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The Naval Academy cancelled a freakin' Ken Burns documentary showing, not because of the content, but because Burns had been critical of Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

April 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM


Solly Mack
(95,084 posts)Cowards all.
Irish_Dem
(70,905 posts)My US Navy uncle was killed in WWII fighting the damn nazis.
I hope he comes back to haunt all of you cowards.
marble falls
(65,997 posts)... privileged, narrow minded segment of the Navy when I was in. They either wanted out asap because they were resume polishing with the academy education or they had plans to be the third or fourth generation Naval retiree,
Irish_Dem
(70,905 posts)It was a newer branch of the service, so not the long standing tradition, pomp and circumstance.
Not a lot of older retired types.
Officers were more laid back and low key.
Smart, practical, just doing their jobs.
Not a lot of military trappings or protocol.
The military sucking up to the orange hitler is making me sick.
marble falls
(65,997 posts)... arrested with sex workers.
Irish_Dem
(70,905 posts)marble falls
(65,997 posts)... by civilian authorities for breaking laws more than once as breaking his oath as an Air Force Officer. It may have made him a target for blackmail if he was privy to secure information.
Irish_Dem
(70,905 posts)Yes it makes an officer a security risk.
not fooled
(6,315 posts)makes any moral failings extra hypocritical.
Paladin
(30,714 posts)Trump-sucking Naval leadership vs. Ken Burns? No contest...
oasis
(52,349 posts)above and beyond what was previously expected.
bluestarone
(19,843 posts)All three branch's of military.
Cha
(311,868 posts)

Fuck the Fascist "Navel Academy".

BoRaGard
(5,725 posts)so meekly surrendering the honor of the Naval Academy.
Sad.
Grim Chieftain
(225 posts)The people must agree with the fetid one and march in lock-step or be silenced. Folks, we are living in very scary times.
Iamscrewed
(407 posts).
gilligan
(209 posts)Was his wittle feelings hurt.
sakabatou
(44,884 posts)soldierant
(8,601 posts)BurnDoubt
(619 posts)isn't the DEI they love to hate.
BurnDoubt
(619 posts)BurnDoubt
(619 posts)Remember that? Made quaint by wiping their asses on the Constitution>
kentuck
(113,957 posts)This seems a direct violation of our First Amendment, the right to free speech?
BurnDoubt
(619 posts)BidenRocks
(1,638 posts)Did you bow before your orange god? Did you say, Please Sir! Let us kiss your ass!
Fuck your budget if a 78 year old paunchy shit stain scares you.
I would give Ukraine our Navy. They wouldn't kiss anyone's ass!
Mblaze
(581 posts)To be cowards.
SunSeeker
(56,012 posts)But their thin-skinned Shitler must have his revenge on any who says the mildest criticism--even if that revenge denies our service men and women a thoughtful history lesson on the American Revolution. They don't care about our soldiers, they just care about Trump's feelings.
58Sunliner
(5,807 posts)FU.
Exp
(379 posts)niyad
(124,392 posts)The sexism, the religious bs (particularly at AFA). .and look at some of the traitors they turn out.
Permanut
(7,152 posts)Got an honorable discharge in 1971.
Those I served with on the destroyer USS Sampson, DDG 10, all men at that time, served honorably to a man. We took our oath seriously, and did a damn good job carrying out orders.
I never heard any of my shipmates praise Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon - or say anything at all about them. We had a job to do and we did it.
It is baffling and disappointing to see today's Navy bow down to an unqualified draft dodger. Things have apparently changed.