Khizr Khan, father of 27-year-old Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was awarded a Bronze star following his death in 2004 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, speaks about Trump's obscene stunt of staging a political photo-op in the cemetery:
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to MamiyaMan 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 last edited by
@mamiyaman Yes, can say that again!
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Ken Larson last edited by
@Smalltofeds I liked the point with which Tim Miller began his video commentary today:
We cannot refuse to talk about him and what he's doing. We absolutely have to talk about him and what he's doing.
Silent complicity paved the way for Hitler.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to FallsMom 🟦 🤖 🌻🌴🥥 last edited by
@FallsMom Indeed.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"There's something fundamentally broken about Donald Trump, and it was on full display during his recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery. ...
This is where Trump's moral failing becomes most apparent. It's not just that he and his campaign were willing to break the law for a photo op; it's that they were so quick to vilify anyone who stood in their way."
~ Parker Molloy
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
/15Trump's Arlington Disgrace Reveals a Deeper Moral Failure
PLUS: Harris/Walz sit down for their first interview since the DNC
(www.readtpa.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"The Arlington employee's fear of retaliation wasn't unfounded — it was a reminder of how Trump's influence has twisted the public discourse, where those who uphold the rules are the ones who end up under attack."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Today, it became known that the family of Army Master Sergeant Andrew Marckesano, a soldier buried next to the grave behind which Trump posed, told the New York Times that they had not given permission for Trump and his campaign to film his gravesite, which appeared in photographs and videos of Trump."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
/17Trump manages to disrespect both veterans and women as Arlington visit blows up his campaign
There are lots of places in Washington D.C.
(luciantruscott.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"'The Trump campaign staffers did not adhere to the rules that were set in place for this visit to Staff Sergeant Hoover’s gravesite in Section 60, which lays directly next to my brother’s grave,' Marckesano’s sister Michelle told the Times in a statement. Master Sergeant Marckesano served six tours in Afghanistan over the 20-year duration of that war, and died by his own hand in 2020 after a long battle with PTSD."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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Philip Cardellareplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy the thing is, I'm guessing it comes out who she is and she gets that treatment anyway.
I hope not.
At the same time it's understandable and yet terrifying.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"A spokesman for Arlington National Cemetery said today that holding a campaign event on its soil not only breaks the rules of the cemetery but is a violation of federal law."
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"The Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, reportedly pulled strings to get Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery, amid what has become a scandal and a crisis for the ex-president’s campaign to re-take the White House and once again become Commander in Chief."
~ David Badash
#Trump #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #Arlington #military #veterans #MikeJohnson
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Kernoureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Being abused, then blamed for the abuse can be testified to by all victims of a Malignant Narcissist.
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Dr. Flowersreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy My father is also buried at Arlington, and I wouldn’t have wanted Trump anywhere near his grave, no less filming!
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Ken Larsonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
We are in a different era than World War II. Human frailty is being exploited in advanced technology and mass media.
We must understand and carefully choose our participation in them.
STRATEGIC silence is not complicity. It is a prudent understanding of what we are facing today in preserving the truth.
Volume bytes are not the answer. In fact they are unintentional complicity in themselves.
https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/are-americans-truly-independent/
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Ken Larson last edited by
@Smalltofeds I'd say that the era leading up to WWII has a great deal to teach us that we have still refused to learn.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Dr. Flowers last edited by
@AlliFlowers I fully understand. I read commentary today by Will Selber stating that he knew comrades buried in the secton of the cemetery Trump desecrated and is appalled at Trump's desecration of all those graves.
Trump Manages to Spoil One of Our Few Remaining Sacred Spaces
Section 60 matters deeply for post-9/11 veterans. It’s a shame it’s being politicized.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Kernou last edited by
@Tharpa Yes, abuse heaped on abuse. Much is being written about that in recent years as sexual abuse of minors in religious communities has come to light and is being discussed.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Philip Cardella last edited by
@philip_cardella Yes, I've been waiting for that to happen — not because I want it to happen, but because this is the MO of these folks. I hope she is encircled by lots of protection and am very glad the Army has spoken out forcefully to defend her.
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Ken Larsonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Try to imagine the lessons on a platform of today's technology.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Ken Larson last edited by
@Smalltofeds Is there any other option if we want a viable future?
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Ken Larsonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Yes, and it is inevitable. Only the amount of human suffering in the interim is in question.
All wars, including the political war we are fighting with each other internally in our country, must evolve to listening,learning and negotiating, respecting other's values, not beating them over the head with ours.
https://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-ultimate-form-of-planet.html