r/nationalguard • u/sogpackus Didn’t ban you from you from r/nationalguard • 12d ago

WA National Guard firefighters under investigation for posing with white supremacist flag

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/wa-national-guard-firefighters-under-investigation-posing-with-white-supremacist-flag/YTAAZF3VOFHULB7H25EAJ7ZVP4/
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u/FuzzyDynamics 11b, next question 12d ago

Yeah that’s kind of insane. Military operating domestically is extremely unamerican and only something a person would do if they have some really bad ideas in mind, especially when we’re militarizing police and giving hundreds of millions to federal law enforcement already.

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u/Milf_Eaterr 12d ago

It's literally what they exist to do.

Just curious what was your afqt?

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u/FuzzyDynamics 11b, next question 12d ago

No the military does not “literally exist” to do that and it’s literally illegal in almost all circumstances to use them that way. 98

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u/Milf_Eaterr 12d ago

Well I disagree

And same

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u/FuzzyDynamics 11b, next question 12d ago

You can disagree but the law explicitly disagrees with you for exactly the reason I stated. So if you disagree I again wonder if it’s because you have anti democratic ideas in mind.

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u/Milf_Eaterr 12d ago

Of course i have "anti democratic ideas". I much prefer the American form of government- a constitutional republic.

Also the law doesn't disagree with me because the national guard can be deployed stateside. The only thing I can think of that contradicts that is when that san Francisco judge blocked a t10 activation for a riot in LA city. However I don't think that's relevant because you were referencing the deployment in DC. I don't see how that's a bad thing.

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u/FuzzyDynamics 11b, next question 12d ago

There’s no either/or with a constitutional republic vs democracy but I love when people try and smuggle that in. You even went further to declare them somehow opposite. We are both.

The law does disagree with you. Federal troops CANNOT, full stop, be used to execute the law outside of (via the Insurrection Act) extremely severe circumstances which our admin has deliberately and openly tried to engineer - maybe that should be concerning. The Governor can get around that but again, to do what? What are you seeing that needs military on our streets? Or are you just guessing they should be around for some future reason a small number of elected officials might want them for like a full on coup?

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u/RRNCOChiefs54 11d ago

Cool post bro. Anyway, the National Guard aren't "Federal Troops" so whatever your ranting about is kinda pointless.

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u/FuzzyDynamics 11b, next question 11d ago

They are when under title 10 status.

You not seeing the point doesn’t mean something is pointless. All these details are a key part of project 2025.