Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-03-03 15:44:45 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 263712B699927E7FDF3192A687A8F292E01911E6755FBA44BBB1EE973D2C66BD
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It is not uncommon in a Democracy for a small percentage of able body men to flee conscription/draft. For example, Donald Trump dodged the Vietnam draft by fictitiously claiming he had bone spurs. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/27/trumps-lawyer-no-basis-for-presidents-medical-deferment-from-vietnam/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/12/27/trump-vietnam-war-bone-spur-diagnosis/2420475002/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/26/politics/trump-bone-spurs-vietnam-war/index.html
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