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OnlyPolls 12w
For the men (18-25), if you were lottery selected in a draft for war, would you comply?
#poll
Comply fully
Comply (Non-combat role)
Not comply (Exemptions/Waivers)
Not comply (Conscientous-Objector)
Not comply (Evade/Go to Prison)
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Anonymous 12w

Depends on the conflict and who’s in charge.

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Anonymous 12w

Story time: I had a brain tumor, which is fine now, but it gave me vision problems. Watch how MF QUICK those vision problems come back after getting that draft letter. I would walk up to the recruiter with an MRI scan, sunglasses, and a cane. Like, “I am ready to serve🫡. Btw, these is my VERY long list of medications the army must provide for me so I don’t die”

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Anonymous 11w

I’m not Quaker but I’ve gone to a good number of Quaker services…bet I could get out of it

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Anonymous 12w

Idk, I’d just do whatever I can to survive lol

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Anonymous 12w

I'm exempt because I'm a cadet😎😎😎😎😎 Good luck to the rest of yall tho

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Anonymous 12w

If we are going to war anyway I would rather enlist so that I can choose what I want. I would go into rangers or seals.

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Anonymous 12w

I’d “comply” but I’d be like one of those hippies they sent to ‘Nam just an absolute liability the whole time

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

I may be dumb but what does thsi mean

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

Doesnt matter whose in charge at that point, both political parties would have to decide it was necessary

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 12w

Thats not how it works, don’t really get to choose. You can choose your branch and you can try for those but odds are you’ll fail out of them

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 12w

That’s why I said I’d enlist first so I wouldn’t be drafted. Also I wouldn’t fail out of them I’m fairly confident of that. If I do then I’m just in that branch anyway.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12w

https://www.reddit.com/r/nationalguard/comments/1b8yf53/the_recruiter_i_spoke_to_told_me_i_cant_be/ I feel like this is a good explanation. And at least for me, I cant be deployed, as per the cadet contract I signed that sets me up to be an officer...

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

After college

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 12w

So your plan is to get yourself and a bunch of random people killed instead of being a conscientious objector

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 12w

They don’t actually let you flake out just because you tell them you’re a conscientious objector. You think all those hippies were in nam cause they wanted to? If they did, they wouldn’t have had to draft them

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 12w

Vietnam is an interesting case study. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragging

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

Even then, Im not going for a combat branch

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 12w

Thatsa good point, since you can just get a non-combat MOS and pretty much skip being on the battlefeild

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