Now the POW/MIA flag is racist...

[Theirb123]

Trolling? Either way I'd like to choke the life out of him...

 

[The Accountant]

I was going to post about this a couple days ago with the original link. However I didn't because I was only able to muster up the same response as now even still.

Facepalm.

 

[Il Duce]

I saw this posted by someone on FB and was curious why Newsweek would publish something so needlessly offensive. The actual article, while it presents an opinion I think is extremely overblown, has some interesting history and perspective. As the author and magazine have amended at the bottom of the article the use of 'racist' was needless clickbait and severely undercut the author's argument. Still, it's a perspective on the history of those times I had not been familiar with and frankly, I think it's always good to be watchful on how patriotic symbols and narratives of history are used to manipulate political constituencies.

Here's the actual article if you're interested:

http://www.newsweek.com/its-time-haul-down-another-flag-racist-hate-361929

 

[TLDR20]

I seriously cannot follow his logic.

 

[Totentanz]

I saw this posted by someone on FB and was curious why Newsweek would publish something so needlessly offensive. The actual article, while it presents an opinion I think is extremely overblown, has some interesting history and perspective. As the author and magazine have amended at the bottom of the article the use of 'racist' was needless clickbait and severely undercut the author's argument. Still, it's a perspective on the history of those times I had not been familiar with and frankly, I think it's always good to be watchful on how patriotic symbols and narratives of history are used to manipulate political constituencies.

Here's the actual article if you're interested:

http://www.newsweek.com/its-time-haul-down-another-flag-racist-hate-361929

Clickbait

 

[Teufel]

Ridiculous. Here's a picture of me and my team at JPAC flying the POW/MIA flag on an underwater aircraft crash site. We always flew the POW/MIA flag while conducting recoveries. My team brought back 9 sets of American remains from Papua New Guinea and identified several other American crash sites for future archaeological recoveries.

 

[ZmanTX]

Ridiculous.Here's a picture of me and my team at JPAC flying the POW/MIA flag on an underwater aircraft crash site. We always flew the POW/MIA flag while conducting recoveries. My team brought back 9 sets of American remains from Papua New Guinea and identified several other American crash sites for future archaeological recoveries.

That's a great picture!