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Yeah, that part didn't sit well with me either. How does refusing to throw away your life for a nation state's interest and to being instrumentalized to harm and kill others constitute cowardice?
Starting a war when you yourself dodged the draft is definitely evidence of hypocrisy, moral bankruptcy and just pathetic.
But people refusing to be pawns in some belligerent leaders wargame is far from cowardice.
Well, he didn’t do it for any lofty ideals like that I’m sure
Sure, he just wanted to save his skin (Which is not cowardly either, in my opinion).
However, the OP said "the cowardice of a draft dodger" which reads like a generalized statement. Also all other listed groups are reprehensible, putting draft dodgers in there is just weird.
Edit: I'm cool with bar stool drunks as long as they don't spew evil bullshit, to be clear