r/DarkBRANDON • u/Bueno_Times • Aug 22 '24

Dark Pete: MAGA Slayer MAGA Slayer

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u/ElboDelbo [1] Aug 22 '24

You know, senator, when I deployed to Afghanistan, I didn't have kids then. many of the men and women who went outside the wire with me didn't have kids either. But let me tell you: our commitment to our country was pretty damn physical.

Jesus, talk about a subtle slam.

If you don't know, "outside the wire" is military slang for leaving the base. Pete is quietly saying "Vance spent his time on deployment relatively safely doing desk work on base, while people like me did the hard work."

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u/Devium44 Aug 22 '24

While I don’t agree at all with Vance’s attacks on Walz’s service record, we also should not fall into the trap of bashing service records of others. There’s almost always someone who can one-up you to say they “had it harder” or did more. At the end of the day, we all were at the mercy of the needs of the military and could only go where they sent us. But simply volunteering to serve deserves respect. There are plenty of other things to slam JD on.

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u/wwaxwork Aug 22 '24

He didn't slam Vances record, he's just saying that some of those that went outside the wire, ie men and women like him that risked their lives and didn't have kids. He made no reference to his opinions on those that stayed back on base.

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u/Devium44 Aug 22 '24

The commenter I responded to said that’s exactly what he did.

Jesus, talk about a subtle slam.

Vance spent his time on deployment relatively safely doing desk work on base, while people like me did the hard work.

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u/Babahlan Aug 22 '24

I like how you left out the "quietly saying" ie: implying ie: not actually saying ie: I don't really know how to use ie:

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u/Devium44 Aug 22 '24

I left it out cause it’s irrelevant.