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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:24 AM Yesterday

Was William Calley MAGA's Founding Father?

Kevin M. Kruse
‪@kevinmkruse.bsky.social‬

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https://newrepublic.com/article/184404/william-calley-magas-founding-father

Was William Calley MAGA’s Founding Father?
He committed mass murder at My Lai. He was also its fall guy.
newrepublic.com
Nov 25, 2025, 6:50 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-11-25T23:50:36.116Z
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Was William Calley MAGA's Founding Father? (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP
And IIRC, a sad poem GreenWave Yesterday #1
Fall Guy? He should have served every damned day of his original sentence. hlthe2b Yesterday #2

GreenWave

(12,074 posts)
1. And IIRC, a sad poem
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:39 AM
Yesterday

William Calley pudding and pie,
shot the boys and made them die
And when the girls came to surrender
William just ignored their gender.

hlthe2b

(112,299 posts)
2. Fall Guy? He should have served every damned day of his original sentence.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 02:24 PM
Yesterday

That his higher-ups did not face the same counts does not mean he was not as intensely guilty as the original jury found him to be--that is, until Nixon commuted his sentence from 20 years to 3 years served to appease his nasty racist supporters.

Will anyone who believes that he was a mere "FALL GUY" kindly read what he actually DID and tell me that again? If someone hired a professional killer to light your house on fire with all your family in there, left to burn alive, please tell me how you would want the guy who poured the gasoline and struck the match to avoid full prosecution. He was the "FALL GUY" because, after all, he only took and followed the "order" (albeit for pay in my example).

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