I’m just saying it’s an ahistorical representation of the type of person who actually did that.
That’s fair enough, and I think I understand what you mean in that context. That’s also not really the part of the take that I was objecting to I guess. :shrug-outta-hecks:
I never thought about it before but Full Metal Jacket is kind of retrograde the way it portrays the guy who blasted his CO as a sobbing incompetent moron. In reality there was a lot of resistance and direct murder of COs by GIs during the Vietnam War, but it wasn’t done by antisocial mouth-breathing idiots but principled resistors.
Well, Gomer Pyle is not supposed to be a depiction of a “principled resistor”. He’s supposed to be a depiction of a guy who is obviously mentally disabled, but got pushed through medical examination anyways due to lowering recruitment standards. As I understand that was also a hot-button issue at the time.
That said, I would personally prefer that you did not speak so frankly on your opinions regarding Mr. Pyle. Comparison with the character is actually one of the ways people where I live used to use to try to get at me.
Reminder: This is not a debate subreddit, it’s a place to circle-jerk about communism being cool and good.
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Pls updoot my post 2 😭
It would be fucking amazing to watch :melon-musk: get Lowtax’d.
I’m pretty sure it was hammer-clown man.