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ronncantu19 karma

I do think the displays of force by the police lately kinda shit all over the sacrifices of those who gave all for "freedom."

Just my two cents...

ronncantu16 karma

I joined the Army because I was just meandering around the community college campus not knowing what I wanted to do in life. My dad had served, both grandfathers. It was my New Year's resolution in 1998 to "do my time."

What lessons did I learn? That's a big question but the answer that comes most immediately to mind is becoming aware of my own racist views.

The death threat was in the comment section of that 60 Mins interview. It was the same post that body shamed me. It was something along the lines of Yeah, if I saw that fat fuck, I'd probably cap him.

He was talking about me :'(

ronncantu16 karma

I realized the war was bullshit in early 2004, just a month or two after arriving.

As I was gearing up for round two in 2006, I thought of all the bombs and bullets that I avoided during round one. I wasn't convinced I would survive my second tour and so I wanted to leave a record of my opinion, should I not survive. I sought out like-minded servicemembers and found the organization Iraq Veterans Against the War. I posted an essay to their website that gained notoriety in left-leaning circles and, from there, the interview requests started trickling in. I just said yes to everything and went from there.

Thank you for your question!

ronncantu16 karma

I won't be voting for him. That is fa sho.

ronncantu14 karma

I was an 11B (an Infantryman for non-vets out there) for roughly seven years before reclassing into 97E (Human Intelligence Collector - later changed to 35M).

When I was being investigated, I found out the leadership was reading all my blog entries across all platforms (we were required to disclose them upon arriving in theater). In one blog post, I identified myself as a Human Intelligence Collector and that, specifically, was something they tried to charge me with. They claimed it was an OPSEC violation.

Again, in the end, I wasn't charged with anything.

Good question! Thank you!