When I was a child, we saw pictures of military parades in the Soviet Union. We were told we don’t do that, that we’re proud of the fact that we don’t do that because we don’t wish to be a militarized society. Celebrating July 4 with army tanks on the National Mall is repugnant.

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@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @DeptofDefense @WhiteHouse @TeamTrump Nation 2 Marianne: Sorry NO ONE told U, as a child, if not able 2 FATHOM it does NOT mean is wrong... Thoug U DID learn how 2 dance w/ GROOVE! (does @Scaramucci LIKE that, 2 ??) Con musica, Lucho, Latin Jazz Voc.&Comp.
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I see nothing wrong with celebrating our great military. I am proud of them.
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Over the last generation we’ve increasingly become what we used to deride the USSR for being, in a bunch of ways.
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Every single propaganda point pounded into our heads about Evil Russia when I was a kid is now true of the US--like not being allowed to travel, having to carry documents at all times, and now our very own gulags.
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The USA under Trump is looking more the Soviet Union the GOP told us to fear. Irony
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Instead, the US military was busy killing civilians in countries you never heard of.
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No recognition of Russia’s contribution in defeating the Nazis without them we’d have lost that war, no recognition that 27 million Russians were killed defeating the Nazi and millions more maimed, I find the west’s lack of recognition and appreciation for that “Repugnant”
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So don’t watch
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Yeah we gotta fix that. But cynicism is just an excuse for not helping. We can’t just name it; we have to change it.
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