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philip lewis
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A military veteran’s microphone was muted midway through his Memorial Day keynote address after he started talking about the Black history of the commemoration
An organizer for the event said his mic was muted because his comments were “not relevant”
Molly McKew
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Jun 3, 2021
“This is not the same country I fought for,” says Lt Col (ret) Barnard Kemter after the organizers of an Ohio Memorial Day event turned off his mic when they didn’t like his speech, which discussed the role of freed slaves in the origins of Memorial Day /1
Veteran's microphone cut off when he discusses Black people's role in establishing Memorial Day
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Molly McKew
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Take the time listen to Kemter’s full speech, which is full of many relevant history lessons on union and sacrifice and what that sacrifice was all meant to buy.
Imagine being so far gone in partisan madness as to censor this speech about our nation /2
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I always wondered why conservatives had to create a whole new sacred cow status, which they called "Gold Star families." As I understand it, they are families who have lost a loved one in time of war. The concept is that they should be allowed full freedom to speak their minds because they are dealing with grief that is unimaginable to the rest of us, unless we share that same experience. So, they're allowed to lash out and no one is supposed to criticize them.
The need to create a protected status is very revealing about conservatives. First, anyone who loses a loved one deserves space. It's just common sense that you allow them to express themselves in whatever means they need to find closure. Because conservatives had to create a special category to protect survivors of soldiers who died in war, it goes to show how they gamed the situation in the first place, to eliminate criticism for the fool-hardy decisions they put this country through. And second, we're Americans. We have the right to free speech and conservatives are egregiously wrong to put up hurdles, like they do every time they take this country to war. It is really American on their part.
So, now we take it to the next step. We're not in wartime and they don't have a situation to use against someone's right to free speech, so they cut the mike. It's obvious that conservatives can't take criticism.
gave the clowns that muted the mike all the acceptance a racist nature needs to openly, proudly spout, and use their racism from among the 70million strong trump insurrectionist stinking rabble. Their hypocrisy stinks to high heaven. And the smell is so strong whoever he/she is they are holding their nose when turning to look after this planet, in this galaxy, universe
They want blacks put back under their foot or knee. So what can be expected from a terribly divided nation on the subjects of race and racism in history and the present?
Ohio is trump territory. 
by Alfred R Waud - Civil War artist. 1865 original at the LOC.
Collage of Charleston https://avery.cofc.edu/
