spaduf@slrpnk.netM to Men's Liberation@lemmy.ca · 7 months agoIt’s scarier to refer to immigrants as ‘military-aged males’ than ‘men’www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkIt’s scarier to refer to immigrants as ‘military-aged males’ than ‘men’www.washingtonpost.comspaduf@slrpnk.netM to Men's Liberation@lemmy.ca · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareAlien Nathan EdwardlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoThat’s the phrase we used for decades to justify murdering innocent people with flying assassin robots in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were “military-aged males” and therefore “presumed to be enemy combatants”.
minus-squareSatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThat’s what I was going to point out. Any male between about 16 to 45 was a dead enemy combatant, not a civilian.
That’s the phrase we used for decades to justify murdering innocent people with flying assassin robots in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were “military-aged males” and therefore “presumed to be enemy combatants”.
That’s what I was going to point out. Any male between about 16 to 45 was a dead enemy combatant, not a civilian.