistic dumbass who didn’t pay attention in school so he joined the military. He tried going to college via the GI Bill, but flunked out. He’s the exact kind of person who would argue with a tenured and published professor over basic information to prove he’s the smartest person in the room.
Once again the “this does not condone what is being presented and glorified” treat defense rings hollow.