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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBecome a pipehitter?
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I think Mickey needs to lay off the crack pipe, he's clearly delusional.
P.s. This might just be the dumbest way of promoting a Super Pac.
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Become a pipehitter? (Original Post)
Galraedia
Jun 2021
OP
Turns out it's a shout-out to a military thug and potential brownshirt
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2021
#7
RegularJam
(914 posts)1. Just read a good amount of it.
Not sure what he is going to run for but hes running for something. This is more than a grift. Its the platform he is going to run on.
And calling supporters PipeHitters is disturbing.
DVRacer
(707 posts)3. Just so everyone knows
A pipe hitter is someone in the military that is called combat arms qualified SEALS, Rangers, infantry and others. Think of a rifle barrel as the pipe and you get it.
Silent3
(15,234 posts)4. So, if you dodged the draft claiming "bone spurs"...
...where do you fit in this über-patriotic team of pipehitters?
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,968 posts)5. He's their Kim Jong-Un
Kim Jong-Un, who never performed any actual military service, was made a four-star general in 2010.
I'm surprised Pompeo and the rest of the Trump wackos don't wear a lapel pin with Cadet Bone Spurs' mug on it the way
the N. Korean citizens are required to do with Kim Il-Sung and/or Kim Jong-Il.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,501 posts)2. I was wondering what happened to Degenerate Barnie Rubble..... nt
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)6. Pipe hitters?
They look more like ass crackers.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)7. Turns out it's a shout-out to a military thug and potential brownshirt
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"this is not actually the commonly understood definition of the word. it refers to special ops personnel in the military and/or particularly hardcore members. It's also the name of the foundation established by Eddie Gallagher, accused war criminal pardoned by Trump."
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"I realize Pompeo's expression "pipehitters" has a certain meaning in military circles. However, 1) its other meanings are odd, to say the least, 2) the adoption of military Special Forces lingo is exactly what's scary and wrong with our politics right now.
We really don't need political supporters imagining themselves as Delta Force right now, ok?"
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)8. Militarizing politics is Pompass' way to
move into leadership: by force.