Andy Stumpf

But humans are humans, specifically dudes who are kind of idiots.

And I put myself, of course, squarely in that category.

Probably could be king idiot some days.

And yeah, it is what it is.

Does it help, though, publicly –

When it degrades from legitimately calling out people who are flirting with the truth and then just talking smack about your brothers and sisters in arms, does that help anything?

I don't think so.

I think it degrades the integrity of the institution in general.

I think it erodes trust.

And I want the military to have both of those things and the veteran community to have both of those things.

I want them to have both trust and integrity.

So personally, no, I don't think that it helps, which is why I don't engage in it.

I will certainly comment when asked about specific instances, but I've never once made a video where the whole thing is let's just be salacious.

But here's the thing.

In the world where if you are deriving some sort of your professional experience,

revenue from content and you make something that's a little bit salacious and it's rewarded by more views, shares, clicks, likes, comments, whatever, and your revenue goes up, you know, you have a choice to make.

Who do you want to be and how do you want to conduct yourself?

Because I think the, the, I was going to say reasonable, but I think the

And maybe it is, I mean, it's not for me to judge what's reasonable and what isn't, but the choice you're gonna be faced with is, do I continue to chase salacious or do I stay true to who I am?

And some people, maybe that's who they are.