• AernaLingus [any]
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    11 months ago

    showing a maverick side

    Supporting the status quo = maverick

    • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Maybe by "Maverick side" they mean like Tom Cruise in Top Gun: really enthusiastic about guns and missiles, and just fighting imperialist wars in general?

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 months ago

      Don't forget other people bestowed with the "maverick" title: John McCain, Sarah Palin

      Real. Cool. Club.

      (I didn't initially intend to punctuate that way, I just fat-fingered on mobile and liked it better that way)