Salamendacious@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoCan a socialist ex-marine fill Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: usa
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkCan a socialist ex-marine fill Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia?www.theguardian.comSalamendacious@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa
Zach Shrewsbury faces an improbable task to replace the conservative Democrat in the face of a Republican onslaught – but he won’t be put off
minus-squareagitatedpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoThey know exactly what they did with that title tbh
minus-squareNightGaunts@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat is the distinction?
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agothere’s a saying like “once a marine, always a marine”, so there’s no such thing as an ex-marine. Or something.
minus-squareCyberflunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoYep, that’s it. Huh. https://www.marines.com/life-as-a-marine/life-in-the-marine-corps/once-a-marine-always-a-marine.html Apparently we’re Marine Veterans, not ex or former. ADAPT. Looking forward to the hardliners that refuse to be relabelled.
They know exactly what they did with that title tbh
What is the distinction?
there’s a saying like “once a marine, always a marine”, so there’s no such thing as an ex-marine. Or something.
Yep, that’s it.
Huh. https://www.marines.com/life-as-a-marine/life-in-the-marine-corps/once-a-marine-always-a-marine.html
Apparently we’re Marine Veterans, not ex or former.
ADAPT. Looking forward to the hardliners that refuse to be relabelled.