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Old 07-27-2019, 09:55 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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See it for what it is. idiots being idiots. They deserved the consequences.
These idiots indeed are accountable for their actions and should man up and face them.

 
Old 07-27-2019, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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Not what these students did as a legal matter. Now, it would be different if the boys did something like take a photo of what they were doing and then sent them to the NAACP. That could more reasonably be considered a threat, but even then its not so clear.
Let anyone else out there, who has similar ideas, learn from this. You want to be an ass with no respect, you will be treated like an ass and without respect.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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Let anyone else out there, who has similar ideas, learn from this. You want to be an ass with no respect, you will be treated like an ass and without respect.
I'm not unsympathetic to this argument, but even disrespectful ass holes have constitutional rights. If employers and the public want to shun these fools, I say good. But that's different from government taking action here.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:02 AM
 
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Let anyone else out there, who has similar ideas, learn from this. You want to be an ass with no respect, you will be treated like an ass and without respect.
No one is addressing why this may look good to the same people - MILLIONS OF THEM - that just set aside a day to honor the top Klansman! Is there a reason for this?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nathan-...on-2019-07-12/

"Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation declaring July 13 Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. Forrest was a Confederate general, slave trader and an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. "

Explain why these guys wouldn't be honored similarly? Forest used murder, violence and intimidation...just like they are promoting.

If we look back in 10 years chances are these dudes will have a job with the GOP somewhere. Really! IMHO.

If anyone can carefully explain why the same people who honor Forest with a holiday wouldn't look kindly upon these dudes....be my guest.

My take is that decent Americans don't understand either history....nor the present. What makes a current Gov. of a state do such things? Obviously there is a LOT of support for it.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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No one is addressing why this may look good to the same people - MILLIONS OF THEM - that just set aside a day to honor the top Klansman! Is there a reason for this?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nathan-...on-2019-07-12/

"Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation declaring July 13 Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. Forrest was a Confederate general, slave trader and an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. "

Explain why these guys wouldn't be honored similarly? Forest used murder, violence and intimidation...just like they are promoting.

If we look back in 10 years chances are these dudes will have a job with the GOP somewhere. Really! IMHO.

If anyone can carefully explain why the same people who honor Forest with a holiday wouldn't look kindly upon these dudes....be my guest.
To be fair, the TN governor was required to issue such a proclamation under a longstanding state law. The law should be changed, but this isn't anything the governor had a choice over.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Posing with guns for school pictures, fraternities, etc., is an old Southern tradition. It is not illegal to take a picture of a gun. However, it they violated the school's policy, then they need to be held accountable. Bottom line, if you want freedom, go off campus to get it.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:20 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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Posing with guns for school pictures, fraternities, etc., is an old Southern tradition. It is not illegal to take a picture of a gun. However, it they violated the school's policy, then they need to be held accountable. Bottom line, if you want freedom, go off campus to get it.

Stupid is as stupid does. They posted their faces on social media brandishing riffles and smiling widely beside a memorial for a child that was lynched after they vandalized it.

Good thing their faces are all over internet so any prospective employers can pass on those disrespectful dudes.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:28 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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Stupid is as stupid does. They posted their faces on social media brandishing riffles and smiling widely beside a memorial for a child that was lynched after they vandalized it.

Good thing their faces are all over internet so any prospective employers can pass on those disrespectful dudes.
your evidence for this?
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Stupid is as stupid does. They posted their faces on social media brandishing riffles and smiling widely beside a memorial for a child that was lynched after they vandalized it.

Good thing their faces are all over internet so any prospective employers can pass on those disrespectful dudes.
Taking pictures of guns is not "brandishing". Brandishing is defined state by state and is a legal term when someone THREATENS YOU with a gun. Were they stupid? Yes, as they possible violated the rules of the University. Being "disrespectful" may be stupid, but it is not ILLEGAL.
 
Old 07-27-2019, 10:45 AM
 
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You can't blame Donald Trump for the Ole Miss students behavior. The President had to send in troops to desegregate Ole Miss.


https://www.clarionledger.com/story/...on/1831058001/
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Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice after posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights"


I thought the left supported freedom of speech. Guess NOT!
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