Respectability’s Body Count
A Soldier’s Story, a liquor ad, and the quiet theology of punishment.
Crown or rain. Choose.
Don’t show vulnerability. Don’t be late. Don’t be messy. Don’t cuss. Don’t make it about you. Don’t get mystical. Don’t say the quiet part. Don’t question the uniform. Don’t miss the headline. Don’t shame the race.
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