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Trump Allies Sure Are Talking A Lot About Civil War (www.rollingstone.com)

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[–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Different branch, but I remember plenty of folks making it through boot and still being plenty racist. I also remember watching a lot of folks from my time swing way harder right than I had expected or hoped after 2016.

That’s not to say you’re wrong or anything, just thought it was worth sharing my experience since it didn’t really line up with the post upstream. I’m glad you had a different experience.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I went through basic in the 90's, and we certainly weren't as radicalized and polarized then as we are now, so that could have something to do with the different experience. Or maybe it was just because it was a different branch. Also, basic wasn't co-ed when I was in, and men don't tend to form as tight of bonds when women are around, since they compete with each other for the woman's attention instead of banding together to overcome adversity. I saw that happen in AIT, which was co-ed.