This was me when I was younger, unfortunately :( Doesn't help that I was born in a one stoplight backwater town in the rural deep South, and had all those wonderful right wing "virtues" and fundamentals drilled into me.

That being said, the silver lining is that the army helped expose me to others from different walks of life. It really helped me open my mind and become a better person.

(I'm certainly not being a military apologist, just saying that it can sometimes be a good thing in some cases. If I hadn't joined I might still be in that damn town, or near it with that old mindset)