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Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] -27 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Did you wear the uniform? What are you doing to help prevent the 22 suicides a day among our service members?

This is what the military subs have had to weigh when making these calls.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I have met people who was in the service enough to know the struggle is real.

    It's just hard to believe that they depend on Reddit for their support system.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately if they are US service personnel this would not be hard to believe at all.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why only US?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Presumably other countries actually give a fuck about helping their soldiers.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That is a false presumption. Overall compared to most countries the VA is not bad

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Most countries that don't have universal health care, you mean.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It depends what you mean by universal healthcare- but also generally the US pays much better. And at least in the area I used to live the VA wasn't bad.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hate to break it to you but the US is last in OECD nations regarding universal healthcare and I can't believe I have to explain that

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah but we aren't talking about universal healthcare. We are talking about specifically veterans and current soldiers

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You mentioned it bro, not me. I'd guess America also treats its military members like second class citizens, pretty common to see stories of the VA leaving soldiers high and dry after quite literally using their bodies to fuel imperialism.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    You mentioned it bro, not me.

    No I didn't?

    I'd guess America also treats its military members like second class citizens, pretty common to see stories of the VA leaving soldiers high and dry after quite literally using their bodies to fuel imperialism.

    Yeah it's nowhere near perfect, but I know from personal experience that at least some other NATO countries are worse

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  • [+] -9 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Another thing I never see anyone in US is talking about: If US veterans need so much help (and they really do), what is happening to people in counties they were fighting against? And those are not only soldiers, but whole families. Everyone ober there has witnessed same shit they did, kids, elders, moms...

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    "Developed" countries see "undeveloped" countries (or whatever euphemism you want to use) as Others. We may be the target of their charity or of their pity sometimes, but we remain a mysterious monolith. I'm reminded of that whenever someone says "The US is [generally something bad] among developed countries".

    I'm not angry about it. I get it. I still wish it wasn't that way.

    As trivia, at least one "undeveloped" country has universal healthcare.

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