@TessaForDemocracy I have to confess, with events of the last several years being what they now are, I often wonder why I served and what I was unknowingly enabling. The military is, for better or worse, pretty much conservative, which is scary enough as it is, though I didn't really know that at the time I was active.
@XaoslordErie @TessaForDemocracy
I'm wondering how many in the US military are more liberal, tolerant of of diversity in people, and anti-fascist. In a (very) few countries, the military has actually stepped in to remove an abusive leader and establish a government more amenable to the people. I wish this could have happened in the Trump "presidency" or would happen under a future Republican anti-constitutional dictatorship. #Politics #USA
@XaoslordErie @TessaForDemocracy
I really hope your supposition about a more recent military turns out to be true — it may become America's only hope (if democracy is overturned by Republicans) and my fervent wish. #USA #Politics
@OldCountryDoctor @TessaForDemocracy
Now? It's hard to say. I've been disconnected from military life since 1992, but I can say that an awful lot of people I run into at VA Medical Centers are not so liberal as one might think. Still, there's hope. The doctors I see do seem more open-minded than usual, at least the younger ones do, so an infusion of fresh blood (no pun intended) is somewhat different from the staunch conservatism and unwillingness to listen I became used to over the years.