• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Everyone’s commenting on the fact that he has his finger on the trigger, but trigger discipline wasn’t a popularized concept at the time of this photo, and possibly wasn’t even being taught by the military yet. Not to mention the fact that he’s not at a range, or in a safe situation. He was literally protecting his life, expecting an attack at any point. He’s ready to fight. He wasn’t being paranoid, considering he was eventually assassinated.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Trigger discipline wasn’t something that was taught until near the end of the Vietnam war, and it didn’t gain popularity for a while after that. Old vets would actually complain about the “safety bullshit” that the military introduced.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 months ago

    “We declare our right on this earth…to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.”