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if you are dishonorably discharged for ignoring an illegal order, you are not actually dishonorably discharged.
also: the real solution here is to provide both exit support for those who realize joining was fucking stupid and to convince those who think about joining that they should absolutely not join.
anyone who stays in, or joins (VOLUNTEERS!) fully knowing what the US does these days, is a fucking piece of utter shit trash.
Please don’t be so ignorant. It’s never that black and white. And if you are dishonorably discharged, nothing they say will make that stigma go away.
High horses don’t matter when the bill collectors and repo men come knocking.
People joining today, maybe. But there are people who joined before this stupid shit went down. And they probably joined as a last resort because they felt they had no other choice. That happens. Not everyone is blessed with options.
ergo the support for those in and wanting to get out.
those in who want to stay in can go fuck themselves.
Please stop acting high and mighty for shit you know nothing about. The military is not some at-will job you can just up and quit. It doesn’t work that way.
anyone in currently joined as a volunteer. anyone who stays because they want to is a fucking piece of shit. anyone who is actively researching legal support to get out is doing the right thing.
the math is not that hard. do you not understand? those who want to be there are fucking pieces of shit.