• yesman@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Early on, Medals of Honor were passed out like candy. In the Civil War, a unit of men was awarded for actions that took place after they demobilized. In 1917 an Army Medal of Honor inquiry stripped 911 medals from the “undeserving”. This includes the only female recipient, who was a surgeon in the Civil War and POW after she crossed the lines to treat civilians.

  • KaChilde@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    To be fair, I am almost certain that Pete here doesn’t actually know what happened at Wounded Knee. He knows there was a ‘battle’, and that there were ‘Injuns’ involved. Probably was that some patriotic Americans defended themselves against the savage natives, like in the cowboy movies! Those cowboys deserve their medals!

    Of course, now that the US secretary of defence has tweeted his ignorance on a social media platform, there is no taking it back, or apologising for his misunderstanding. He can only double down and defend a massacre.

    • Lasherz@lemmy.worldM
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      10 months ago

      Nah, he knows. It’s about drawing outrage because that’s the only thing that wins them credit any more with their base.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Yep this is the same bullshit as renaming bases after random privates with the same name as confederate generals to change it back, just keeping up the brand consistency

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The country is being run by people who are indistinguishable from the 13yo edgelord boy who got banned from your Call of Duty server for overusing the n-word

    • Leon@pawb.socialEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Not at all. The 13-year old is a hormonal brat that doesn’t have the years under their belt. They’re still growing and learning how their actions affect others. They should know better, and often do, but we give leeway to children because fucking up is part of growing and learning.

      The men and women currently in charge have no such excuse.