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Marine Corps bans display of Confederate flag
Fox News ^
| June 06 2020
| Morgan Phillips
Posted on 06/06/2020 7:52:02 AM PDT by knighthawk
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) banned display of the Confederate flag at its military installations Friday, on everything from bumper stickers to coffee mugs.
"The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps," the service branch said in a statement."Our history as a nation, and events like the violence in Charlottesville in 2017, highlight the divisiveness the use of the Confederate battle flag has had on our society."
“This presents a threat to our core values, unit cohesion, security and good order and discipline,” the statement read.
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KEYWORDS: confederateflag; marinecorps
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To: knighthawk
All this bull sh#t makes me want to go out and buy a Confederate flag.
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posted on
06/06/2020 7:54:11 AM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: knighthawk
But the gay rainbow flag is not divisiveness.
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posted on
06/06/2020 7:54:11 AM PDT
by
2banana
(Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
To: knighthawk
Ah, great: another "politically correct" Commandant.
A while ago, most of our best Marines came from the South. Must not be room for them now - but we must have girls in the infantry.
Idiots.
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posted on
06/06/2020 7:56:30 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
To: knighthawk
The more we give in, the more they will demand and the more they will hate us.
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posted on
06/06/2020 7:57:01 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: Jim W N
i never owned a Confederate flag. when the NAACP boycotted South Carolina, something to do with the Confederate flag, we got one, from South Carolina to boot.
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posted on
06/06/2020 7:59:31 AM PDT
by
ronniesgal
(so I wonder what his FR handle is???? and let's get back to living!!!)
To: knighthawk
If the Confederate flag has been co-opted by white extremists the co-opt it back.
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posted on
06/06/2020 7:59:46 AM PDT
by
BEJ
To: knighthawk
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:01:05 AM PDT
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: manc
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:02:10 AM PDT
by
proust
(Justice delayed is injustice.)
To: knighthawk
Every O-5 and above, service wide, was judged as either politically reliable or RIFed by Obama. Their opinion that the Oath of Service and the Constitution are "just words" need to be reviewed.
Shooting them is an option. Treason is expensive.
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:02:41 AM PDT
by
jonascord
(First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
To: knighthawk
"The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps," the service branch said in a statement.So, if extremist groups co-opted the Holy Bible and the U.S. Constitution as symbols of hate, etc., would the Corps likewise ban them, too?
Do we, as a People, want to give extremist groups that kind of power over us?
Regards,
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:05:57 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: knighthawk
How about black lives matter and Malcolm X. references?
Oh by the way what percentage of southern boys died storming the beaches @ Tarawa, Iwo Jima Okinawa?
Percentage of Southerners who raised the Flag?
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:06:01 AM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Check out George Floyd's rap sheet "Turning his life around" Yeah, riiiiight)
To: Jim W N
no kidding.
i fly my gadsden
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:10:19 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: knighthawk
I’m a old Marine....I wonder if they also banned the Black lives matter flag!!!
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:11:21 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: knighthawk
Marines virtue signalling. Sad.
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:11:43 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: knighthawk
“The Confederate battle flag”
How about the Cherokee Nations Confederate Battle Flag of Stand Watie or the Choctaw Confederate Battle flag?
There are other Confederate flags that do not incorporate then St Andrew’s Cross.
To: Jim W N
Same here. The act of dismantling the statue of Robert E Lee In Richmond is so damned reprehensible words escape me!
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:22:29 AM PDT
by
yardboyd
(Call me a rose.... or leave me alone.)
To: manc
This is months old Hey, it’s news to me!
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posted on
06/06/2020 8:37:57 AM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: Laslo Fripp
Yea I knew as my sons are Marines , however there are still confederate flags flying in the rooms, Marines wearing shirts belt buckles etc.
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posted on
06/06/2020 9:02:31 AM PDT
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: Jim W N
If the Civil Wat gets hot, the Marine Corp commandant best watch his back.
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posted on
06/06/2020 9:13:00 AM PDT
by
ohioman
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