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minus-squarechemicalprophet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoSee Mohammed Ali. See Elvis Presley.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·edit-22 months agoIn both cases, they were seen as subversives who reactionaries were glad to be rid of. It’s not an automatic system, they stood in front of a draft board who ruled they’ll either join the army or go to prison.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m too old and a foreign national, but since my late teen years I was committed to doing a ted nugent if it came to it.
See Mohammed Ali. See Elvis Presley.
In both cases, they were seen as subversives who reactionaries were glad to be rid of.
It’s not an automatic system, they stood in front of a draft board who ruled they’ll either join the army or go to prison.
I’m too old and a foreign national, but since my late teen years I was committed to doing a ted nugent if it came to it.