Picture shows a pride parade. A group of people are carrying a banner that says “LOCKHEED MARTIN” over a rainbow graphic.

  • @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    they might … you know … be gay and work at lockheed martin … and got their managers to pay for some shit for pride. maybe could submit expense reports and have the trip paid for …

    there were times when gay people couldn’t work at lockheed martin. i prefer this photo to that.

    • @[email protected]
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      78 months ago

      The fact that anyone, let alone LGBTQ+ people, can go to the streets holding a “Lockheed Martin” sign and not get shamed into dropping it, shows we’re failing as a society

      • @Malek061
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        138 months ago

        Lockheed martin makes HIMARS. HIMARS is saving ukraine lives. That’s a good thing.

        • @mlg
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          108 months ago

          They also make a motherload of AGMs including hellfires & mavericks which the IDF used exclusively to nuke Gaza and its residents into oblivion.

          • @Malek061
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            78 months ago

            Weapons can be used for liberation or oppression at the same time. Lockheed doesn’t get to say who they sell to.

            • OBJECTION!
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              Weapons can be used for liberation or oppression at the same time. Lockheed doesn’t get to say who they sell to.

              Yes, you’ve identified the problem.

              • @Malek061
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                38 months ago

                So corporations backed by tax dollars get to sell to anyone?

                  • @Malek061
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                    68 months ago

                    So only the American government can sell Lockheed martin arms? Then the corporation is no longer liable for any harm their weapons cause since they have no power or agency in how they are used. Are you really sure you know your position here?

            • Cethin
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              68 months ago

              OK, so your earlier comment was saying they’re good for sending (selling) weapons to Ukraine. Then you say they can’t be held responsible for the bad things. If they can’t be responsible for the bad, then they also don’t get credit for any good.

              • @Malek061
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                28 months ago

                That’s fine. They manufacture the top of line defense products. The government decides when they should be used. Those products work and keep Americans safe when used properly. The ethical use of them falls on our elected leaders, which is the way it should be.

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              28 months ago

              “sometimes they kill the right people, sometimes they don’t, not their fault for producing weapons fully knowing that”

          • Norah (pup/it/she)
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            68 months ago

            How about we don’t use the word nuke, in the context of military actions, unless actual nuclear weapons were involved? Because Israel is the one country on Earth that has them but hasn’t declared as such. And they have repeatedly threatened to use them on Gaza as some sort of act of god.

        • @PugJesus
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          68 months ago

          HIMARS is saving ukraine lives. That’s a good thing.

          Many people on this platform disagree with that, unfortunately.

        • @[email protected]
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          38 months ago

          Call me crazy, but if you save a granny from getting run over by a car, and the next thing you do is pull out a gun and shoot a pregnant woman in the face, I don’t think people are just gonna forget the latter act of violence because of your former act of compassion.

          • Cethin
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            48 months ago

            Also, they aren’t doing it an act of compassion either. They’re being paid stupid amounts of money. I’m not going to thank someone for walking a granny across the street if they were paid a few million dollars to do so.