Saturday, September 30, 2017

Lt. General lowers the boom on Air Force Academy's preparatory school over racist messages.

Courtesy of NPR:

After racial slurs were scrawled outside black students' doors at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria gathered all 4,000 cadets in a hall Thursday so they could hear one message: Treat people with dignity and respect — or get out. 

"That kind of behavior has no place at the prep school, it has no place at USAFA, and it has no place in the United States Air Force," Silveria said, in a speech that has found an enthusiastic reception after it was recorded and published online. "You should be outraged not only as an airman, but as a human being." 

Speaking to a crowd of some 5,500 people that included faculty, coaches, airstrip personnel, and senior officers and staff of the 10th Air Base Wing that includes the academy, Silveria urged them not to let their institution be taken away from them. 

"The appropriate response for horrible language and horrible ideas — the appropriate response is a better idea," Silveria said. "So that's why I'm here. That's why all these people are here."

Did you notice he vaguely referenced Donald Trump while talking about what's going on in this country?

Because I noticed he vaguely referenced Donald Trump while talking about what's going on in this country?

I really like the fact that they addressed what happened in Charlottesville and Ferguson, that is good leadership.

And I would hate to the be the asshole who scrawled those racist messages on the white board, because clearly this man is looking for an ass to kick. 

(Perhaps that was the guy who opened fire on campus yesterday.)

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:31 AM

    Villian dotard drumpt exceeded the previous 3 republican gang in the wh. Nixon, Reagan, Bush all hired many cons but dotard drumpt exceeded that in 6 months.

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  2. Anonymous5:32 AM

    Indeed. It is time for real men to speak up.

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  3. Anonymous5:48 AM

    I definitely now have another new hero.This problem is not new.
    However, this is how you stand up if you are a true leader.
    Talk some notes dotard! Never mind! Fuck you trump!#!!!

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  4. Anonymous5:49 AM

    Wow, that made me cry.

    It's been such a long time since we've had any sense of dignity and leadership in this country.

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  5. Anonymous5:57 AM

    We need Jay Silverias throughout the military.

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  6. Anonymous6:24 AM

    Hope dotard Palin heeds this since she she always uses military as her talking points crutch.

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    1. Anonymous7:25 AM

      Is she still on the "Great America Bus Trip"? The mercers and bannon put all the wackos on a bus to spread entremanure across the land.

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    2. Anonymous7:33 AM

      It is absolutely right and true. That If you cannot treat others with respect at all times then you need to get out. That goes for this so called usa dotard useful idiot to the enemy in most respectable allowable language today.

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  7. Anonymous7:08 AM

    http://www.npr.org/2017/09/30/554583115/bannon-s-war-with-gop-has-only-just-begun?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170930

    @WAR NOW

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  8. Leland10:07 AM

    Anyone want to bet this chews on Humpty Trumpty's craw until it makes him attack the Lt. Gen.? And that soon after that he starts to go after the military leadership?

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    1. Anonymous1:59 PM

      Dotard Trump is probably looking for something to attack the Lt General.

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  9. Anonymous2:04 PM

    Bristol: "awww so proud of you guys!!! I wish I had an ex who was married to a good person. I'd love to be bffs with my kid's stepmom. Gotta protect though"

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