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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

showing a maverick side

Supporting the status quo = maverick

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

Maybe by "Maverick side" they mean like Tom Cruise in Top Gun: really enthusiastic about guns and missiles, and just fighting imperialist wars in general?

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

Don't forget other people bestowed with the "maverick" title: John McCain, Sarah Palin

Real. Cool. Club.

(I didn't initially intend to punctuate that way, I just fat-fingered on mobile and liked it better that way)