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Navy football team making a political statement
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:21 pm
I'm watching the Army - Navy game right now. The Navy helmets have a strip on the back that says:
DON'T TREAD ON ME
That's code for the Tea Party. Announcers have not commented on it. They won't.
DON'T TREAD ON ME
That's code for the Tea Party. Announcers have not commented on it. They won't.
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Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:28 pm to Zach
quote:
I'm watching the Army - Navy game right now. The Navy helmets have a strip on the back that says: DON'T TREAD ON ME That's code for the Tea Party. Announcers have not commented on it. They won't.
You can't be serious. I actually think you're joking.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:32 pm to Navytiger74
He's fricking serious.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:34 pm to Zach
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:34 pm to Zach
You serious, Clark?
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:35 pm to Navytiger74
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You can't be serious. I actually think you're joking.
Trust me. I'm not that imaginative. It's a small strip about 5 inches across and 1/2 inch high. It's only on Navy. Can't see it on Army. You cannot see it unless there is a close shot of the back of a player's head.
It's located at the very back base of the helmet. Very difficult to see since players are moving. I saw it when a player was standing still after a tackle of an army player.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:36 pm to Zach
And away we go.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:38 pm to Zach
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Trust me. I'm not that imaginative. It's a small strip about 5 inches across and 1/2 inch high. It's only on Navy. Can't see it on Army. You cannot see it unless there is a close shot of the back of a player's head. It's located at the very back base of the helmet. Very difficult to see since players are moving. I saw it when a player was standing still after a tackle of an army player.
It's the fricking Navy Jack, Zach. It's older than the current flag.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:38 pm to monsterballads
Re: your pic. Another change. Navy is wearing the real last names of the players on the back. Not a slogan 'duty' 'honor' or 'midshipmen'. Army is wearing 'west point' on the back.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:39 pm to baybeefeetz
It's like you folks have never used the internet before:
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:39 pm to Zach
quote:
It's located at the very back base of the helmet. Very difficult to see since players are moving. I saw it when a player was standing still after a tackle of an army player.
I saw it earlier
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:39 pm to Navytiger74
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It's the fricking Navy Jack, Zach. It's older than the current flag.
Do you have an actual point?
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:40 pm to Zach
Please please tell me Zach is trolling...
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:40 pm to Zach
Actually, the Gadsden Flag is considered a sign of antigoverment extremism by the Department of Homeland Security.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:43 pm to Zach
quote:
Do you have an actual point?
It has nothing to do with the Tea Party. The phrase is from the first "Navy Jack". It was created around 1775. We wore it on our type IIIs in Bahrain. Pilots and others have worn it on flight suits and utilities for years. Army even used to wear it.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:44 pm to Ace Midnight
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It's like you folks have never used the internet before:
It's like you totally missed the point. Didn't you serve in the Navy? No one was questioning whether or not it was on the uniforms, we were questioning Zach's apparent ignorance of the context.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:44 pm to udtiger
The Marines are Navy, so make sense, right?
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:47 pm to Navytiger74
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It's like you totally missed the point.
Probably not.
quote:
Didn't you serve in the Navy
Army, brah.
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No one was questioning whether or not it was on the uniforms
But someone posted a picture that did NOT show the slogan. That implied it wasn't on there (although the picture was in the link.)
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we were questioning Zach's apparent ignorance of the context.
He's pretty obviously trolling. Zach is old as hell. He's been around.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:47 pm to udtiger
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Actually, the Gadsden Flag is considered a sign of antigoverment extremism by the Department of Homeland Security.
Correct. So, is someone at Navy gonna get in trouble for this?
Posted on 12/13/14 at 2:48 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
He's pretty obviously trolling. Zach is old as hell. He's been around.
That was my first thought.
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