Would you take a bullet for the USA?
Would you take a bullet for the USA? If asked to defend the USA would you take a bullet? If conditional, please provide a brief explanation.
The Creature from Jekyll Island:
We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!
Which U.S.A? The one I was born in? Or this one?
Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
The USA is illegitimate and has been since at least 1865
- Kim KardashianIt's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
Donald Trump / Crenshaw 2024!!!!
My pronouns are he/him/his
Conditional. I would in the event of a foreign attack on domestic soil that has sufficient evidence that it is not just a false flag. Beyond that is less clear as one has to start making distinctions between what is and is not the "real USA". I would take a bullet for traditional American values such as those embodied by the 2nd Amendment, but it is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which the USA is completely opposed to that value.
I'm going with conditional since I've already taken a few .
I have to vote yes because I already swore that oath.
I do want to be clear, for the USA can mean different things to different people. To defend our country and the good people that make the USA what it is, and NOT our government. Actually, I already have take one, but it was also intentional friendly fire and I was wearing a vest.
1776 > 1984
The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.
The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide
Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled
If I found myself in that type of a situation where I had the opportunity to intervene in the ending of an innocent life, I would hope I would step in front of that bullet for anyone. No matter their nationality
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This is the mindset trying to take hold on RPF.
"Kelly Thomas did this to himself." - FrankRep
I would do the same, but only for white people.
Just kidding.
I wouldn't do it for anybody.
Not even my own grandma.
- Kim KardashianIt's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
Donald Trump / Crenshaw 2024!!!!
My pronouns are he/him/his
This is quite a question.
I'm not interested in sacrificing myself to protect certain people/cabals that have usurped this nation.
And no, I'm not just referring to the newest cast of characters.
Last edited by sparebulb; 01-24-2021 at 06:19 PM. Reason: spelling
Everything is conditional. Which, what, who's USA? Where and why?
Hmmmm. Not sure. Need clarification ...Would you take a bullet for the USA?
How many innocent Yemeni children and the like taking drone-bombs for the USA is the equivalent of me taking a bullet for the USA?
I mean, what exchange rate are we talking about, here?
Last edited by Occam's Banana; 01-24-2021 at 05:20 PM.
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One of the problems with the Leftists and Snowflakes in this country, when they do not get what they want, IE YOUR $#@!, they will cry to someone to go shoot someone else on their behalf so they can actually get YOUR $#@!. They would not help their grandma who just had hip replacement surgery to stand up to go to the bathroom, but will DEMAND YOU DIE so you can have YOUR $#@!.
1776 > 1984
The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.
The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide
Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled
Can one of the bullets taken by Jose Guerena count for mine?Would you take a bullet for the USA?
Last edited by Occam's Banana; 01-24-2021 at 05:22 PM.
I swore to when I joined the Marines years ago. I was at peace with the fact that that could be my fate. I really was. I was a bit naive then.
I would still take a bullet for friends and family but never for an abstract concept.
...
This one. As it is now.
The Creature from Jekyll Island:
We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!
For myself, it would be very conditional. Which would depend on the state of the US Government at the time. I would not defend this government as it is.
The Creature from Jekyll Island:
We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!
I am sympathetic to this. For me, the abstract concept is not so much about the concept itself as what stems from it. Basically, I defend certain abstract concepts, because failing to do so leads to a very undesirable outcome. Some abstract concepts are the dividing line between those friends and families being able to have good lives.
Of course, this is all mental masturbation. There is a wide gulf between "definitely going to take the bullet" and "running the risk of taking the bullet". I believe people's behaviors are likely to change depending on which of the two scenarios is in place.
Anyone pretending to know what they would do in such a situation is full of $#@! anyway.
Only people who have actually faced that situation, know what they would do.
- Kim KardashianIt's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
Donald Trump / Crenshaw 2024!!!!
My pronouns are he/him/his
You are correct, which is why I called it mental masturbation.
Such a great question and I've been thinking about it a lot personally the last year. There are some scenarios where my answer is yes, gladly. There are some perspectives where it's a hard no.
First, I'm going to assume that the bullet is lethal, based on the way most in the thread seem to be interpreting the question.
Would I die for the USA is the new question. I would die for the principles that it once stood for, and for which I and many still believe in, if it were a combat scenario, in some circumstances. For example, I would fight and be willing to give my life if the country were attacked and there was a call to arms against a foe seeking to destroy traditional american values. However, if someone came to my door and said "we're executing people who believe in the bill of rights, what's your stance?" I'm going to lie to them and hide in my attic.
I imagine this question gets responses depending on what kind of family the respondent has, as well as how much life they expect to have left to live. Definitely depends on what the person expects to find on "the other side."
I would like a noble death, and a quick death, but I want to live most of my good years also.
Last edited by JohnCifelli1; 01-24-2021 at 07:00 PM.
I think the new Congress will pass this soon. They will frame it as being for women's rights. It will be empowering. The first woman vice president will give to to us. They already framed the debate that its a conservative thing to be against this. I mean Ted Cruz is against this so the left will have to be for it. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/u...ary-draft.html
USA=the regime in Washington, DC.
So no.
One thing we can be certain of . There will be scalps for me .
I know what a LOT of people are gonna do, and now the MYSTERY of the GREAT TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE has finally been solved! So, um, they wont be full of $#@! for long...
1776 > 1984
The FAILURE of the United States Government to operate and maintain an Honest Money System , which frees the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators, is the single largest contributing factor to the World's current Economic Crisis.
The Elimination of Privacy is the Architecture of Genocide
Belief, Money, and Violence are the three ways all people are controlled
Thank you for posting the link. I've always thought the selective service registration requirement was sexist. Although, I'm really not sure why they have it since we have a volunteer force anyways.
The Creature from Jekyll Island:
We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!
No, I'd rather play the role of a civilian.
"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."
Calvin Coolidge
It is sexist against men not women. I could totally see them flipping this around and gaslighting people with groupthink that the opposite of the truth is true because that's what they do.
If WW3 has broken out, and i am drafted, at MY age.... and subsequently handed an old M-1 rifle,
if i then find myself at the front with the same said rifle, i think i'd be taking a bullet for Uncle Sam.
Right after i shoot at the invading enemy with my old M-1 rifle. In a very loyal and dutiful manner.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Occam's Banana again.
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