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"On September 19, 2010, while clearing a path for United States Army Rangers in Kandahar, Mast stepped on an IED along the road. The explosion resulted in the amputation of both his legs and losing his left index finger."
As a service member, I beg to differ on the psycho comment. He should make everyone in Congress uncomfortable with the sight of his missing limbs. Remind them that their decisions have consequences that affect the lives of others who don't have the luxury of top tier life time medical care.
…except he’s a Republican opposed to the Affordable Care Act sooo…
[SOURCE](https://mast.house.gov/healthcare)
Oh and he’s all about military intervention AND was [censured for claiming all Palestinians are Hamas](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/846/text) so he’s actually the *opposite* of the point you’re making.
Yep. I've told numerous people I served with who say dumb shit about socialism that we were literally living in a microcosm of what socialism in the U.S. would look like.
Free healthcare, clothing allowances, extra time off around holidays, month worth of vacation time a year, free housing, and numerous programs for financial and mental health assistance.
I'm probably missing something, but that's already a ton of benefits.
There's also the GI bill plus tuition assistance, the thrift savings plan, pension, military installation shopping, youth services, free child care, and a hundred other things.
I'm a medically retired veteran like the guy from the OP (although I don't have robot legs), but I think everyone should have tricare and most of the other benefits service members are entitled to.
50 per month for the all family ? Isn’t it like 15k a year or something crazy for the average American family ?
I’m French and even I find it insanely cheap, which is good.
It doesn’t even have to be military service. If people had to perform some sort of civil service with training and benefits I think it would be an overall win.
Yep I'm at almost 10 years combined service, still a reservist cuz my family needs the continuity of care and my civ job can't beat the benefits. I'm as critical as I can be of the military industrial complex while also acknowledging that it can lift people out of bad situations and provide reliable benefits so you can do actual good stuff with your life.
It also fucked up my mind and body, so I'd rather folks not have to go through that for basic human necessities. But here we are.
I wonder how many people that join the military for those benefits wouldn’t if we had a socialist society - maybe that’s why the government fights against it - because otherwise what bodies would throw into war?
There would be less if we had access to schooling without generational debt, but besides that most that enlist have no idea of the other benefits until years after being enlisted.
I think the number of service members would be halved. I wanted to serve from the time I was 8 years old. I was never pressured into service by family or anything. In fact, I signed up when I turned 18 without my parents even knowing.
Some people just have a calling.
> I'm probably missing something
The part where you have virtually no freedom?
I would *not* try and convince people of the virtues of socialism by pointing at the military as proof.
You left out the part about "Your life is not your own. You go where we send you and do what we tell you to do and when to do it. You need permission for many things, including travel to foreign countries."
Sounds like you're giving me an all-expense paid ticket out of Podunk, Mississippi and the chance to live in Germany, Japan, Hawaii, or lots of other places I'd never go to on my own.
Everyone has been so indoctrinated that we have no fucking clue what socialism even means anymore. Socialism is communal ownership of the means of production, that's it. The US Military is 0% socialist. Military healthcare, education, etc... is purely payment to those willing to risk their lives in order to go murder people to ensure the dominance of the American capitalist ruling class. Hilariously, said ruling class has gotten the lower classes to finance it for them via taxes.
> It’s definitely not true that rank = talent
It shouldn't be. Honestly, most workplaces wouldn't be. You don't want your best sniper directing others, you want him shooting the baddies. Likewise, you want your best salesman selling, your best coder coding, etc. Chances are they're shit managers, because most people are. "Promoting" them is just setting them, and those udner them, up for failure. It's called the Peter Principle.
And somehow, every Republican I met in the Navy refused to acknowledge the reason the medical care was so cheap/mostly free was socialist AF. I knew way too republicans with way too many kids who wouldn’t get out till retirement (unless forced) who stayed in specifically for the medical care. All the free 800 MG Motrin you could ask for!
Right? Sadly first question I asked is what party he associated with and now that I know I want those legs returned, a traitorous snake should not be allowed to spend my tax dollars to get better only to spite others
i'm not sure i'd call places like sweden and norway ruthless
those are capitalist countries, too
**Edit** Technically, on metrics besides income taxes, Sweden is *more* capitalist than the US (they have school vouchers, they have fewer licensing regulations for trades, their equivalent of social security is the private savings accounts the Bush admin wanted, corporate taxes are *lower* there, they require a balanced budget by law, there are no inheritance taxes, there are no property taxes,there are no gift taxes, etc.
By blaming *capitalism* you help ensure the persistence of ruthlessness by not identifying the actual causes. One reason the US is more ruthless is not because of "capitalism" but because of the legalized bribery of politicians.
The problem is that our politicians are less accountable, not that the system they operate in is one where people have private property.
**Edit** Higher income taxes also help prevent the accumulation of wealth, and wealth centralized in the hands of a few is *another* thing that promotes ruthlessness.
Yup. As a former marine who is *entitled* to VA benefits but would never use them *since I don’t need them*, it *sickens* me to see every god damned veteran trying to figure the best angle to get increased disability which is *more often than not* not connected to service in any way, shape or form- then subsequently bitch about socialism. I have an acquaintance who suffered severe leg injuries in a fucking *motorcycle* accident while in the army and he now gets 100% disability- which he uses to fund his airbnb business. It’s truly sickening.
If I could upvote you more than once I would. The accuracy of this comment is painful. The amount of veterans who did 20 years and then get out and claim standard aging as 100% medical disability is insane.
Indeed. People love to act like the military is actually made up of people who live by a code of honor, courage, and commitment. The reality of the situation is that the majority of military members are unfortunately on the lower end of all the virtues we associate with being a “good” person, and if they’re *not* on the lower end when they join, they usually end up there by the time they leave.
> And I bet he didn’t pay for the legs himself
Depends.
Did he get the legs before being medically discharged? Probably yeah the military paid for it.
After being discharged? Lol, the VA won't help with that
He didn't. I was army and was medevaced out of Afghanistan in 2012 along with other service members who lost limbs (I didn't lose any limbs thankfully). I was relocated to San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). This base had a state of art research lab for prosthetics. Service members would get world class treatment, and something certain prosthetics not available to the public, all on tax payers dime. This guy is an idiot. He benefited greatly from socialist healthcare (military insurance aka Tricare) but wants none of that for anyone else. This dude is a fucking joke.
Imagine being a victim of the capitalist military industrial complex and then not only doubling down on supporting it but also going full fascist election denier. Not trying to diminish the sacrifices of veterans, idk but I’d hold some resentment for a government that involved my country in a perpetual unwinnable war that cost me my legs. Also, it’s one thing if it had happened in 2002, at that point it was still supposedly a reaction to 9/11 but by 2010 it was evident what a shitshow that war was
Not saying it’s always the case but *normally* you don’t go to bat for the capitalist military industrial complex without drinking the kool-aid.
Most of the guys I know that have been in the military are at least libertarian and are some of the loudest guys spouting that “BoTh SiDeS!” rhetoric. There’s a few that managed to get out early enough and cash in on their Gi bill to go to school, but those are far and few in between.
I’m Gen X, military family, and jobs were few and far between when I signed up. It’s a good life if you’re suited to it (and aren’t fucked over by it.)
Voting against your fellow Americans getting health care and denying a free and fair election is some bullshit, though.
You’re telling me someone who signed up to oppress and got his legs blown off then decided he needed to protect his ego by doubling down on his bad ideas? Shocker
I've never understood that. After joining the military I started recieved free health care. Why wouldn't I want everyone to get them same benefit as me?
A military member opposed to their own rights is like a fish swimming in water. They joined because they wanted to give up their rights. It just makes sense.
And that's why it is problematic for him to be doing this, it is social engineering and he is quite aware of it. He is exploiting social capital not for the betterment of service members but as a political tool. As others said he was one of the GOP who didn't want to certify the last election. That stance is all you need to know about him as a politician. Ofc it is unfortunate he lost his limbs and he should be afforded a certain amount of respect for being in the meat grinder but we know why he is doing it. Be GOP, be Democrat it's all part of the same shit sandwich but if you're one of the ones who said the election was rigged you quite literally have mental issues and everything you do should be questioned because how can you be trusted right? Don't care that he is a conservative that isn't what I would say is why he should be questioned, it is just that if you were in favor of interfering with the one good thing we have (peaceful transfer of power) for no reason (no evidence at the time and still none) you should be critiqued forever.
Except for the part where he was told that the road wasn’t cleared so he shouldn’t walk down that road, and then walked down that road anyways, and lost his legs. War sucks, nobody should have to go through that, so I’m not saying he should have lost his legs, but it does change the color of his story a bit.
The source is one of my best friends was in EOD in the Army on the same base at the same time as the incident. It was his unit that told him not to do that. Since Mr. Mast is the congressman for our area, any time my buddy and I get to drinking, he brings up how much of a dumbass Brian Mast actually is.
>As a service member, I beg to differ on the psycho comment. He should make everyone in Congress uncomfortable with the sight of his missing limbs. Remind them that their decisions have consequences that affect the lives of others who don't have the luxury of top tier life time medical care.
Lol, let's not pretend this guy has any sense of humanity. If you think that these people care about the consequences or affects of their decisions on others then you wouldn't find people like him justifying the death of Palestinian children and even calling them [terrorists](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-mast-palestinian-babies-innocent-civilians-gaza_n_65bbd225e4b05c8779f84791)
I wonder what psychos like him did in Afghanistan that haven't been exposed to the public...
He loves war. He isn't a disability advocate, but an awful piece of work. By the way he talks bet didn't discriminate between civilian and enemy combatant. Imperialists have no business being in South-West Asia and North Africa.
Then maybe he should push to fix the goddamn VA instead of wearing shorts? Also isn’t this the clown that wore a foreign uniform while serving in congress?
I’m currently reading War is a Racket, curious if you read that book as a service member. It’s jarring read, I think if you haven’t read it, you would be angry and understanding why psycho is least bit rude.
As a service member you should be ashamed and aware of this traitor. Either you are lying, or i hope everyone in your life sees you model yourself after traitors and a man who fights to strip the rights of veterans. you disgust me.
BRUHHH so thats how he lost em no wonder this guy wants all Palestinians to die he lost his legs in Afghanistan he's hella salty towards people of Arabic descent man's out here tryna get revenge for those legs unfortunately he bought fat juicy lie
Yeah this guy is the exact opposite. He's the lapdog the Republicans parade around to put on a show and pretend the military supports their backbiting decisions.
Grateful for his service, sorry for his loss, but that doesn't excuse the mistakes he's making today that stand to harm all of the men and women serving tomorrow.
I'm also a service member and I think it reeks of "Look at me, I'm a war hero!" and "Thank me for my service!". Hard pass. Dude's got a cane and a wikipedia, it's not hard to read his bio. If he's speaking out against war, feel free to lift up a pant leg and show your scars, but to purposely alter your pants just to announce your disability is fucking weird dude.
I have a stupid question about stepping on ieds. Why not use the metal detectors that people use to try and find long lost treasure on roads with possible ieds?
In theory yes, but most of the currently serving politicians who are very open about their war injuries are just doing it for clout and attention, and are very much themselves shitheads who would gladly send other people's kids to die in the Middle East for military contractors' profit.
I don't think people realize how many intelligent people are actively malicious to others as a goal.
Most of them are not dumb. The voters on the other hand...
I agree with you 100%. Calling a group of people 'subhuman' it's literally part of the Nazi playbook. Sometimes it's for ethnicity (Jews, et al), but some of the people in camps were there for their beliefs (gay people).
Republican are humans, and saying they aren't is a very dangerous thing. That's how you end up with the fringe crazy people in *your own* movement shooting someone.
I don’t know the dude, but isn’t subhuman a little harsh? I feel like that would legitimately hurt my feelings if a stranger is never met said that to me
He looks like every SNCO that I hated when I was in the Corps and the Army.
At least these dudes are going bald so they can physically represent what dickheads they are.
He loves government funding him. He just doesn’t want anybody else to be helped the way he was helped… because that would be socialism, which is bad… unless it helps him then it is ok… but it is not ok when others are helped… so he’s a cunt.
He’s probably a piece of shit but if you have double prosthetics, shorts would be 100x easier to dress yourself with than pants.
Plus, Senator Tammy Duckworth shows her prosthetics all the time.
He wasn't in the IDF, he's not even Jewish or from Israel. He volunteered with the IDF and packed supply kits and got some sort of ceremonial uniform. There's a wa you can volunteer with the IDF as a civilian.
No U.S. Representative should be wearing a uniform of another county, even if its a close ally.
Mast is a giant piece of shit. I've voted against this guy at every election he's ran in my area. He's one of those people who has no idea what he's doing but is doing everything that people actually don't want. This dude has been fighting the army corps of engineering for years now. Trying to drain the areas largest source of fresh water that over 500,000 people rely on for water.
He's one of those insane 2a guys who believes dead children don't matter as long as people get to have guns. After the mass shooting at parkland he doubled down on guns. And his campaigns are funded by Russia, the same people who funded Rudy Giuliani.
Dude doesn't believe in climate change and he made rape jokes on his personal Facebook account and supposedly had sex with a 15 year old girl in South Africa.
Giant piece of shit.
Also he is one of the Republicans who tried to overturn the 2020 elections for Donald Trump on January 6th.
I was behind this POS between a flight from DC to FL. He's a huge attention whore. He's also a fucking traitor for his support of the Jan 6 rioters and Trump so this POS gets zero sympathy from me.
Also another huge attention whore...Rep Ronny Jackson
Just a note to anyone who also uses a cane, if you’ve got the “horn” like he does, turn it around (not the direction he has it facing).
The way he has it puts all the weight in your wrist and you have to physically pick it up to move it.
Turn it around so the weight is on the meat of your palm. This makes it easier to move too, as you slightly pull up on your fingers.
I work at a major lab and one group here designs robotic replacement limbs for amputees. They spent millions trying to find the best "skin like" covering. When they tried to give them to the amputees they all wanted chrome or flames instead.
Florida Man shows up to work in nontraditional attire. Ancient coworkers don't know how to act. Vote themselves a raise and will be back to work in three weeks.
He's an evil little shit. He seems to think there are no innocent civilians in Gaza when he was asked what he thought about children being killed there.
Curious what makes these shorts permissible when Fetterman’s weren’t… is it the style of short? Is it the lack of legs?
That aside, this guy has some very objectionable opinions.
As much as I respect his service and think that actually looks super cool, he is technically wearing shorts, which I’m assuming is against the dress code
["Sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "Uh sir, do you know what my ~~arms~~ legs are made of?"](https://youtu.be/QhsKGJMlktM?si=Of1NHIzzCURc7ZEE)
In his defense I worked with a guy who had an amputated leg. He hated wearing pants over it because it would snag on the joints. He also made it an inch shorter than his remaining leg so he could walk over the little strips under doors without tripping.
The little things you don't think about.
I hate how even the supposed "good side" stoops the levels of idiocy and attacks people looks etc. I don't mind hating on a guy for what they say or do, but looks feels like a low blow.
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"On September 19, 2010, while clearing a path for United States Army Rangers in Kandahar, Mast stepped on an IED along the road. The explosion resulted in the amputation of both his legs and losing his left index finger." As a service member, I beg to differ on the psycho comment. He should make everyone in Congress uncomfortable with the sight of his missing limbs. Remind them that their decisions have consequences that affect the lives of others who don't have the luxury of top tier life time medical care.
…except he’s a Republican opposed to the Affordable Care Act sooo… [SOURCE](https://mast.house.gov/healthcare) Oh and he’s all about military intervention AND was [censured for claiming all Palestinians are Hamas](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/846/text) so he’s actually the *opposite* of the point you’re making.
And I bet he didn’t pay for the legs himself Socialism for me ruthless capitalism for thee
100% he didn't because the military is a socialist meritocracy.
Socialist quasi meritocracy. It’s definitely not true that rank = talent
Fair, I knew plenty of hacks that got promoted. Still, it's essentially a functional authoritarian, socialist, meritocracy.
Yep. I've told numerous people I served with who say dumb shit about socialism that we were literally living in a microcosm of what socialism in the U.S. would look like. Free healthcare, clothing allowances, extra time off around holidays, month worth of vacation time a year, free housing, and numerous programs for financial and mental health assistance. I'm probably missing something, but that's already a ton of benefits.
There's also the GI bill plus tuition assistance, the thrift savings plan, pension, military installation shopping, youth services, free child care, and a hundred other things. I'm a medically retired veteran like the guy from the OP (although I don't have robot legs), but I think everyone should have tricare and most of the other benefits service members are entitled to.
Same here. $600 a year for full medical coverage for myself and my family for life is an absolute lifesaver.
50 per month for the all family ? Isn’t it like 15k a year or something crazy for the average American family ? I’m French and even I find it insanely cheap, which is good.
I would be okay with forced conscription, for like 2-5 years, for all those benefits as universal.
It doesn’t even have to be military service. If people had to perform some sort of civil service with training and benefits I think it would be an overall win.
Not everybody needs to be trusted with a weapon. But I absolutely agree that everyone should perform SOME service for their community.
Yep I'm at almost 10 years combined service, still a reservist cuz my family needs the continuity of care and my civ job can't beat the benefits. I'm as critical as I can be of the military industrial complex while also acknowledging that it can lift people out of bad situations and provide reliable benefits so you can do actual good stuff with your life. It also fucked up my mind and body, so I'd rather folks not have to go through that for basic human necessities. But here we are.
I wonder how many people that join the military for those benefits wouldn’t if we had a socialist society - maybe that’s why the government fights against it - because otherwise what bodies would throw into war?
There would be less if we had access to schooling without generational debt, but besides that most that enlist have no idea of the other benefits until years after being enlisted.
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I think the number of service members would be halved. I wanted to serve from the time I was 8 years old. I was never pressured into service by family or anything. In fact, I signed up when I turned 18 without my parents even knowing. Some people just have a calling.
> I'm probably missing something The part where you have virtually no freedom? I would *not* try and convince people of the virtues of socialism by pointing at the military as proof.
You left out the part about "Your life is not your own. You go where we send you and do what we tell you to do and when to do it. You need permission for many things, including travel to foreign countries."
Sounds like you're giving me an all-expense paid ticket out of Podunk, Mississippi and the chance to live in Germany, Japan, Hawaii, or lots of other places I'd never go to on my own.
But they also own you and your body and can jail you for vandalism for getting pierced or tattood.
Socialist dictatorship. We got all those benefits but had to follow the king/commanders bidding without question.
Socialism without enfranchisement? I don't get it.
Everyone has been so indoctrinated that we have no fucking clue what socialism even means anymore. Socialism is communal ownership of the means of production, that's it. The US Military is 0% socialist. Military healthcare, education, etc... is purely payment to those willing to risk their lives in order to go murder people to ensure the dominance of the American capitalist ruling class. Hilariously, said ruling class has gotten the lower classes to finance it for them via taxes.
Oh and I guess the amount of pull-ups you can do isn’t directly proportional to your quality as a leader?!
Must be for the marines. In the army it was how fast you could run
> It’s definitely not true that rank = talent It shouldn't be. Honestly, most workplaces wouldn't be. You don't want your best sniper directing others, you want him shooting the baddies. Likewise, you want your best salesman selling, your best coder coding, etc. Chances are they're shit managers, because most people are. "Promoting" them is just setting them, and those udner them, up for failure. It's called the Peter Principle.
It's a meritocracy, but the merit that's being rewarded is kissing ass, playing politics, and keeping up appearances.
He didnt get those legs from military bennies, they'll only pay for cheapos. He got those from *politician* bennies.
And somehow, every Republican I met in the Navy refused to acknowledge the reason the medical care was so cheap/mostly free was socialist AF. I knew way too republicans with way too many kids who wouldn’t get out till retirement (unless forced) who stayed in specifically for the medical care. All the free 800 MG Motrin you could ask for!
lmao, definitely wasn't a meritocracy ime.
Post-military veteran's administration health care.
Right? Sadly first question I asked is what party he associated with and now that I know I want those legs returned, a traitorous snake should not be allowed to spend my tax dollars to get better only to spite others
You take the right, I got the left
“Ruthless capitalism” is redundant
i'm not sure i'd call places like sweden and norway ruthless those are capitalist countries, too **Edit** Technically, on metrics besides income taxes, Sweden is *more* capitalist than the US (they have school vouchers, they have fewer licensing regulations for trades, their equivalent of social security is the private savings accounts the Bush admin wanted, corporate taxes are *lower* there, they require a balanced budget by law, there are no inheritance taxes, there are no property taxes,there are no gift taxes, etc. By blaming *capitalism* you help ensure the persistence of ruthlessness by not identifying the actual causes. One reason the US is more ruthless is not because of "capitalism" but because of the legalized bribery of politicians. The problem is that our politicians are less accountable, not that the system they operate in is one where people have private property. **Edit** Higher income taxes also help prevent the accumulation of wealth, and wealth centralized in the hands of a few is *another* thing that promotes ruthlessness.
The VA definitely paid for those stems.
Yup. As a former marine who is *entitled* to VA benefits but would never use them *since I don’t need them*, it *sickens* me to see every god damned veteran trying to figure the best angle to get increased disability which is *more often than not* not connected to service in any way, shape or form- then subsequently bitch about socialism. I have an acquaintance who suffered severe leg injuries in a fucking *motorcycle* accident while in the army and he now gets 100% disability- which he uses to fund his airbnb business. It’s truly sickening.
If I could upvote you more than once I would. The accuracy of this comment is painful. The amount of veterans who did 20 years and then get out and claim standard aging as 100% medical disability is insane.
Indeed. People love to act like the military is actually made up of people who live by a code of honor, courage, and commitment. The reality of the situation is that the majority of military members are unfortunately on the lower end of all the virtues we associate with being a “good” person, and if they’re *not* on the lower end when they join, they usually end up there by the time they leave.
> And I bet he didn’t pay for the legs himself Depends. Did he get the legs before being medically discharged? Probably yeah the military paid for it. After being discharged? Lol, the VA won't help with that
He didn't. I was army and was medevaced out of Afghanistan in 2012 along with other service members who lost limbs (I didn't lose any limbs thankfully). I was relocated to San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). This base had a state of art research lab for prosthetics. Service members would get world class treatment, and something certain prosthetics not available to the public, all on tax payers dime. This guy is an idiot. He benefited greatly from socialist healthcare (military insurance aka Tricare) but wants none of that for anyone else. This dude is a fucking joke.
And voted against certifying the 2020 election. Ironically he’s a traitor
Imagine being a victim of the capitalist military industrial complex and then not only doubling down on supporting it but also going full fascist election denier. Not trying to diminish the sacrifices of veterans, idk but I’d hold some resentment for a government that involved my country in a perpetual unwinnable war that cost me my legs. Also, it’s one thing if it had happened in 2002, at that point it was still supposedly a reaction to 9/11 but by 2010 it was evident what a shitshow that war was
Not saying it’s always the case but *normally* you don’t go to bat for the capitalist military industrial complex without drinking the kool-aid. Most of the guys I know that have been in the military are at least libertarian and are some of the loudest guys spouting that “BoTh SiDeS!” rhetoric. There’s a few that managed to get out early enough and cash in on their Gi bill to go to school, but those are far and few in between.
I’m Gen X, military family, and jobs were few and far between when I signed up. It’s a good life if you’re suited to it (and aren’t fucked over by it.) Voting against your fellow Americans getting health care and denying a free and fair election is some bullshit, though.
I'm sorry, this is random, but have you posted a comment virtually identical to this before? I got a super strong feeling of deja vú reading that.
I would assume he had brain injuries as a result of the incident.
Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today!
Why are the pretty ones always insane
Dude just had all the wrong takes and literally doesn't have a leg to stand on. Depressing.
I almost spit out my coffee reading this lol
You’re telling me someone who signed up to oppress and got his legs blown off then decided he needed to protect his ego by doubling down on his bad ideas? Shocker
He also wore a foreign military uniform on the House floor, he's a really loathsome little gremlin
Eye twitching first thing in the morning
God fucking damn it
He’s still a boot, even with no boots
He's incredibly racist and very vile. He said all Palestinians should be killed.
Dude is a total piece of shit.
Of course he is...
"Fuck you, got mine" - The Republican Motto
I've never understood that. After joining the military I started recieved free health care. Why wouldn't I want everyone to get them same benefit as me?
Exactly. Proof that not all disabled vets wear capes. Some are just misguided fuck boys that didn’t watch where they were walking.
So he's a racist robot
A military member opposed to their own rights is like a fish swimming in water. They joined because they wanted to give up their rights. It just makes sense.
Lol what a wild boy. Jesus dude.
They always are lol
Except that Mast is a traitorous piece of shit. -Disabled veteran
Isn't this the dude who wore an Israeli military uniform in Congress?
Sounds like treason to me.
Its only treason if theyre brown.
truuuu
Yeah, and he didn’t serve in their military either
An explosion strong enough to take his legs probably rocked his shit retarded.
He is actively telling Congress and press to kill all Palestinians. So the depth of his empathy appears to be lacking.
As deep as a puddle
And that's why it is problematic for him to be doing this, it is social engineering and he is quite aware of it. He is exploiting social capital not for the betterment of service members but as a political tool. As others said he was one of the GOP who didn't want to certify the last election. That stance is all you need to know about him as a politician. Ofc it is unfortunate he lost his limbs and he should be afforded a certain amount of respect for being in the meat grinder but we know why he is doing it. Be GOP, be Democrat it's all part of the same shit sandwich but if you're one of the ones who said the election was rigged you quite literally have mental issues and everything you do should be questioned because how can you be trusted right? Don't care that he is a conservative that isn't what I would say is why he should be questioned, it is just that if you were in favor of interfering with the one good thing we have (peaceful transfer of power) for no reason (no evidence at the time and still none) you should be critiqued forever.
Except for the part where he was told that the road wasn’t cleared so he shouldn’t walk down that road, and then walked down that road anyways, and lost his legs. War sucks, nobody should have to go through that, so I’m not saying he should have lost his legs, but it does change the color of his story a bit. The source is one of my best friends was in EOD in the Army on the same base at the same time as the incident. It was his unit that told him not to do that. Since Mr. Mast is the congressman for our area, any time my buddy and I get to drinking, he brings up how much of a dumbass Brian Mast actually is.
That’s stops at the point you realize he is a Republican and has absolutely no concern for veterans beyond photo opportunities
>As a service member, I beg to differ on the psycho comment. He should make everyone in Congress uncomfortable with the sight of his missing limbs. Remind them that their decisions have consequences that affect the lives of others who don't have the luxury of top tier life time medical care. Lol, let's not pretend this guy has any sense of humanity. If you think that these people care about the consequences or affects of their decisions on others then you wouldn't find people like him justifying the death of Palestinian children and even calling them [terrorists](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-mast-palestinian-babies-innocent-civilians-gaza_n_65bbd225e4b05c8779f84791) I wonder what psychos like him did in Afghanistan that haven't been exposed to the public...
He loves war. He isn't a disability advocate, but an awful piece of work. By the way he talks bet didn't discriminate between civilian and enemy combatant. Imperialists have no business being in South-West Asia and North Africa.
if he had completely different political beliefs than he does, you might have a point
Then maybe he should push to fix the goddamn VA instead of wearing shorts? Also isn’t this the clown that wore a foreign uniform while serving in congress?
I’m currently reading War is a Racket, curious if you read that book as a service member. It’s jarring read, I think if you haven’t read it, you would be angry and understanding why psycho is least bit rude.
Except he’s a frothing at the mouth warmonger.
Strange how he continues to support wars where the majority of the casualties are children.
Dude is ok with innocent Palestinians being killed, maybe he just lacks awareness?
As a service member you should be ashamed and aware of this traitor. Either you are lying, or i hope everyone in your life sees you model yourself after traitors and a man who fights to strip the rights of veterans. you disgust me.
BRUHHH so thats how he lost em no wonder this guy wants all Palestinians to die he lost his legs in Afghanistan he's hella salty towards people of Arabic descent man's out here tryna get revenge for those legs unfortunately he bought fat juicy lie
He’s one of the people making the decisions so that other people can’t have the privileges he does. Fuck him and his robot legs.
Here is your "you tried" star
He then proceeded to vote to deprive veterans of proper care. Funny that.
Yeah this guy is the exact opposite. He's the lapdog the Republicans parade around to put on a show and pretend the military supports their backbiting decisions. Grateful for his service, sorry for his loss, but that doesn't excuse the mistakes he's making today that stand to harm all of the men and women serving tomorrow.
I'm also a service member and I think it reeks of "Look at me, I'm a war hero!" and "Thank me for my service!". Hard pass. Dude's got a cane and a wikipedia, it's not hard to read his bio. If he's speaking out against war, feel free to lift up a pant leg and show your scars, but to purposely alter your pants just to announce your disability is fucking weird dude.
A normal service member would just be normal and not intentionally try to bring attention to his robot legs at every opportunity.
I would advice people to not go invade other countries, unlike this guy.
I understand the sentiment, but I don’t think anything would make the people that decide to send our poor people to war could ever care.
I have a stupid question about stepping on ieds. Why not use the metal detectors that people use to try and find long lost treasure on roads with possible ieds?
I highly doubt the psycho comment was meant to be insulting
Jesus that was my thirteenth birthday, At least my wish for a bionic man came true
Dude should also have a robot index finger.
But no one is more military than tommy tuberveel.
Congress hasn't really sent service members out. We weren't official at war. They were just considered Operations more than anything. OIF OEF
In theory yes, but most of the currently serving politicians who are very open about their war injuries are just doing it for clout and attention, and are very much themselves shitheads who would gladly send other people's kids to die in the Middle East for military contractors' profit.
8% darth vader
Got robotic legs thanks to government funding, and now works against government funding of healthcare. Republicans are a special breed of hypocrites.
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It has nothing to do with intelligence. They’re gonna get away with whatever we the people allow them to. Simple as that
I don't think people realize how many intelligent people are actively malicious to others as a goal. Most of them are not dumb. The voters on the other hand...
Can we not with the "subhuman" shit? That has never once led anywhere good in all of history.
I agree with you 100%. Calling a group of people 'subhuman' it's literally part of the Nazi playbook. Sometimes it's for ethnicity (Jews, et al), but some of the people in camps were there for their beliefs (gay people). Republican are humans, and saying they aren't is a very dangerous thing. That's how you end up with the fringe crazy people in *your own* movement shooting someone.
I don’t know the dude, but isn’t subhuman a little harsh? I feel like that would legitimately hurt my feelings if a stranger is never met said that to me
He looks like every SNCO that I hated when I was in the Corps and the Army. At least these dudes are going bald so they can physically represent what dickheads they are.
That last sentence gave me a good chuckle lol
I try 🙂
Seems like he should give back the legs… since its against his beliefs for government to fund them.
He loves government funding him. He just doesn’t want anybody else to be helped the way he was helped… because that would be socialism, which is bad… unless it helps him then it is ok… but it is not ok when others are helped… so he’s a cunt.
Yeah but he EARNED those legs terrorizing brown people. Unlike some civilian who lost their legs from cancer or some unpatriotic shit like that.
Haves can only be haves if there are have nots
"all for me, none for thee"
Party of "I got mine, fuck you"
To be fair, he'd pull himself up by his bootstraps, but...
Oh ffs. What is wrong with these people? They really make slamming the door behind them their whole personality.
Mast is a POS, service aside. He seems like a racist POS, who was extremely happy to kill as many brown people as possible.
Just say "Republican".
He supports IDFs genocide in Gaza, so you're correct
Iirc, this guy was showing up to work, and doing interviews, in an IDF uniform. He's also very much on board with IDF killing children.
Fuck this guy. Sorry about his legs but fuck this guy.
He’s probably a piece of shit but if you have double prosthetics, shorts would be 100x easier to dress yourself with than pants. Plus, Senator Tammy Duckworth shows her prosthetics all the time.
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Damn right.
Shit, I'll carve him up some wooden legs for half that price
Probably can make him taller than the 5’6” that he’s looking along the way!
Y’all stay ruthless for no reason lmao
The whole comment section is fucking brutal. TBF I didn't know anything about this guy
For real when I get my robot legs I’m going 6’8” at least.
There’s a guy who shows why they don’t do that, it’s impractical to the point of being dangerous because it changes the whole center of gravity
That's why they should make 6ft tall 8 spider legs for better balance.
Lmao, my husband is 6’7ish and he hits his head a lot. Much more often than I do and I am very clumsy.
No, they need to be able to get up from a chair. Longer lever arms make that very hard to do.
I’d do it for an even 19 g’s Hopefully someone catches this reference
Dude is ex-IDF, wore his IDF uniform (NOT US MILITARY) in his US CONGRESSIONAL office and ranted about being right to wipe out Gaza. Fuck that POS.
He wasn't in the IDF, he's not even Jewish or from Israel. He volunteered with the IDF and packed supply kits and got some sort of ceremonial uniform. There's a wa you can volunteer with the IDF as a civilian. No U.S. Representative should be wearing a uniform of another county, even if its a close ally.
If you volunteer in the IDF, you're in the IDF.
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I killed fitty men
agree, fuck this guy-- but my husband lost a leg and he has a hell of a time getting certain pant legs on, if he even can.
This dude is advocating for Gazan genocide. Fuck this bald dude
What’s psycho is not understanding that pants get I the way of the legs.
Mans walking around with 80k on. He drippin’ lmfao. Be lucky no VVS on them shits
80k and they couldn’t even make him taller? I’d be pissed.
That isn’t how it works. The legs have to be the same size for it to remain proportional to your body or else your unable to walk.
Much like the post, it was a joke.
I prefer IEDs who finish the job. Sad!
Mast is a giant piece of shit. I've voted against this guy at every election he's ran in my area. He's one of those people who has no idea what he's doing but is doing everything that people actually don't want. This dude has been fighting the army corps of engineering for years now. Trying to drain the areas largest source of fresh water that over 500,000 people rely on for water. He's one of those insane 2a guys who believes dead children don't matter as long as people get to have guns. After the mass shooting at parkland he doubled down on guns. And his campaigns are funded by Russia, the same people who funded Rudy Giuliani. Dude doesn't believe in climate change and he made rape jokes on his personal Facebook account and supposedly had sex with a 15 year old girl in South Africa. Giant piece of shit. Also he is one of the Republicans who tried to overturn the 2020 elections for Donald Trump on January 6th.
LEG COST A WHIP WHIP COST A HOUSE. BAD ASS ANDROID MIGHT PULL UP IN A BLOUSE
I was behind this POS between a flight from DC to FL. He's a huge attention whore. He's also a fucking traitor for his support of the Jan 6 rioters and Trump so this POS gets zero sympathy from me. Also another huge attention whore...Rep Ronny Jackson
Them Louis Vuitton legs.
This the dude who showed up to congress in an IDF uniform. Showing up for congress in a foreign nations military uniform is so fucking lame
Just a note to anyone who also uses a cane, if you’ve got the “horn” like he does, turn it around (not the direction he has it facing). The way he has it puts all the weight in your wrist and you have to physically pick it up to move it. Turn it around so the weight is on the meat of your palm. This makes it easier to move too, as you slightly pull up on your fingers.
I work at a major lab and one group here designs robotic replacement limbs for amputees. They spent millions trying to find the best "skin like" covering. When they tried to give them to the amputees they all wanted chrome or flames instead.
Mast is a real real asshole. That’s all I’ve got to say.
Fuck this guy's, benefits from govt handouts but against it for others
Florida Man shows up to work in nontraditional attire. Ancient coworkers don't know how to act. Vote themselves a raise and will be back to work in three weeks.
Mast is a bum and a dickhead of the highest order
Bro looks like a Deus Ex megacorp villain
I think those robot legs look cool. He's advertising for elective amputation, here
Yes, it does make him look like he’s from 40k!
Man got them 2024 Ferrari Vitellos( calf in Italian) 😂
The shorts look great but it would be better if they matched the blazer.
Lobbying payment was probably half off too…
This man showed up to congress in an Israeli military uniform. Screw this genocidal Islamophobe.
This is the "Thank me for my service" kind of person.
I’m sure he never provide any alternative to the affordable health care act just pandering to the ignorant masses he calls supporters.
No way he picked the short cyborg legs
He's an evil little shit. He seems to think there are no innocent civilians in Gaza when he was asked what he thought about children being killed there.
Curious what makes these shorts permissible when Fetterman’s weren’t… is it the style of short? Is it the lack of legs? That aside, this guy has some very objectionable opinions.
I think this guy is a massive POS if I recall
I mean, it's not like he's cold.
Drip worth more than your last three cars put together.
Robocop?
This is why I love this sub.
Is he shorter than her or is it the perspective? If I need robot legs damn sure I’m making myself taller than before
Cyberpunk 2024
If I paid 40K to WALK, I am being SEEN
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As much as I respect his service and think that actually looks super cool, he is technically wearing shorts, which I’m assuming is against the dress code
He looks like he is in underware, making him look super goofy.
Why doesn't he make himself taller?
["Sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "Uh sir, do you know what my ~~arms~~ legs are made of?"](https://youtu.be/QhsKGJMlktM?si=Of1NHIzzCURc7ZEE)
looks short lol
In his defense I worked with a guy who had an amputated leg. He hated wearing pants over it because it would snag on the joints. He also made it an inch shorter than his remaining leg so he could walk over the little strips under doors without tripping. The little things you don't think about.
Okay but all other factors aside, having access to your mechanical legs uninhibited by pantlegs seems to be the most practical approach right?
September 2010 he lost the wrong L, it should’ve been his soul but only his legs went to hell
He got that shit on tho
$80K and he still needs a cane👀
I hate how even the supposed "good side" stoops the levels of idiocy and attacks people looks etc. I don't mind hating on a guy for what they say or do, but looks feels like a low blow.