At one of Wednesday’s events marking the 75th commemoration of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. made a not-so-subtle reference to NFLer Colin Kaepernick and his followers.
#PACOM Commander: Pearl Harbor vets “never took a knee. never failed to stand” during National Anthem. #PearlHarbor75 @PacificCommand pic.twitter.com/xXoFwJILz4
— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) December 7, 2016
Clip via U.S. Department of Defense
Harris, who serves as commander, United States Pacific Command, found a stark contrast between the patriotism of those living during those times with that of those living today.
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“You can bet, that the men and women that we honor today and those who died that fateful morning 75 years ago never took a knee and never failed to stand when they heard our national anthem being played,” he said.
That earned him a huge round of cheers and applause, indicating that patriotism still lives in some corners of the country.
Surprisingly — or perhaps not so much — Harris’s observation brought the venom to the surface of those on the left.
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@DeptofDefense @PacificCommand Not surprising a DOD official would make a racist statement against civil rights, but it’s still disgusting.
— Michael Oman-Reagan (@OmanReagan) December 8, 2016
@DeptofDefense @PacificCommand You do not get to dictate how civilians protest and use their right to free expression.
— Stephen T. Stone (@Regular_Stone) December 7, 2016
@DeptofDefense @PacificCommand so we’re gonna pretend that uniformed military speaking AGAINST the 1st amendment use by a civilian is cool?
— Eddie (@eddie8374) December 7, 2016
@DeptofDefense @PacificCommand Cheap shot. You are comparing two unrelated things. Only authoritarians require blind obeisance to flag.
— Sharon Furiosa (@sfhater) December 7, 2016
@deptofdefense @pacificcommand I’m sure that those in Japanese internment camps may have thought about it.
— Squiggy McNugget (@SquiggyMcNugget) December 7, 2016
But others stuck up for the admiral and fired back.
@christapeterso @DeptofDefense @PacificCommand Give me a break. People lost arms legs lives in wars defending your freedom to bitch.
— Kathy May (@MayMa42554893) December 7, 2016
NEVER TOOK A KNEE! Hear that, @nflcommish???? #NEVER @DeptofDefense @stylishsatirist @PacificCommand #NFL @NFL
— Zan Bunn (@zanbunn) December 8, 2016
@DeptofDefense Because they have respect &skin in the game. A-holes like Barack and Kaeperick don’t.
@need4truthiness @PacificCommand— Snap Politics (@Snap_Politics) December 7, 2016
H/T: Twitchy
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