protesters at military funerals should be inprisoned

@Pcptrvanion Said



Classless buffoons.

@fatman Said

WOW!! I just learned something from this thread. It is an answer to a question that has plagued me for nearly fifteen years! I'd like to share it with you. Hang in there, it is relevant, but a little complicated:

There is a black guy from Asheville who used to be very active in the NAACP. There was a huge feud over whether the Confederate battle flag should be outlawed. For related reasons nobody quite understood, he quit the NAACP, donned a Confederate uniform (complete with forage cap) and started marching around all over the place with the stars and bars over his shoulder. He kept it up off and on for years! I would see him every once in a while, eyes straight ahead, battle face that said he truly believed Gettysburg was just over the next hill.

Why would he do that? Why would he alienate everyone he loved to don the uniform of the very army who struggled to hold his ancestors in slavery? What unspoken point is he trying to make that is important enough to do something like that? He never explained. He REFUSED to explain! Everybody (including me) wrote him off as crazy!

Perhaps it is because he realized, that right or wrong, for him the battle was over. Perhaps he realized that in struggle there is honor, regardless the cause, and that honor deserves to recognized and respected in its own place and time. He had the courage to call a truce in his own struggle, and honor the struggle of his adversary. He did this with quiet courage, rather than in a throng railing against injustice in impotent rage. If I ever see him again, I will shake his hand and thank him. It is a relief to no longer be afraid of him.

@buffalobill90 Said

Conflict isn't honourable; it has no merits.

@Charlemagne Said

Hmm, I wonder if the slaves who were freed by conflict would agree?

@zerach Said

I will be heading back home tomorrow from Iraq and one subject that was brought up was be careful who you tell your in the military. I'll be damned if I'm going to let someone tell me what I do is wrong.If It wasn't for pple like me all freedom is sacrificed.If I even catch any protesters at military funerals I'll lose it.It should be a crime

@GeneticAnomaly Said

Protesting at or near a funeral is clearly distasteful to many, but, as has been pointed out, it seems to be excused because of the protesters 'rights'.

Perhaps the authorities should pay a bit more attention to those laws that prohibit activities likely to cause breaches of the peace, we have them here I presume you have something similar in USA.

Sometimes we seem to be far too concerned about the 'rights' of specific individuals or minority groups.

The actions of numptys like these should not be tolerated or excused.

@zerach Said

I will be heading back home tomorrow from Iraq and one subject that was brought up was be careful who you tell your in the military. I'll be damned if I'm going to let someone tell me what I do is wrong.If It wasn't for pple like me all freedom is sacrificed.If I even catch any protesters at military funerals I'll lose it.It should be a crime

@fitzyp Said

Yeah if people using their right to free speech annoys anyone it should be stopped.

@GeneticAnomaly Said

Protesting may be a right ... but with rights come responsibilities, something these idiots and those who seek to justify their actions seem to be lacking.