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I'm not gonna do a fact check on this because it isn't my lane, but I am going to use my expensive English degree to analyze John's diction.
1/10 #USpol #harriswalz2024 #harris #walz
The language is very hostile, but also kind of contradictory.
He says "I have no opinion of Mr. Walz's decision to leave service at the time he did."
But earlier he said "broke his enlistment contract". That is hostile phrasing. He very much does have an opinion about it.
2/10
He uses that "I have no opinion" phrase to give readers the perception that he is just giving an unbiased accounting of Walz's separation when in reality he accuses Walz of breaking his enlistment contract.
3/10
He later says of Walz's replacement "Like a great leader he ran toward and not away from the guns." This is couched to look like praise for his replacement while in reality, it is a cheap shot aimed at Walz.
4/10
"By all accounts and on the record, he was a competent Chief of Firing"
I am fairly certain that this guy never actually served in the battalion at the same time as Walz. If you look earlier at how he praises Behrends, it is much more detailed and confident.
5/10
His statement about Walz is totally couched in "plausible deniability" phrasing. He's basically saying the stories he heard and the reports he read were positive, but he doesn't actually report any first hand knowledge.
6/10
When it eventually comes out that he and Walz never served together in that battalion, he's inevitably going to say "I only told you what I heard and read".
7/10
There is more about the in and outs of rank advancement that isn't my area, so again, I'm not here to debunk that shit. I'm just looking at phrasing.
8/10
"Similarly, when the demands of service and leadership at the highest level got real, he chose another path."
I don't care how you slice it, this dude is accusing Walz of cutting tail and running. That's essentially 3 times that he did that.
9/10
He used the "broke his contract", praise for Walz's replacement "stepping up", and the last statement. Just based on his diction, I am not going to lend any credence to his post. It's very biased and light on facts.
10/10
Warning: Thread reader link (via Twitter for those that abstain). This guy explains the NG stuff better than I could.
