"Yesterday, the U.S. Army issued a stern rebuke to the Trump campaign over his visit on Monday to the Arlington National Cemetery...
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SueDiOhreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Why won't the Army enforce their own rules?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Is this the worst thing Donald’s ever done? Not by a long-shot. But the combination of selfishness, thuggery, menace, and his willingness to bring the entire weight of his power to bear on a private American citizen is a pretty good encapsulation of everything that is wrong with and disqualifying about him.
It's time for corporate media to catch up and refuse to let this one go."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #Arlington #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to SueDiOh last edited by
@SueDiOh I had thought the Army employee who is designated to be a gatekeeper at Arlington and who was shoved aside and threatened was quite specifically enforcing Army rules.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Peter Lee last edited by
@peteralee I ask that, too, and wish I had a coherent answer. I don't. I see many intersecting factors — deep, never totally quelled streams of racism and xenophobia in some sectors of American culture; a penchant for authoritarianism in those same sectors; the baleful influence of toxic religion; and, perhaps new, the ability of social media to twist and alter reality and spread disinformation at lightning speed. These all seem to be playing a big role here.
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Muro deGrizeco :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Recall, first damn thing he did was go to the CIA and dishonor the wall of stars.
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@ATLeagle Oh, yes. Trump alone is far from the problem. Millions of Americans are the problem. Trump is simply their face in the mirror.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Muro deGrizeco :toad: last edited by
@murodegrizeco Yes, a good reminder.
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Guitarsophistreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Trump thinks, "They say I don't respect veterans. I'll show them! I'll do a photo op with the family of a veteran killed by Biden's bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan!" Then when it all goes awry because it is really about the photo op and not at all about respect, Trump doesn't understand why. He is trying to perform a simulacrum of an emotion he doesn't have, so of course it rings false. Now he is thinking, "I came all this way to this stupid cemetery, like I didn't do before, and they STILL criticize me." So now he plays the victim. He probably genuinely thinks he is the victim. He doesn't understand how to be a human being.
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SueDiOhreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy She tried, but then she was shoved aside and her instructions were ignored. Doesn't sound like enforcement to me. I don't blame her for not making a scene - that's not her job either. But I thought our armed services were sticklers for rules and such. My mistake.
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Greengordonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
It looks like the Army brass are either on Trump’s side now or are preparing for a Trump win.
“...why won’t the Army [press charges]? What exactly is gained by allowing this act of desecration to go unpunished? And, by the way, engaging in the kind of behavior Donald and his campaign staff engaged in isn’t simply indecent, it’s illegal. So why is the convicted felon allowed to commit more crimes with impunity?"
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Peter Brownreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy it’s the original meaning of terrorism, where the state uses terror as a means of controlling the people.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"We go to cemeteries for all sorts of reasons. To pray. To honor the dead. To commune with the souls of the departed. Cemeteries are solemn places. We instinctively whisper when we visit them.
You do not often see people smiling in cemeteries, though that does happen from time to time.
But I have never seen someone give a thumbs-up over a grave. Until now."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Trump #Arlington #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"I really want you to think about this for a minute. Do you know anyone in your life who would pose for a photo in a cemetery giving the thumbs-up?
I do not.
So the question is: What’s going on inside Trump’s mind here? What makes him do this? I think I have an answer."
Last then walks through photos of Trump spanning years, same smile, same thumbs up, never varying.
#Trump #Arlington #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
He concludes:
"Normal people are context-dependent. They behave differently depending on the situation.
That’s because they feel differently in different contexts. …
For Trump, he is the context. …
Trump isn’t standing over a grave. The tombstone is a piece of his campaign for president.
And that’s why, in every one of these pictures, Trump is wearing the exact same smile and giving the exact same thumbs-up. Because to Trump, there is no context but Trump."
#Trump #Arlington
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Amanda Hugankissreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy “When you’re a POTUS, they let you do it…”?
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Cookiefiendreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Who are all these appalling people smirking with him? And how is the governor of Utah managing to avoid notice? He was there too.
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Steve Feltenreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy “What is your costume today, and who are the props in your play?” - If Everyone Were Listening, Crime of the Century- Supertramp
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zemsgramreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy I wonder about all those other people in the photo giving a thumbs up as well, presumably standing over the gravesite of a relative.
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zemsgramreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy I saw another photo where everyone else also had their thumbs up with Trump at this gravesite.
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Ralph (AF4EZ)replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy I still want to know why no one has called out the woman with the white power sign while standing near a Black hero's grave (One of those on the other side)