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@John_Hudson @TaraCopp Good for him!

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@krystalball @grahamformaine You’re a phoney.

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@evanwch Even the Nazi tattoo part? Where do you live that 99% of people have these sorts of tattoos?

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@RadioFreeTom Keep lying, Tom.

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@NateSilver538 and Nazi. Don’t forget about the whole Nazi thing.

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@redsteeze @evanwch This wasn’t even his tattoo, Stephen. Platner’s was much worse if you know the history behind it. And he knew the history behind it.

At any rate, Nazis are bad.

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@evanwch What if they found out about all of my Nazi tattoos?!?

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@AdamKinzinger You sound soft, Adam.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

The Media Only Loves Us When We’re Dead: Part II

I’m not done with this "reporter" yet. And I won’t stay silent while the media drags warfighters who bled for this nation and are now trying to make it better.

I’ll be honest, I’m ashamed I didn’t look deeper into the story of @SeanParnellUSA sooner. The GWOT cuts too close to my own scars, so I looked away from the broader history. But not anymore.

Media scrutiny isn’t new. Even George Washington was mocked in print. But the latest attacks on Sean Parnell say far more about the press than they do about him.

So pause and remember where you were on June 10, 2006.

1. The most popular song was Hips Don’t Lie.
2. The top movie was Cars.
3. And Sean Parnell was leading 39 men through a mountain ambush by over 250 enemy fighters. He was wounded three times, and stayed in the fight. By the end of that deployment, 85% of his platoon had been wounded.

Funny how you only get one Purple Heart for taking three hits in one battle, but a thousand paper cuts from the press for doing nothing wrong.

So let me get this straight: guys like him are good enough to fight your wars, bury their friends, and carry the silence of it all for the rest of their lives, but not good enough to help fix the institutions that failed them?

Who better than them?

You think you're criticizing one man. But behind every name you recognize is a platoon’s worth of warriors you never will. Quiet. Steady. Carrying the same resolve that got them all home. And whether you realize it or not, the hopes of a generation of warfighters rest quietly on his and @PeteHegseth's shoulders.

You forget: the fire that forged these men didn’t burn them up, it tempered them. And here’s the part you never seem to learn:

If you keep mocking the warriors who came home and tried to lead, don’t act surprised when fewer of them show up next time. Why would they?

Or maybe that’s the media's goal? But it won't work.

Because in this country, it seems the only time the media honors them... is when they’re coming home in a box draped in the American Flag.

***Please share this widely to counter the harmful "media" narratives that exist to malign warfighters who bled in battle and are trying to make a difference.***

[Jake @SemperDanger]

@KyleKulinski Platner? The Nazi tattoo guy?

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@shashj @infantrydort 🥱 Please leave, phoney.

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@CynicalPublius Stories for my grandchildren.

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@ConnellyAL And yet, you don’t seem to be a veteran yourself. So kindly shut up.

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@neeratanden @bariweiss Scott Pelley? Great?

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@donmcgowan “Ignore your lying eyes and ears.”

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@HoyasFan07 Many veterans don’t like seeing their beloved institutions wrecked.

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@USATODAY Why can’t people take pride in their nuclear family?

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@USATODAY Why don’t they want to celebrate the nuclear family?

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@BritniDWrites 🤡

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@SenSanders Bernie, you’ve been trying to sell the same lies for decades now. Go and retire. Enjoy your grandchildren or something.