re: #108 Flying Squirrel Girl

And here’s a good point regarding the West Point controversy:

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look, i understand there’s undoubtedly some endemic racism built into the military hierarchy, but West Point kids are the absolutely best fucking kids in the country. It is a complete meritocracy. You want to go to West Point or the Naval Academy? Make straight A’s in school. Do a shit ton of extracurricular stuff, to the point where your freaking senator is willing to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. I am just remarkably skeptical that after having survived background checks, personal entrance interviews, and the esprits d’corps of the best officer training school in the world, the place is actually infested with a bunch of white supremacist crackers.