On hold with V.A. "Welcome home, Veterans returning from Afghanistan or Iraq or any theater of combat please press. . ." #resistance #resist

was the word "theatre" really used? Because if so, yikessss

Oh absolutely. The U.S. Department of Defense uses that phrase on all kinds of documents and every damned day.

ugh what a fucking terrible choice of words

I mean, it speaks to how combat is generally viewed. It's never the people in charge out there. But still.