I've listened to the TrueAnon podcast and I have mixed feelings about Brace Belden. I feel like if I call him a war tourist I'll get hounded by the same people who call the US troops baby bayonetters. I think war is awful, I think an American seeking it out in a foreign land is not right in the head. I don't think there's any ideology out there worth sacrificing your life or killing for, history is not determined by individual men after all. That's why I don't respect Brace Belden's military service, he got involved with a conflict he had no reason being in, he has blood on his hands. I'm glad he moved on with his life and became a podcaster because the alternative for him would probably be an act of terrorism from what I've heard him say on that podcast. In conclusion fuck the troops, all of y'all are stupid.

  • RedArmor [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    How dare he leave everything (even if very little) to go help comrades fight for their literal existence. You’re looking at this as all troops are bad, not that things have a material basis during their time and place.

    He’s done more direct praxis than you have. And that’s not even including unionizing the brewery he works at and other organizing efforts.

    • closetednoodle [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      He helped fight for a Kurdish state in land that wasn't occupied by ISIS. I would figure Syria has problems but I don't view ethnicity as a basis for a state, even if the revolution was led by communists with token foreign fighters alongside them. If he really cared about the Kurds why did he leave? Is it okay to just show up in a foreign land, kill who you perceive as the bad guy, and leave? He had no stake besides his skin being there. What Brace did is without a doubt dumb.

      • RedArmor [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Says someone who has never been in combat or sacrificed anything more than voting in an election. Lmao get the fuck outta here