the deprogram on reddit is gone now, and so is og post about this is gone. so i will repost it.

you will find on forums, people speaking about finding pictures of their parents doing horrific things, things that they will try to ensure never sees the light of day. Never forget that this notion of the “polite society” is just a veneer.

original pic

original r*ddit post

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My Dad in Vietnam

His first wife whom I know only from Facebook sent me this. I asked him about it and he said they regularly interrogated locals for info. I never knew this side of the man.

even today you can find soldier talking about committing warcrimes on podcast as friendlyjordies made a video talking about it

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    3 days ago

    Precisely! Americans feel like they’re better than isntrealis but they’re one and the same.

    It’s a hot take but the big backlash those comedians had for performing at the Riyadh festival was foolish to me. Your country does so much worse and you never call it out!

    I understand they do deserve criticism for it, but the most libbed-up “support our troops” type of people hopped on the bandwagon too and it was so frustrating to see in real time.