{"id":68221,"date":"2016-09-30T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68221"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:35:54","slug":"national-anthem-and-the-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68221","title":{"rendered":"National Anthem and the troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Christian Science Monitor<\/a> worries that there is some kind of insurrection afoot among the troops because two (that’s 2 – 1,2 – 2) members of the Navy posted their refusal to stand for the anthem on social media. There are currently about 2.1 million members of the active and Reserve forces in uniform, so yeah, 2 is a worrying number.<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and a growing number of athletes have been called “unpatriotic” for their refusal to stand during the national anthem. But now, the form of protest may be spreading in the military \u2013 an entity where respect to national symbols is expected and such an act holds much more controversy.<\/p>\n

Since August, at least two cases have occurred where black members of the military posted public accounts of themselves refusing to stand or salute to the national anthem, an obligation for enlisted troops in the US military that can be enforced by disciplinary actions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Members of the military are the products of their environment – it’s not like they’re grown and raised on special soldier farms away from cultural influences. Two mealy-mouthed, uneducated junior enlisted people do not a vast movement make. These two ladies would be happy to live under the restrictions of al-Shabab, but not the restrictive confines of the US Constitution. Al-Shabab “got my back as a black woman”, just ask ’em.<\/p>\n

We should give them that opportunity. They are not, however, representative of the majority of members of the military. If I was their supervisor, I’d send them on the next thing smoking for Afghanistan so they can make the comparison of cultures for themselves. I’m sure they would prefer Afghanistan to Florida or Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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