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Photo of West Point cadets posing with raised fists causes controversy in military circles over perc
nydailynews ^ | May 6, 2016

Posted on 05/07/2016 2:12:01 PM PDT by Java4Jay

A photo of 16 black West Point cadets raising their fists is causing controversy, with many offended viewers linking the image to supporting the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: apparatchiksonparade; blm; thiswillnotstand; thugculture; westpoint; westpointblm; westpointphoto
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To: Java4Jay

Obviously these snowflakes think that they are special. So special that the rules do not apply to them. Won’t they make great officers!


21 posted on 05/07/2016 2:31:39 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: Tax-chick

Neither is ok. None of this is ok. I was responding to whomever it was that excused them for it out of drunkenness


22 posted on 05/07/2016 2:33:57 PM PDT by stanne
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To: The_Media_never_lie

” Did they not realize this would be a political statement? What were they thinking?”


They will probably say it’s about human rights,not politics,and get away with it.

I’d bet on it.

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23 posted on 05/07/2016 2:34:34 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

That’s the problem...they are all seniors set to graduate in a few days. If this was a bunch of white males cadets posing they would’ve been disciplined to the max (which the white males at West Point are very much aware of this double standard). Apparently the photo was taken and then posted on social media by one of the “posers” mothers. At least, West Point is conducting an investigation into this matter.


24 posted on 05/07/2016 2:35:46 PM PDT by awin
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To: Williams

And all AA.


25 posted on 05/07/2016 2:38:05 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Java4Jay

i wonder how many of these people were chosen because tgey were black. Or because they were women. I’m not seeing any white men in there or white women. They are certainly identifying as black before anything else, such as military officers in uniform

I don’t approve of their using my hard earned money for their education

As a combat vet officer I’d better write to West Point. I’m pissed


26 posted on 05/07/2016 2:38:49 PM PDT by stanne
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To: awin

What?

After four years this is what they do?

Wow I am not happy


27 posted on 05/07/2016 2:39:49 PM PDT by stanne
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To: awin

Our future military leaders.

I’m glad I’m old and will be long gone.

I saw the best of this country,my grandkids are seeing the worst and they don’t even know it.

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28 posted on 05/07/2016 2:41:32 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Tax-chick

“know. Making political statements in uniform is also not allowed. People doing the latter (if that was their point) might also have been doing the former, but it seems improbable.”

A fist in the air may be a political statement or it may not be a political statement. Thus, there defense will be “we were not making a political statement.”

It would be difficult to prove it was a political statement and almost impossible to prove what political statement they were making.


29 posted on 05/07/2016 2:42:18 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Java4Jay

We be president now!


30 posted on 05/07/2016 2:42:55 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Java4Jay

What? Another West Point cheating scandal?


31 posted on 05/07/2016 2:43:47 PM PDT by batterycommander (Keep calm and call for artillery.)
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It would be difficult to prove it was a political statement and almost impossible to prove what political statement they were making.

I agree. The raised fist could just indicate, "Aren't we great!?!" or something to that effect. However, their comments on Facebook or other sites, along with the picture, may give more information.

32 posted on 05/07/2016 2:44:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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To: Java4Jay

And not one thing is going to happen to them...because “Day be Black yo!”

I’ve grown weary of the angry black man/black woman shtick. Get over you skin color already!


33 posted on 05/07/2016 2:45:10 PM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2016!)
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To: Java4Jay
16 K - Dets to get SUMMARLY Booted Out. It should be.
34 posted on 05/07/2016 2:48:47 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Organic Panic

Congressman David Crockett of Tennessee introduced a bill to abolish the United States Military Academy at West Point. He thought it unfair that the poor and less-educated were taxed to provide opportunities for the sons of the well-to-do and the better educated.

Davy fought well at the Alamo without a West Point education. Nathan Bedford Forrest told Stephen Lee that “If I had as much West Point training as you the Yankees would whip the Hell out of me twice everyday”.

Let’s reintroduce Crockett’s bill.


35 posted on 05/07/2016 2:48:52 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24
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To: Monterrosa-24

On the other hand, both Stonewall Jackson and U.S. Grant were lower-middle-class (at best) Cadets who made something of themselves in a big way.


36 posted on 05/07/2016 2:50:48 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("We like us the way we are. That makes us real, true friends." ~ The Undead Thread)
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To: Artcore
"And not one thing is going to happen to them...because “Day be Black yo!" The problem would be is that any disciplinary that they would go before is not going to able to link their race to any political motivation for their actions.
37 posted on 05/07/2016 2:50:58 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Java4Jay

38 posted on 05/07/2016 2:53:18 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: Artcore

“And not one thing is going to happen to them...because “Day be Black yo!”

The problem would be is that any disciplinary board that they would go before is not going to able to link their race to their political motivation for their actions.


39 posted on 05/07/2016 2:54:28 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Byron_the_Aussie

Very cool pictures.

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40 posted on 05/07/2016 2:55:57 PM PDT by Mears
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