▲ 531 ▼ Tommy Tuberville Says US Wouldn’t Be Able to Take on China Because of ‘Wokeness’: ‘We’ve Got People Doing Poems on Aircraft Carriers’ (www.mediaite.com) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 220 comments fedilink hide all child comments What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? — Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons... -- Wilfred Owen
[+] Aztechnology@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] DLSchichtl@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Fucking Cervantes was a badass marine who was shot three times in the battle of Lepanto, twice in the chest and one in his hand, which he lost. He was very proud of his military career, and considered th battle of Lepanto one if not the highlight of his life. He went on to write one of the most important novels of all times, Don Quixote, many others, as well as copious poetry. If Cervantes were alive and heard this, he would probably beat the crap out of this asshole with his lame hand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago Tolkien was writing poetry in the trenches. The tradition of writing poetry in your spare time while serving in a military is probably as old as poetry itself. Fuck Tuberville. UnAmerican blowhard asshole. Probably being blackmailed by someone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wogi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago Patton was a lot of things. Poet. General. Abusive asshole. Dumb enough to sincerely suggest putting the Nazis back in power and the Jews back in the camps. Car enthusiast. Woke sure as hell wasn't one of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] DLSchichtl@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Fucking Cervantes was a badass marine who was shot three times in the battle of Lepanto, twice in the chest and one in his hand, which he lost. He was very proud of his military career, and considered th battle of Lepanto one if not the highlight of his life. He went on to write one of the most important novels of all times, Don Quixote, many others, as well as copious poetry. If Cervantes were alive and heard this, he would probably beat the crap out of this asshole with his lame hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Fucking Cervantes was a badass marine who was shot three times in the battle of Lepanto, twice in the chest and one in his hand, which he lost. He was very proud of his military career, and considered th battle of Lepanto one if not the highlight of his life. He went on to write one of the most important novels of all times, Don Quixote, many others, as well as copious poetry. If Cervantes were alive and heard this, he would probably beat the crap out of this asshole with his lame hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago Tolkien was writing poetry in the trenches. The tradition of writing poetry in your spare time while serving in a military is probably as old as poetry itself. Fuck Tuberville. UnAmerican blowhard asshole. Probably being blackmailed by someone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago Patton was a lot of things. Poet. General. Abusive asshole. Dumb enough to sincerely suggest putting the Nazis back in power and the Jews back in the camps. Car enthusiast. Woke sure as hell wasn't one of them. permalink fedilink source parent