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Become a pipehitter? (Original Post) Galraedia Jun 2021 OP
Just read a good amount of it. RegularJam Jun 2021 #1
Just so everyone knows DVRacer Jun 2021 #3
So, if you dodged the draft claiming "bone spurs"... Silent3 Jun 2021 #4
He's their Kim Jong-Un Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2021 #5
I was wondering what happened to Degenerate Barnie Rubble..... nt Carlitos Brigante Jun 2021 #2
Pipe hitters? C_U_L8R Jun 2021 #6
Turns out it's a shout-out to a military thug and potential brownshirt muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #7
Militarizing politics is Pompass' way to Ilsa Jun 2021 #8
 

RegularJam

(914 posts)
1. Just read a good amount of it.
Wed Jun 16, 2021, 12:32 AM
Jun 2021

Not sure what he is going to run for but he’s running for something. This is more than a grift. It’s the platform he is going to run on.

And calling supporters PipeHitters is disturbing.

DVRacer

(707 posts)
3. Just so everyone knows
Wed Jun 16, 2021, 01:28 AM
Jun 2021

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"...
Wed Jun 16, 2021, 04:27 AM
Jun 2021

...where do you fit in this über-patriotic team of pipehitters?

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,968 posts)
5. He's their Kim Jong-Un
Wed Jun 16, 2021, 06:01 AM
Jun 2021

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.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
7. Turns out it's a shout-out to a military thug and potential brownshirt
Fri Jun 18, 2021, 03:17 PM
Jun 2021



"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."




"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?"
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