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re: Marines Reclaim Flag From Protestor Who Fly It Upside-Down
Posted on 3/29/16 at 3:23 pm to yankeeundercover
Posted on 3/29/16 at 3:23 pm to yankeeundercover
I' a vet and served my country in a combat zone. I believe in freedom of speech and expression, but what people fail to understand is while you have the right to free speech you DO NOT have the right to free conduct, nor do you have the right to be heard.
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Posted on 3/29/16 at 3:43 pm to Hog on the Hill
Not advocating anything.... just curious how dedicated these "peaceful protester" are...
Posted on 3/29/16 at 3:45 pm to PatDyesPants
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The Marines exist so that Americans can fly the US flag upside down if they choose to do so.
Exactly this. It's our nation's identifying virtue. The ability to say or do ignorant shite is the direct result of our country's armed servicemen.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 3:47 pm to yankeeundercover
Yeah! Stealing people's property is American AF!!!
Posted on 3/29/16 at 4:05 pm to 68wDoc68w
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you DO NOT have the right to free conduct
You don't have the right to free, lawful conduct?
Posted on 3/29/16 at 4:10 pm to yankeeundercover
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I get that military service members fought, myself included, and died for the freedoms that these idiots take for granted.
Who exactly did you fight? And if you died then how are you posting on this site?
Posted on 3/29/16 at 4:17 pm to yankeeundercover
Why aren't they being charged with assault and theft? Clearly, running at him the way they did, they put him in reasonable fear of suffering a battery and, knowing the flag he dropped was his and not theirs, taking it and leaving with it is obvious intent to deprive him of it. Cheney Joseph would be pissed if you didn't charge them with robbery if that hypothet were on a freshman criminal law exam.
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 4:53 pm to Nuts4LSU
When you serve in the military, you serve in places where the only reminder of home is that flag. When you're taking cover from enemy fire. Wondering why the hell you are there, the flag on your arm stands out reminding you of home and the people you fight to protect.
I'm a 3rd generation veteran with family who have served in every war since WWII including Iraq and Afghanistan.
I never served a minute in combat. In fact, it has been 16 years since I served in the Navy. But if I EVER see any of you hippie motherfrickers disrespecting the flag, I will pummel you.
Consequences be damned...
You see the flag as a symbol of mismanaged policies. I see our flag as the banner under which men and women have fought/died for something other than themselves.
Choose a different way to protest
I'm a 3rd generation veteran with family who have served in every war since WWII including Iraq and Afghanistan.
I never served a minute in combat. In fact, it has been 16 years since I served in the Navy. But if I EVER see any of you hippie motherfrickers disrespecting the flag, I will pummel you.
Consequences be damned...
You see the flag as a symbol of mismanaged policies. I see our flag as the banner under which men and women have fought/died for something other than themselves.
Choose a different way to protest
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 5:27 pm to yankeeundercover
Point of clarification. The "protestors" dropped the flag. The Marines did not take it away from them.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 5:29 pm to yankeeundercover
Those marines are huge douchebags.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 6:44 pm to Tigeralum2008
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You see the flag as a symbol of mismanaged policies.
bullshite. I see the flag as a symbol of freedom, including the freedom to burn it, fly it upside down, use it as toilet paper or run it up a pole and salute it. I wouldn't desecrate a flag because I LIKE what it represents.
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But if I EVER see any of you hippie motherfrickers disrespecting the flag, I will pummel you.
And with that you destroy the very thing it stands for. The very thing that makes it worth saluting.
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Consequences be damned...
Destroying freedom be damned? Why in the frick did you serve if you don't value freedom?
This post was edited on 3/29/16 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 3/29/16 at 6:47 pm to Wolfhound45
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The "protestors" dropped the flag. The Marines did not take it away from them.
So if you drop your wallet on the ground, I have the right to pick it up and keep it? Ridiculous.
They ran to attack him, he dropped it in the process of escaping and they picked it up and took it. If it was a woman with a purse and a thug doing that, there would be no doubt it was robbery.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 6:52 pm to Nuts4LSU
According to the law, flying the flag upside down is a distress symbol.
What they did is like calling 911 or sending an SOS from a boat as a political protest.
What they did is like calling 911 or sending an SOS from a boat as a political protest.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 6:52 pm to Tigeralum2008
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But if I EVER see any of you hippie motherfrickers disrespecting the flag, I will pummel you.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 7:00 pm to yankeeundercover
Watched "Only the Dead See the End of War" today. Such a powerful, tragic, and impactful documentary. Those men and women have my utmost respect and gratitude.
Posted on 3/29/16 at 7:02 pm to yankeeundercover
There was no "reclaim"ing. It was not their flag to begin with. In other words, they ran off with a flag that was not theirs
Posted on 3/29/16 at 7:05 pm to LSUTANGERINE
frick you. They rescued the flag from an idiot.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 8:57 am to Nuts4LSU
He dropped it while he fled. Sorry if he is a coward.
Would think he would have demonstrated some courage if he felt so strongly about his protest.
Would think he would have demonstrated some courage if he felt so strongly about his protest.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 9:00 am to Tigeralum2008
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I never served a minute in combat. In fact, it has been 16 years since I served in the Navy. But if I EVER see any of you hippie motherfrickers disrespecting the flag, I will pummel you.
What a great way to honor your family's legacy, by being a violent piece of shite criminal.
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