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He doesn't know how to tell their children where she went.

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[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[...] Adrian Clouatre said he is "not a very political person" but believes his wife deserved to live legally in the U.S.

"I'm all for 'get the criminals out of the country,' right?" he said. "But the people that are here working hard, especially the ones married to Americans — I mean, that's always been a way to secure a green card."

This guy 100% voted for Trump.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

“One of the good ones” is what they always say when it affects them personally.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just tell them the truth.

Children, I voted for your mother to be treated as a subhuman and we all got what I voted for. Don't you dare throw me into an asylum!

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And as an armed service member, I betrayed my oath to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That's why mommy is in a gulag.

Now stop crying. Who wants ice cream?

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stupid children clearly don't understand that trump is more important than my family

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

mAkE FaMiLY nUcLeaR aGaIN

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 162 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It's just a hell of a way to treat a veteran

I feel for the guy, I really do. But this military entitlement pisses me off. You don't deserve better than others.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago

I frame it a different way: his party likes to idolize the military and say they will take care of their own, but then pull stunts like this. should be a wakeup call for some people.

I agree with you otherwise

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I volunteered to murder brown people in the name of oil lobbying. Thank me for my service

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

but they need to preboard!

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those types of things are completely fine. They are functionally inconsequential but show acknowledgement of a decision to serve that most Americans do not make and many would actively try to avoid if called to serve.

Expecting preferential treatment by governmental agencies solely based on that is a totally different story.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those types of things are completely fine. They are functionally inconsequential but show acknowledgement of a decision to serve that most Americans do not make and many would actively try to avoid if called to serve.

Eh. You've agreed to kill people for money. I don't see that as a virtue.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 2 points 2 days ago

Not even your own money, you're killing people for more money in the pockets of weapons dealers, oil barons, and the politicians they employ - I mean "lobby."

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don’t deserve better than others.

Could not agree more. That kind of thing is part of the problem if you ask me. We have this culture where people are expected to genuflect to cops and military. I don't think they deserve less, depending on how they do their job. I just don't understand why it's expected that military and cops should be treated better. Why? If anything, I think we should be thanking caregivers and teachers, etc. for their service...

I realize stories like this are meant to humanize the situation for a lot of normies as to just what Taco and Pee Wee German are doing to this country, but...it is a bit cloying to see that entitlement aspect.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Pee Wee German

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

He may not be entitled to better treatment than others, but his country just abducted his wife after he pledged his life for that country.

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 50 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Motherfucker said, “it's almost inhumane.”

Wtf is his bar?

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

She's not a real human being to him. Close, but not really.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they shot the family dog, it’d be inhumane. This was just inconvenient.

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

That's just standard procedure for any of the alphabet agencies.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Considering a military person is involved, he has done inhumane things, so he knows.

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[–] treesquid@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He doesn't know how to tell his children who took their mother because I'm sure he voted for the guy who did it

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (1 children)

how hard is it? “mommy is kidnapped by the fascists of which I am a member who volunteered to join.”

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep, he knows how to tell, just doesn't want to.

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[–] Zagam@piefed.social 31 points 2 days ago (11 children)

It's easy homeboy, repeat after me- "mommy went away to the place that the people I voted for sent her, with the money I gave them, and my job is to make sure she doesn't come back. Now give me a hug and try not to be so brown."

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[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

After they married in 2024, Paola Clouatre sought a green card to legally live and work in the U.S. Adrian Clouatre said he is "not a very political person" but believes his wife deserved to live legally in the U.S.

"I'm all for 'get the criminals out of the country,' right?" he said. "But the people that are here working hard, especially the ones married to Americans — I mean, that's always been a way to secure a green card."

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 70 points 2 days ago

"Not a very political person" "I'm all for 'get the criminals out of the country'"

So he's a facist who doesn't like the brand association

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A Marine who spouts right wing talking points... definitely not a very political person.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No but see any position i hold is neutral.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think this is a crucial observation to understanding this whole mess.

Not everyone lives in a "heliocentric world", where they're just a small part of a bigger system, everyone is just multiple shades of different, and average/normal is statistical fiction.

To a lot of folks, their vantage point is: "people like me are normal and it's everyone else that is on the deep left or right."

Meanwhile they're ready to metaphorically murder Copernicus because it's too painful to admit that these political epicycles they've mapped out are masking the truth.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They get real deep into the solipsism. It's terrifying, because you can't get them out. The person is unrecoverable. It's like death, or a ghost.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"She has to go answer some questions about her citizenship" if you don't want the kids to hate either of you

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Maybe the kids should hate him

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

If their father is this stupid, there is a good chance the kids will be too stupid to figure this out when they're older.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Arrested by the government he works as a mercenary killer for. Maybe he should reexamine his life but i doubt it.

critical thinking? if he had any he wouldn't have enlisted

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

“Sorry kid, the country doesn’t consider mom American anymore and the people have decided she is ruining the country.”

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago
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