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| sirbrianwilson | May 10 2016, 03:09 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/09/477366367/west-point-cadets-at-center-of-storm-after-raising-fists-in-photo |
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| brumdog44 | May 10 2016, 03:58 PM Post #2 |
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Might help if you expand on what you are s'ing your h at. |
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| Mr Gray | May 10 2016, 04:05 PM Post #3 |
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i agree. Those girls are disgraceful and racism shouldn't be tolerated at West Point. |
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| dreachon | May 10 2016, 04:38 PM Post #4 |
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Woah. Mighty big assumption going on there. Considering none of them have said anything, I'm not going to pretend to know why they did it or what it's supposed to mean, if anything. Edited by dreachon, May 10 2016, 04:38 PM.
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| rkl15 | May 10 2016, 05:01 PM Post #5 |
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Not that big of an assumption. Still would like to hear what they have to say. Posted Image Posted Image Edited by rkl15, May 10 2016, 05:03 PM.
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| sirbrianwilson | May 10 2016, 05:20 PM Post #6 |
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I think it's great that more people of color are graduating from our most respected military academies compared to the years of past. And if this is a sign of solidarity for their brothers and sisters, good on them. But at the end of the day, how sad is it that people are getting super offended by this...and by people, i mean white people. br |
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| eelbor | May 10 2016, 05:24 PM Post #7 |
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Posted Image It is still an assumption. I agree we should probably hear what they have to say. |
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| rkl15 | May 10 2016, 05:34 PM Post #8 |
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Thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Yq1iZjSpY |
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| dreachon | May 10 2016, 06:53 PM Post #9 |
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From the article. Other possibilities.
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| dreachon | May 10 2016, 06:54 PM Post #10 |
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Oh geez. Are we really rehashing Mike Brown? I'm gonna stay away from this one. |
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| rkl15 | May 10 2016, 07:15 PM Post #11 |
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Mike Brown is over. What I am talking about is the Former Marine's point of view on Black Lives matter. Try this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT2e8RIcXNM Edited by rkl15, May 10 2016, 07:17 PM.
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| rkl15 | May 10 2016, 07:21 PM Post #12 |
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Now I know why they did it!! They are all from Wisconsin!!!! Posted Image |
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| eelbor | May 10 2016, 07:34 PM Post #13 |
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Now you're cooking! |
![]() "Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the newspaper. If you'll read the subtext for many of those old strips, you'll find the heart of an old-fashioned Libertarian. And I'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners." - Berkeley Breathed Meat is Murder. Sweet, delicious murder. | |
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| dreachon | May 10 2016, 07:57 PM Post #14 |
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Before I respond, I want to reiterate that we do not yet know if the women in the photo were supporting BLM with their fists raised. Now, I've said it before, but I do not believe that "Black Lives Matter" means that all lives don't matter. They're not mutually exclusive. Of course all lives matter. A good quote I heard was this: In a neighborhood, all houses matter. But when one is on fire, you don't pour water on all of them. You don't send rescue personnel to all of them. You help the one that is burning. The Black Lives Matter movement is about calling attention to the house that's burning. It's not saying, "only our house matters." |
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| brumdog44 | May 10 2016, 08:07 PM Post #15 |
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Puh-lease. There is a reason that there is a military rule limiting political activity in the military. Anyway, internal review has already reached their conclusion and stated that the cadets did not pre-plan their gesture nor mean it as a political statement. I hope that you aren't super offended by them not showing a sign of solidarity for their brothers and sisters. It seems silly to me that someone would be offended by someone reading something into a 'symbol' that they themselves are interpreting incorrectly themselves. |
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