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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomeone in the comments called them "Gravy Seals"
— Tony Michaels ð (@thetonymichaels.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T02:15:24.427946Z
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Someone in the comments called them "Gravy Seals" (Original Post)
applegrove
Wednesday
OP
They took an oath to the Constitution, these references should be reserved for the militias and proud boys
Shellback Squid
Thursday
#8
Yes, they did. And we're at the point where "just following orders" stops being an excuse.
meadowlander
Thursday
#10
granted there are agents that definitely play loose with their oath but these are soldiers, the image is of soldiers
Shellback Squid
Thursday
#13
Coldwater
(376 posts)1. Please stop eating the immigrants

rampartd
(2,596 posts)4. that is my louisiana national guard
so you know they'll eat anything that moves and it will probably taste good.
hegseth may have had a point about the waist lines.
Shellback Squid
(9,659 posts)9. welcome
Sparkly
(24,765 posts)5. oh no you didn't

Silent Type
(11,398 posts)2. Thanks. I'm still laughing. Hegseth better get them doing pushups.
wendyb-NC
(4,492 posts)3. Lol
leftstreet
(37,521 posts)6. The Green Buffets of Dessert Storm
DinahMoeHum
(23,204 posts)7. Tune: "Frere Jacques". . .
Gravy Se-als
Gravy Se-als
Meal Team Six
Meal Team Six
Teeny weeny peenies
Teeny weeny peenies
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Shellback Squid
(9,659 posts)8. They took an oath to the Constitution, these references should be reserved for the militias and proud boys
and not those serving, most don't want to be there
meadowlander
(5,005 posts)10. Yes, they did. And we're at the point where "just following orders" stops being an excuse.
Shellback Squid
(9,659 posts)11. it's not there yet, wtf? get a grip
meadowlander
(5,005 posts)12. No?
https://www.ktvu.com/news/video-federal-agent-shoot-chicago-pastor-head-pepper-ball-broadview-ice-protest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/chicago-woman-shot-immigration-agents
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/pre-dawn-ice-raid-in-chicago-is-attack-on-human-rights-spreads-fear-and-intimidation/
How much more "there" do you think we need to get before people of conscience who take their oath to the Constitution seriously need to stand up and refuse to be enablers of galloping fascism in this country.
These are *Texas* national guardsmen being deployed in Illinois over the objection of the Governor and the people of that State in response to a non-existent crisis so they can instigate an incident that can be used to justify invoking the Insurrection Act so Trump can grab even more power.
I have a grip. It's time for everyone else to wake the fuck up.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/chicago-woman-shot-immigration-agents
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/pre-dawn-ice-raid-in-chicago-is-attack-on-human-rights-spreads-fear-and-intimidation/
How much more "there" do you think we need to get before people of conscience who take their oath to the Constitution seriously need to stand up and refuse to be enablers of galloping fascism in this country.
These are *Texas* national guardsmen being deployed in Illinois over the objection of the Governor and the people of that State in response to a non-existent crisis so they can instigate an incident that can be used to justify invoking the Insurrection Act so Trump can grab even more power.
I have a grip. It's time for everyone else to wake the fuck up.
Shellback Squid
(9,659 posts)13. granted there are agents that definitely play loose with their oath but these are soldiers, the image is of soldiers
there is a difference