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College Students Disrespect Veterans at the Warrior Beach Retreat
WJHG TV ^ | April 23, 2015 | WJHG.com, Kelly Baumgarter

Posted on 04/24/2015 3:37:02 PM PDT by Reverend Wright

Twice a year Panama City Beach welcomes our wounded heroes into the community for the Warrior Beach Retreat, but an event aimed at honoring our nation's veterans took a different turn at their hotel.

A group of college students didn't show these veterans the respect they deserve.

"They actually spit on me and my service dog as well, and that's just so disrespectful and it hurts. I come and I feel honored and I feel safe and that I belong, but now I feel like I'm defending myself," said wounded veteran Nicholas Connole.

Veterans say they were shocked at the level of disrespect these college students had. They told me that they threw beer on them from their balconies and even spit on them.

Linda Cope, founder of the Warrior Beach Retreat, says she's never seen such disgusting behavior.

"They're a total disgrace for our military," she siad. "They were urinating on the American flag they were throwing things off of the balconies."


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: veterans; woundedwarrior
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surprised this wasn't posted yesterday, but it has now become a national story.
1 posted on 04/24/2015 3:37:02 PM PDT by Reverend Wright
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To: Reverend Wright

As taught by their elite parents. We see it in jobs, universities, NIMBYs in neighborhoods, local government and all.


2 posted on 04/24/2015 3:40:25 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Reverend Wright

This IS what they learn in college and it has the approval of the regime.


3 posted on 04/24/2015 3:41:55 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: familyop
Please God let a bunch of students down there read the story and do the right thing. I don't have kids but I know you FReepers have raised truckloads who would do the right thing. Some on our side have to be down there.
4 posted on 04/24/2015 3:42:37 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: Reverend Wright

These are the people who will one day direct the military to undertake such noble tasks as fostering transgender sensitivity.


5 posted on 04/24/2015 3:45:39 PM PDT by madprof98
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sorry your honor but i don't remember a thing after seeing that punk spit on the man in the wheelchair until i was in the cop car with no skin left on my knuckles and blood up to my armpits...
6 posted on 04/24/2015 3:47:03 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Reverend Wright

These “students” are not worth a single drop of blood from a serviceman.


7 posted on 04/24/2015 3:47:38 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: madprof98

yeah i think thats likely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Beta_Tau


8 posted on 04/24/2015 3:47:41 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (Go Nigel !)
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To: dp0622

These bozos need to be identified and expelled, with sanctions against their fraternities; the same punishment should be imposed on them as was applied to the Oklahoma students in the SAE fraternity who sang a song praising lynching. As bad as the latters’ conduct and language was, it was in private and did not involve verbal and physical harassment of others in person; at least the same punishment should be meted out to this fraternity and its members at Florida and Emory, apparently the two source colleges for these wonderful young collegiate “men”.


9 posted on 04/24/2015 3:49:05 PM PDT by laconic
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To: Reverend Wright

Said students need a good beat down.


10 posted on 04/24/2015 3:50:04 PM PDT by meyer (Who needs gas chambers when you have Obamacare?)
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To: laconic

Awesome argument and comparison.


11 posted on 04/24/2015 3:52:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: laconic

“But you can’t hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn’t we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn’t this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg – isn’t this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we’re not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen! “


12 posted on 04/24/2015 3:54:45 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Reverend Wright

They’re feeling safe again in their disrespect. They felt they had to hide it for a while during the Bush years but now the evil is oozing forth again. Same as the Viet Nam era. Sad. Very sad.


13 posted on 04/24/2015 3:55:07 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

The U. of Oklahoma kicked SAE Fraternity out of its own house and off the campus because of the racist songs sung by two of its members on a bus. I expect the same treatment of ZBT fraternity and its members at these two colleges; if as reported, their “brothers” urinated on an American flag and verbally assaulted a veteran, the entire fraternity should pay just as they did at Okla.


14 posted on 04/24/2015 4:02:08 PM PDT by laconic
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To: laconic

Just saw on the Panama City news that the University of Florida has suspended the fraternity.


15 posted on 04/24/2015 4:04:27 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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“Just saw on the Panama City news that the University of Florida has suspended the fraternity.”

Emory and UF have suspended fraternity ACTIVITIES.


16 posted on 04/24/2015 4:11:37 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Eagles6

The regime has set a bad precedent.


17 posted on 04/24/2015 4:12:29 PM PDT by Republican1795.
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To: TexasGator

They said they had suspended the Fraternity. Of course that is a local TV station and they often get things wrong.


18 posted on 04/24/2015 4:18:45 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: meyer

Would love to see pictures of the yutes.


20 posted on 04/24/2015 4:39:30 PM PDT by funfan
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