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 ...
WTF has happened to the Army, and West point. Hell haircuts are now allowed to be long hair. Why has this little scrawny turd not been dealt with by now?
Over your dead body, Spense.
That sob shouldn’t have access to any classified information .
He should be immediately kicked out of the military
That sob shouldn’t have access to any classified information .
He should be immediately kicked out of the military
It’s a tradition for cadets write inspirational messages in their caps. Kids run on the field after they are tossed up, to collect the caps and keep the message.
It’s a tradition for cadets write inspirational messages in their caps. Kids run on the field after they are tossed up, to collect the caps and keep the message.
Is that the kind of inspirational message you want your kid to collect?
Nope, not at all!
Nope, not at all!
No blanket party for this turd?
Has West Point really fallen this far?
Has our country fallen this far?
If this is not a fake, this only illustrates the depth of damage that has been done to the military in the last 9 years alone. It has to be a fake. It has to.
OK, good. I had no idea what your point was.
Is this more fake news?
A pity that so many good men (and woman) died or were maimed and this douche came back without a scratch.
Enemies foreign and domestic. He’s a domestic enemy and should be charged as such.
He looks psychotic.
Not sure what that is, but I'd be OK with a cigarette, blindfold and a .308 round,
FReegards
“this only illustrates the depth of damage that has been done to the military in the last 9 years alone.”
It’s staggering the amount of damage Obama voters and the fakestream media have done to our country.
We had true believing marxists, maoists, & muslims in charge of the executive branch FOR 8 FARGIN YEARS.
Bump
Yes. You have to ask how this red bastard got under the security checks for applicants, IF THERE ARE ANY.
West Point has gotten PCed a lot so it might be time to change the leadership and thin the herd of commies.
After all, they will take an oath of office (as an officer) to protect and defend the Constitution. No RED believes in following the Constitution unless they can use parts of it to undermine and destroy it.
William Kunstler was a decorated WW2 soldier and he was one of the top 5 legal reds in the country. Herbert Aphteker, the theoretician of the Communist Party USA was also a decorated WW2 soldier.
But then again, they fought fascism to save the Soviet Union and communism, not democracy. This is what is NOT taught in history classes.
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