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minus-squareimposedsensation@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoNo Leavitt, they’re encouraging service members not to follow UNLAWFUL orders, quite literally what they said. How do you get from UNLAWFUL to LAWFUL? If the President only gives lawful orders then what’s the big deal?
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIt’s like the toxic masculinity thing which the right twisted to mean “all masculinity is toxic”
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThe claim is that by definition anything the president orders is lawful by virtue of the president giving the order. It’s a necessary leap they need the rank and file to make if they want the freedom to unleash the military on cities they don’t like.
No Leavitt, they’re encouraging service members not to follow UNLAWFUL orders, quite literally what they said. How do you get from UNLAWFUL to LAWFUL? If the President only gives lawful orders then what’s the big deal?
It’s like the toxic masculinity thing which the right twisted to mean “all masculinity is toxic”
The claim is that by definition anything the president orders is lawful by virtue of the president giving the order.
It’s a necessary leap they need the rank and file to make if they want the freedom to unleash the military on cities they don’t like.
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