I don't think it's in poor taste to acknowledge the massive waste of life that has been happening, we've been sending a lot of mostly POOR young people to die for nothing for years and years and no one talks about it. Of course we need to honor people who sacrifice their lives for our country, but also, it is okay to ask, was it really necessary in the first place? I think preventing further people from being tossed into the war machinery is more of an honor to them than anything else could be.
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That's what Memorial Day was originally for.
I’m not seeing anything controversial here. It’s a truthful post. You can see a screenshot of it on mediaite since the DNC deleted it.
Still waiting to see what the hell they died for other than a distraction from the Epstein files and massive market manipulation.
Memorial Day is about honoring soldiers who died while serving, all of them.
This is definitely Trump's war, and his decisions led to these soldiers deaths. This is controversial because they singled these men and women out for a political message.
Any other day this post would be no issue, not memorial Day.
There is something deeply wrong when it’s controversial to tell the truth.
It's terrifying
Remember "All lives matter"? And do you remember why it was controversial (read: in poor taste)? Because this is an easy one to parse if you just stop and think for a sec.
The only thing that might've been in poor taste was mentioning Trump. Otherwise why wouldn't you mention the war they perished in.
Singling out specific fallen soldiers was also in poor taste. It's a day to honor all, not a subset.
Why does ever soldier deserves honour? You don't know what they did, and a lot of them died while fighting for nefarious causes. Perhaps the entire concept of a memorial day is problematic on its own, since it has always been used to whitewash a lot of heinous shit.
This exactly. That people don't understand this is worse than the actual incident.
Any other day this post would be no issue, not memorial Day.
Cool, cool. We should always make sure to play Tone Police on the Democrats while Pumkinhead trash talks pretty much everyone and starts unnecessary wars with no real plan - all while talking about golden ballrooms and statues, stupid plans for the reflecting pool and more demolition of the White House.
Oh, and is throwing a redneck party for himself.