(08-16-2024, 11:05 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(08-16-2024, 07:48 AM)mikesez Wrote: False. All I said was it's too small of an issue to change my vote.  Most of them admitted that they would still vote for Trump if the situation was reversed.  So even though they don't like me calling it a "small issue" or a "little lie", in effect it's the same.  It doesn't change my vote, and it wouldn't change theirs.  

Note that this is not a disagreement about how the military works, or about how the military should work. It's only a disagreement about how important it is to avoid saying "I was rank X in the military" when indeed you used to be rank X but upon retirement were demoted to rank Y.

The bottom line is these folks can tolerate disagreement, and they can tolerate people who don't know military terms, but something in them sets off when someone disagrees with them who also doesn't know military terms.  They can't just let it be.

Look, dummy. This is a lie he told to boost his credibility. It's that simple. It's no different than Trump. You just allow it. Why? Because it comes reinforced by the establishment. You're not principled, just complacent.