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Nov 10, 2017 9 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Stop exploiting Veteran's Day by spamming people with your shit music while you support elected officials that don't give a damn about anyone else, let alone folks who serve in uniform.
For fucksake, I am so tired of conservatives commercializing veterans and selling their star-spangled tchotchkes and flag-draped, third-tier bullshit anthems. And no one ever calls them out on it. You don't care about veterans. You care about your own damn egos.

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