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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
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submitted 3 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Bohne93@feddit.org 73 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Weren't they there for military training? So after basic training they should be a legitimat target, no?

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 51 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Honestly even before finishing training. He's wearing the military uniform, training, and handling a weapon.

The US defined any male about 16 in Iraq as a combatant/legitimate target and the world didn't bat an eye. Tate exceeds this

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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 37 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

He's wearing the military uniform

Any uniform is incomplete without the flag or coat of arms.

The US defined any male about 16 in Iraq as a combatant/legitimate target and the world didn't bat an eye.

That was still illegal.

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago*

So wait he's training with the enemy, holding a weapon, and not wearing a proper uniform?

That would classify him as a spy and subject him to prompt execution if captured wouldn't it?

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

The US defined

If you're using that as a justification, you're doing it wrong. Give me a quick count of their recent war crimes...?

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

The important part was how the rest of the world didn't care

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

Don't strike hin. Just the legitimate members of the Russian military doing the training. With a huge bomb. And tungsten pellets. But not him.

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