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tblue37

(67,219 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:13 AM 18 hrs ago

This line from PeeWee Hegseth's speech is really disgusting:

You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct and don’t necessarily belong always in polite society.”
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This line from PeeWee Hegseth's speech is really disgusting: (Original Post) tblue37 18 hrs ago OP
Pete Hogshit will end up in prison some day. oasis 18 hrs ago #1
please . . . evilhime 16 hrs ago #14
If there is any justice Mad_Machine76 15 hrs ago #27
I call him Pig Hogsbreath nuxvomica 15 hrs ago #28
He's definitely a pig. 🐷 oasis 12 hrs ago #31
Tradition or no tradition, if I were one of the senior officers in attendance I'd be flying up onto the stage generalbetrayus 18 hrs ago #2
Pete is an F'ing scum bag. Biophilic 18 hrs ago #3
Add to that goebbles statement go LEOs "You are unleashed" in Memphis SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #4
I am an USAF kid and the Air Force is the most polite group you will ever see. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #5
"we could not get over how rude, ill mannered, and racist American civilians were." It was on full display at Escurumbele 17 hrs ago #9
The GOP is turning the US into a nation of monsters. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #12
I blame Rush "I'm in Hell" Limbaugh BaronChocula 15 hrs ago #24
Yes he was a big part of the hate filled training program. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #25
Yeah that can of worms has been open for 10 years already FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #19
HEAR, HEAR Skittles 4 hrs ago #34
Well, some people certainly don't PatSeg 17 hrs ago #6
That line describes him and him only, most of the rest will be disgusted Arazi 17 hrs ago #7
If he had been "Secretary of War" back in WWII, when there was actually a SoW, Aristus 17 hrs ago #8
That POS would call how we treated German POWs "woke". bluesbassman 3 hrs ago #35
Yes he's projecting for sure. Hope22 17 hrs ago #10
Arrested development: emotionally, he's twelve years old (nt) William Seger 17 hrs ago #11
Describes pretty much all of trump's administration... Wounded Bear 16 hrs ago #21
Not that I am the thread Enforcer or anything, but... GopherGal 15 hrs ago #26
He certainly seems to admire people who "break things and kill people". Ping Tung 16 hrs ago #13
I'm inclined to believe those words of Einstein. oasis 12 hrs ago #32
I can hear him whispering Mblaze 16 hrs ago #15
So much for Charmin One 16 hrs ago #16
Dude's a pure asshole. n/t SpankMe 16 hrs ago #17
His speech surfered 16 hrs ago #18
Or fragged. MLWR 16 hrs ago #20
Whiskey Pete is a real wannabe. NoMoreRepugs 15 hrs ago #22
Sounds more like ICE than our military. Marie Marie 15 hrs ago #23
Hegseth didn't make up the line. mn9driver 15 hrs ago #29
Maybe they shouldn't drink and if thats their attitude maybe they shouldn't be wearing a uniform. Boomerproud 12 hrs ago #33
This was the most awful thing he said, imo: intheflow 14 hrs ago #30

nuxvomica

(13,666 posts)
28. I call him Pig Hogsbreath
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:22 PM
15 hrs ago

That just came out unplanned when I was talking about him to someone. It's not clever but it's easy to say.

generalbetrayus

(1,259 posts)
2. Tradition or no tradition, if I were one of the senior officers in attendance I'd be flying up onto the stage
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:28 AM
18 hrs ago

to throttle Drunky McFuckstick for that horrible insult, insinuating that I was every bit the psychopath that he is.

Biophilic

(6,114 posts)
3. Pete is an F'ing scum bag.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:29 AM
18 hrs ago

How utterly and deeply insulting. How did he think these gentlemen would take something like that? Trump’s people continue to amaze me with their sheer ineptitude and downright stupidity. How on earth can they imagine that they represent the superior race? They are so embarrassing and infuriating.

SheltieLover

(74,196 posts)
4. Add to that goebbles statement go LEOs "You are unleashed" in Memphis
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:34 AM
17 hrs ago

and the likelihood for problems multiplies exponsntially.

Memphis. The police force that murdered Tyre Nichols. .

Irish_Dem

(75,688 posts)
5. I am an USAF kid and the Air Force is the most polite group you will ever see.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:35 AM
17 hrs ago

USAF Active duty, retired, families are polite and well mannered.

When we returned to the US after serving overseas we could not get over how rude, ill mannered, and racist American civilians were.

Even today if I meet an Air Force family I immediately totally relax.
They have my back.

Escurumbele

(3,919 posts)
9. "we could not get over how rude, ill mannered, and racist American civilians were." It was on full display at
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:24 PM
17 hrs ago

the Golf tournament the "Ryder Cup". That was more appalling than what I have ever seen at a sports tournament. And the response from the president of the PGA, and the USA team captain was worst.

It is appalling because it had never happened before at this level, Rory McIlroy's wife was hit in the head with a beer bottle, she had a hat that seemed to protect her, but the slurs that were targeted at her were despicable. And the president of the PGA answered that "he could understand the abuse to Rory because Rory is so good, but the abuse to other European players was uncalled for." (I am paraphrasing), so it is OK to abuse Rory and his wife, but the others? they are not as good, so spare them. Of course the guy went to retract his words, at least he didn't say "they took my words out of context", but the public apology was as bad, and then he went on a "save my self" act by apologizing directly to Rory and his wife.

What I am getting at is that trump opened a can of worms, and now the worms are "unleashed".

Irish_Dem

(75,688 posts)
12. The GOP is turning the US into a nation of monsters.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:36 PM
16 hrs ago

Yes unleashing the dark underbelly of human nature.

BaronChocula

(3,460 posts)
24. I blame Rush "I'm in Hell" Limbaugh
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:06 PM
15 hrs ago

He spent hours every day on the radio setting the table for the behavior we see from those people. He had the largest right-wing audience and for all followers in RW media to get a share of that audience, they had to dive down into scum to appeal.

Before him, republicans were already good at condescending to everyone else and scapegoating minorities, but for Limbaugh and his ilk, that wasn't ugly enough.

Irish_Dem

(75,688 posts)
25. Yes he was a big part of the hate filled training program.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:11 PM
15 hrs ago

Setting the stage for the darkest time in US history.

FakeNoose

(38,850 posts)
19. Yeah that can of worms has been open for 10 years already
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:20 PM
16 hrs ago

We're all getting mighty sick of it. Chump's rude behavior has set the tone for rudeness all over the country, and also many other parts of the world. Wherever Americans (I'm talking about Repukes here) go, rudeness and bad behavior follow.

PatSeg

(51,046 posts)
6. Well, some people certainly don't
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:37 AM
17 hrs ago

belong in polite society, starting with the two clowns on that stage.

Aristus

(71,014 posts)
8. If he had been "Secretary of War" back in WWII, when there was actually a SoW,
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:44 AM
17 hrs ago

We would have lost. It was due to the relative compassion, our adherence to the Geneva Convention articles regarding the treatment of prisoners of war that so many German soldiers surrendered rather than fighting to the death. Rumors (which were true) spread among German soldiers in the field that POW's were fed and treated better by the Americans than by their own officers.

Can't expect that drunken shitstain to know that.

bluesbassman

(20,328 posts)
35. That POS would call how we treated German POWs "woke".
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:43 AM
3 hrs ago

It’s his catchall phrase for anything that he doesn’t understand or doesn’t align with his sick and twisted beliefs, ideologies, and worldview. He’s a profoundly unstable individual and should at the bare minimum be institutionalized and best case scenario incarcerated. Oh, did I also mention he’s a POS.

Hope22

(4,190 posts)
10. Yes he's projecting for sure.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:24 PM
17 hrs ago

He and his buds dream up the evil and pass out the orders. Very ill!!

GopherGal

(2,627 posts)
26. Not that I am the thread Enforcer or anything, but...
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:19 PM
15 hrs ago

I think you owe an apology to twelve-yeari-olds for that one.

Ping Tung

(3,784 posts)
13. He certainly seems to admire people who "break things and kill people".
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:46 PM
16 hrs ago
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

Albert Einstein

Mblaze

(798 posts)
15. I can hear him whispering
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:51 PM
16 hrs ago

This to his GI Joe action figures as a child. Of course, he's still a child.

mn9driver

(4,785 posts)
29. Hegseth didn't make up the line.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:27 PM
15 hrs ago

It s been around for a long time as gallows humor among military bunkmates after a couple beers. Emphasis on the junior enlisted cannon fodder who think this is witty.

By using it in a serious, senior officer context, Hegseth just shows everyone how completely unfit he is for his office, and how poorly he understood his audience. He is a brain damaged clown.

Boomerproud

(8,978 posts)
33. Maybe they shouldn't drink and if thats their attitude maybe they shouldn't be wearing a uniform.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:57 PM
12 hrs ago

nt

intheflow

(29,779 posts)
30. This was the most awful thing he said, imo:
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:27 PM
14 hrs ago
War is something you do sparingly, on our own terms, and with clear aims. We fight to win. We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense, maximum lethality, and authority for warfighters. That’s all I ever wanted as a platoon leader, and it’s all my E-6 squad leaders ever wanted.


intimidate,
demoralize,
hunt,
and kill enemies.

And then Trump adds - "Hey! We're gonna let you try out those strategies against your fellow citizens in American cities!"
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