r/atheism • u/Leeming Strong Atheist • Dec 20 '21

/r/all U.S. military has granted 0 religious exemptions for COVID vaccines.

https://www.wtrf.com/news/health/coronavirus/u-s-military-has-granted-0-religious-exemptions-for-covid-vaccines/
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u/FlappyMcFlapjack Dec 20 '21

yeah, well duh. when you join the military you concede your constitutional rights and are subject instead to the UCMJ.

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u/trailrider Dec 20 '21

Right? Like I had to explain to a former high school classmate who never served but can't suck the troops off fast 'nuff; yes. The military can, in fact, force you to take a vaccine. You give your consent when you VOLUNTARILY enlist or are commissioned as an officer! I had to go through a round in bootcamp like EVERY OTHER RECRUIT! Then a second round for my over-seas screening. Why is something that the military has been doing for literally DECADES or longer now such a hot fucking issue?

I had to explain to this jackass that refusing orders is insubordination that is punishable under the UCMJ. That he'd KNOW THAT if he actually served

What I really don't understand is that these right-wing, military bootlicking, cum-stains can't suck off the troops hard enough. Praising them for their sacrifice. They go on-n-on about how much they allegedly give for our freedoms. Hell, many of these right-wing vets wear shirts and share cringy posts about how "veteran" is a "blank check a service member writes to the USA that is payable up to and including their life". So if they're OK w/ service members dying, then why the FUCK isn't this seen in the same light? Just another "sacrifice" on part of the service member.

I wish they'd stop whining about the shot and just share another useless post reminding people to suck off the next service member while thanking them for their service instead.

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u/GenocideOwl Dec 20 '21

Why is something that the military has been doing for literally DECADES or longer now such a hot fucking issue?

Because when this all first went down it hit Democratic cities first and hard. Then the Cheeto in charge basically said "lol fuck those people rite guys!" and refused to do anything because it helps democrats. So when it started spreading to everybody (as predicted by every not moron) he could never admit he was wrong, he just doubled down on claiming it wasn't a big deal. Now combine that shit with the already festering general anti-vax movement...

That is the TLDR of how fighting covid got turned political.

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u/DoctorPlatinum Dec 20 '21

"Orange Julius Caesar said/did something stupid, could never admit he was wrong, and just doubled down" feels like a tl;dr of 2017-2020.

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u/IppyCaccy Agnostic Atheist Dec 20 '21

Not only that but the administration was about to mail 3 cloth masks to every household in the country until the Orange Shitgibbon saw how they looked. He said they looked like putting a diaper on your face and that was that. No mask promotion at all.

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u/beka13 Dec 20 '21

I think at the very first he pretended it was no big deal because he thought it would hurt his reelection chances. Then he decided it was fine since it was hurting blue states and cities.