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Irish_Dem

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27. I don't find it offensive.

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:24 PM

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I'm a US military kid whose dad flew combat in US three wars.
My mother was USAF, my brothers were Army, my uncle US Navy killed at Battle of Guadalcanal.

They were fighting in wars. War fighter does not upset or offend me in the least.

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