Yeah, that's the ticket! He's praying, like the NFL prayers.
Posted on 09/28/2017 8:40:06 AM PDT by bimboeruption
Full Headline: "Picture of man kneeling during taps at tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sparking outrage following NFL protests"
The picture comes when kneeling during the national anthem is resulting in protests of the NFL.
A photo that has gone viral while circulating among the online military community shows a man at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, kneeling down on one knee reportedly during the playing of taps, and is sweeping across America, outraging thousands. “Taps” is a bugle call played at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals by the United States armed forces and is regularly played at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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I would have been disgusted, but I would not have taken a photo during Taps. To do so would have required more movement than I am willing to make for anything that is not on a short list of immediate threats, at least not during that solemn ceremony. The photographer was right to capture the shocking rudeness of that loser, but I would not have been able to think it through in time.
[First aide, self defense, and even a pickpocket, I’ve already made the decision and would have acted. This? I am a slow learner and am consistently surprised by how malignant the Ctrl-Left is.]
Bring back the draft.
Laws have been passed prohibiting free speech. An example; You may not call a minority a certain name because they will charge you with a hate crime. It is “disrespectful”.
Obvious to me it is just as disrespectful to honor BLM at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Hate crime for me but not for thee.
One of Obama’s sons??
[This is what you call “overplaying” your movement.]
I sometimes overplay my movement in the morning.
Wake me when the shooting starts......wait....what was that ?
You can always tell a libtard but you can’t tell them much!
Yeah, that's the ticket! He's praying, like the NFL prayers.
No one else is kneeling. We don’t know what he was thinking. Until we know that, we can’t condemn him. If it’s “solidarity” with the hate-America crowd, then $hit on him.
This kneegoer should have been the recipient of an immediate buttstroke followed by forcible ejection.
When my navy WWII combat veteran uncle was being buried, when taps was played my dad, overcome with grief dropped to his knees. I don’t think the reasoning is the same for both cases but everyone emphatically did not raise an objection at the funeral.
The Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier need to carry live ammunition and use it.
That taps part is tough.
Yes we can condemn him. Everyone needs to stop looking for gray areas in this mess. My husband made the almost fatal mistake of babbling about Trump calling the players sob’s. I had a major come apart. There is right and wrong on this. No well but’s. Our son leaves for war in a few days. Daddy better shape up.
Where was the honor guard? Its their job to discipline bystanders
What a reprehensible pos act
These Ns want a war, they are going to get it if they keep this crap up.
OK, fine then. You want to give the finger (knee) to what we revere? We will remember that. We will remember that for a LONG time...
OK, fine then. You want to give the finger (knee) to what we revere? We will remember that. We will remember that for a LONG time...
Was he Praying or Protesting?
Oh but dear yes we can condemn him
Free speech can be criticized
This was a pure koppernickel pose to get attention
The worst kind of stolen valor
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