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A wanna-be R Lee Ermey-esque soldier who has a very boomer view of the army being weak despite the fact that all they've contributed to was quitting rather admitting that times were changing and adapting, like any soldier should know.
These are the type that are unoriginal in their beliefs and think all the military is infallible but many fail to realize is that they're either those who never served or who have served but unable to reconcile their thoughts with the organization.
Cpl Johnston: In my fucking day we'd get gut punched and we'd be thankful for it. Now we get pussy fucks joining and we can't even do that shit anymore.
Pvt Allen: What's with the Cpl?
Pvt Engels: Don't mind him, he's an old school snowflake.
A serving member who thinks that those who didn't enlist in their generation earlier are soft, entitled or woke. Army Boomers are the type to obsess over old school figures real/fictional like R Lee Ermey or John Rambo.
They are:
- Hypocritical in demanding respect when they have disrespected people who served for their race, gender or even sexual orientation and other characteristics.
- Willfully ignorant in realizing that times are changing and that it is a soldier's duty to adapt to changing conditions but rather than adapt or quit they choose to complain without taking action.
- Arrogant in thinking that being in the military makes you better than a civilian which defeats the narrative that the military is a selfless service. Often they carry an insecurity towards their own masculinity which manifests in being really defensive over criticism of the organization they serve or the need to say they served.
- In denial of recognizing that the past generations that served were not perfect and often romanticized those days despite not necessarily living in those days.
- always bragging about past accomplishments and yet can't conveniently name any accomplishments now. Always obsessing with the past which is a red flag that they think abuse is discipline or an old school way which is an admission that they approved or practiced the methods in the past.
Sgt: fucking snowflakes, back in my day we didn't have to talk about feelings and we had to take it like real soldiers! The last good soldier was in the 1980s.
Pvt: What's wrong with the Sergeant?
Cpl: Ahh don't worry, he's just being an army Boomer.
A type of whataboutism that challenges the target to wonder if they apply their views, perspectives, etc. in different scenarios the exact same way. It is generally used in fallacies such as Black and White, Appeal to Popularity, Appeal to Tradition, Appeal to Authority. It is mostly used in matters that involve human interaction.
"You can't talk to your mother like that?! What if that was your girlfriend or wife?!"
"Your Whatifthatwasism disregards the fact that we always treat people with different positions, for example: In matters of authority, I treat a cop different than I treat a random stranger because of different authorities."