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It has been my experience during my 15 years of recruiting for the Navy that conservative families are more likely to have children that want to serve and who's parents allow them or encourage them to serve. Of course that isn't the case for everyone but it was generally a much easier interview when you were sitting in the living room of a conservative family.
Liberal families I heard a lot of "my son/daughter is better than that", "my son/daughter has options and doesn't need the military", etc.
How did you know if the parents were "liberal" or conservative?" If "liberals" have no interest in military service, why would they even talk to a recruiter?
For the record, I am a veteran and also a liberal. My wife still serves and is a liberal. We have a son and I would have no problem with him serving, if he chooses that path.
I do believe that recruiting is much easier in "conservative" families. Of course it was easier to recruit those kids. They likely bought into the Toby Keith jingoism. "Murica," and all of that.
I will teach my son that there are just as many cons to the military as there are pros. One can serve their country and their community in other ways. Fighting nonsense wars in s***holes like Iraq for no reason won't make him a "better" citizen than others his age who didn't serve.
I am a big believer in service, but there are many ways to serve your country and your community.
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Most people that I served with joined for economic reasons, not because they were conservative or wanted to uphold conservative beliefs or be a Patriot. I would venture a guess that most people I served with were not conservative, but I didn't know for sure because we didn't talk about our political views much. We just did our jobs.
For the most part, yes -- people in the military are conservative. Conservatives are more likely to join, and then once in the service and surrounded by likeminded individuals it tends to increase. Even liberals in the military (and I consider myself one) are probably fairly conservative by civilian standards.
This. ^^^
I consider myself a liberal in general, but by most civilian standards I probably would be considered more conservative. I suspect that was true of a lot of the guys on my team. Although, over the 8 years I served I honestly can't remember ever having a single conversation about politics.
In the 1960s I worked alongside two New York pimps. I seriously doubt they would have been considered political conservatives had we even known what that meant.
Even during the Vietnam era, the military was like any other place in America and life views varied greatly. Most of the time though we were too busy doing our jobs. The ignorance and political biases mostly came when we went off base.
How did you know if the parents were "liberal" or conservative?" If "liberals" have no interest in military service, why would they even talk to a recruiter?
For the record, I am a veteran and also a liberal. My wife still serves and is a liberal. We have a son and I would have no problem with him serving, if he chooses that path.
I do believe that recruiting is much easier in "conservative" families. Of course it was easier to recruit those kids. They likely bought into the Toby Keith jingoism. "Murica," and all of that.
I will teach my son that there are just as many cons to the military as there are pros. One can serve their country and their community in other ways. Fighting nonsense wars in s***holes like Iraq for no reason won't make him a "better" citizen than others his age who didn't serve.
I am a big believer in service, but there are many ways to serve your country and your community.
It's not all black or white.
That's how I knew they were "liberal"...they shared a similar view. Serving in some "nonesense war in s'holes like Iraq for no reason" requires more service and sacrifice then running for the local city council my friend. It is liberals who don't see the difference.
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