What a Hell of a Way to Die

Grief Police: An Online Military Specialty

02.06.2020 - By What a Hell of a Way to DiePlay

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You’ve surely noticed this phenomenon. In recent years, whenever a famous person dies, there’s always a parallel outrage from people online demanding that you grieve for fallen troops instead of the person for whom you’re grieving. In this episode, Nate and Francis discuss this at length, particularly in the wake of Kobe Bryant’s death and calls to instead grieve for the victims of a military helicopter crash that happened in….2005? (this got so bad that Military.com had to issue a statement: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/28/save-outrage-do-hitting-share-military-news.html) There’s also an article on Task and Purpose about how the DOD rescinded a 2014 policy on land mines. So, if we want, can mine the hell out of things. This is, as they say, not good: https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-landmines This week’s bonus is pure, unadulterated DadChat, available to you at the $1 tier. Early reports suggest that it’s good! Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33685295 *SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT* We now have a storefront to sell the patches, buttons, and magnets that we also give out as flair for our $10 tier. Buy some sweet gear here: https://www.hellofawaytodie.com/shop You may have noticed that the next issue of our zine has debuted, and you can get it in print by signing up at the $10 monthly Patreon tier. We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang  

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