Posted on 09/25/2017 4:30:28 PM PDT by mandaladon
As the discourse rolls on regarding former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick‘s decision to take a knee during the national anthem–and the movement his protest ignited–support for the blacklisted athlete-cum-activist is sprouting up across the country.
Yesterday afternoon, on Twitter, some of that support came from U.S. Army Infantry Officer and U.S. Military Academy at West Point alumnus, Spenser Rapone.
Rapone posts under the handle @punkproletarian and is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Under the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick, he tweeted an image of himself raising the left clenched-fist of solidarity, support and resistance as well as the message, “Communism Will Win” taped inside of his West Point uniform cap. Also visible in the photograph is Rapone’s Combat Infantryman Badge–meaning he has fought in active ground combat.
Rapone followed up his initial post with retweeted images of other #VeteransForKaepernick in their combat uniforms.
LawNewz verified the legitimacy of the photograph with Rapone himself. He is currently in the field until Friday and unable to answer detailed questions, but a Medium post authored by the Infantry Officer details some of his views. He wrote, following the murder of socialist Heather Heyer during the Charlottesville neo-Nazi rallies:
The toppling of the Confederate Soldiers Memorial in Durham, North Carolina has sounded the death knell for any and all displays of Confederate aggrandizement in the United States as well as abroad. Yet, the shadow of the Confederacy and its efforts to preserve slavery is not limited to the southern United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at lawnewz.com ...
I don’t know how the Academy works but if he is given a less than honorable discharge for his seditious writings, is he required to reimburse the Academy for all costs related to his education?
If so, then I suspect that his degree from West Point will be a definite resume’ enhancer and some Soros funded organization will hire him and pay his restitution to the Academy and make him their poster boy.
A dishonorable discharge isn’t enough. Unless something isn’t done to clamp down on his contacts, movements and mouth, he will likely move to a communist country (Cuba, NK) or terrorist state, and tell, give, teach the enemies of our country everything we taught him.
The only thing that will really work is to kill him. Death for treason?
Give him a nice "Blanket Party".
Send all that evidence to his Commander-in-Chief...
The next John Kerry
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