'Disgusted' by Donald Trump's comments about Gold Star Mom (flowers on Muslim graves)

The Denver Channel ^ | 7 Aug 16 | Lance Hernandez

[real saxophonist]

DENVER -- A Highlands Ranch man who says he was “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s comments about the mother of a Muslim U.S. Army Captain killed in Iraq, said he wants to do something about it.

Mike Sexton is asking people to show up at Fort Logan National Cemetery at 10 a.m. Sunday, to place flowers, or other tokens of appreciation, on the graves of Muslim soldiers.

He told Denver7 that if they can’t find any Muslim graves, they’ll place the flowers on graves of people who were different from them.

“For me, it may be Latino,” he said, “since I was raised Irish.”

He said the idea is to decorate a grave, “just to say we are all Americans here.”

Captain Humayun Khan’s father spoke at the Democratic National Convention. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Trump said, “If you look at his wife, she was standing there with nothing to say. She probably, maybe wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me.”

His comments ignited a firestorm of controversy from Democrats and Republicans.

“Capt. Khan gave his life for this country and that needs to be honored,” Sexton said.

“These people,” he added, pointing to grave markers at Fort Logan, “all sacrificed for this country, whether they were killed in action or whether they died comfortably in their beds after they sacrificed and went to war.”

Sexton

said, “We’re all Americans here. There are Jewish graves next to Christian graves. There are Native American symbols. There are Roman Catholic chalices."

And he said there are markers with "just names and no symbols.”

The Highlands Ranch man said he was home watching Saving Private Ryan, again, on the night Mr. Trump gave his “denigrating” remarks about the Khan’s.

“I wanted to remind myself what real sacrifice looks like,” he said. “I thought about the letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Bixby,” (who lost five sons during the Civil War.)

In the movie, the actor portraying General George C. Marshall, was faced with having to notify another World War II era mom about the loss of her sons. He read Lincoln’s letter, which said in part, “the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid such a costly sacrifice on the Altar of Freedom.”

“I felt I had to honor that,” he said. “So I just put a little group on Facebook and said, ‘come if you’d like,’ and I think I touched a nerve.”

Sexton said he hopes others will show up Sunday morning, “but if not, I’ll come and do it myself.”

Sexton said he has no military background, but added that his brother is in the Army.

“I’d like to think that other Americans would honor him, if he was in one of these graves.”

Sexton also told Denver7 that he’d like to “issue a challenge to anyone running for political office, from any party, from dog catcher to the President of the United States, that they do the same thing."

He said people can meet at the Welcome Center at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Center is at the main entrance to Fort Logan National Cemetery, just off Sheridan Boulevard.

[lastchance]

Of course he didn’t.

[USMCPOP]

that’s a beautiful headstone sir . Thank you for your great sacrifice . The world needs more Buddhists .

Thank you. It prompted me to look up the word "sacrifice":

"The act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone."

We didn't sacrifice much in raising him. Love is free to give or receive. Money is better spent on health care, clothing and good schooling instead of fancy cars and a lavish life style.

It was Karl who sacrificed. To quote him:

One thing keeps popping up in my mind though... a couple years ago I swore an oath, that I would "...support and defend the Constitution of the United states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same..."

"I didn't join up to be part of some government conspiracy--I joined because I thought it was just one small way that I could contribute to the people of this country... although the discipline didn't hurt much either. As I think back to that oath, something about all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC... I wonder who is really to blame for the degredation of the American society.

My money's on the American mass media. It seems like you can't turn on the news without seeing news reports about the death and destruction, and commercials that seem to subtlely induce worthlessness or fear, offering solace in the consumption of goods and services. The way I see it, people in this country (and the attitude is spreading across the globe), are encouraged by corporations and broadcasters to spend more and acquire more stuff, inducing a sense of security in material wealth. Some things, even tradition, can have a spin put on them to make the public needlessly wary--even fearful. Why aren't houses in this country built with big front porches anymore? Probably because we know more about fictional TV characters than we do our own neighbors....

Though I think this veritable brainwashing may not have been intentional, the people who cultivate this sort of society have a lot of the general public in their pocket, and many are trying to use their positions to reshape the world the way they think it should be, not taking into account any consequence of their actions.

Given a choice and an opportunity, I'd gladly do my part to "restructure" the commercial institutions that poison the society whose flag will one day be draped over my coffin. [/rant]

Another quote: "...I'm also Buddhist, so wealth and materialism is pretty darned low on my priority list..."

That was my boy.

[USMCPOP]

I’d like a headstone that says “Here he lies, 6 feet deep.” With a picture of a backhoe digging a hole. :)

[USMCPOP]

I’d like a headstone that says “Here he lies, 6 feet deep.” With a picture of a backhoe digging a hole. :)

[kiryandil]

Mike Sexton: "I are stooopid, and have Mitt for brains. Watch me prove it."

Yer givin' Teh Irish a bad name, Mike, boyo. Shet yer yap.

[dfwgator]

I was raised Irish.”

"Well, then stay off of this stuff...that's the curse of you people."

[hal ogen]

This fool ranch hand needs to become more informed. What an absolute idiot.

[Lumper20]

The Immigration Reform Act of 65 changed the countries where parents and children of new Americans came from. This brought in Orientals, Africans plus other 3rd world types. I never agreed with anything Ted Kennedy did. I saw how damn lazy and sorry Vietnamese men were. The women did the work. I saw the Korean women work, too. The Korean men were damn good soldiers. They also had great tailors in Korea. I had some fine suits tailor made in Korea. The Montagnards were real warriors too. Sadly only one Montagnard from my company survived that war. He drove a bus in Charlotte. I believe we must stop all immigration until we straighten this damn mess out. Then redo the Act.