they’ll find that they knowingly made a statement. The only argument is that they all happen to have their fists in the air at the moment the photo was taken - that’s a non-starter. If they aren’t making a political statement (and let’s be clear: BLM *is* political) what else are they doing?

So much no.

Partisan does not only mean supporting a political party. It includes supporting a cause, such as BLM.

Punishing someone for being in uniform and breaking a clearly delineated regulation?

actually, nazis thought what they were doing was fair and equal, because of their belief in aryan superiority. both blm and the nazi party are attempting to manipulate the social structure of a country.

Ummm. No. And it’s not why they’re being punished. Any service member doing a political statement inuniform is investigated. Full stop.

Yes. In uniform you do not have speech rights as you are a representative of the government and that would be an implied endorsement of a political statement by the government.

Yes BLM advocates for the murdering of cops. Completely different.

So fun story. That is not a BLM gesture. Perhaps it’s being used by BLM (it is) but it is also the black power salute of the Black Panthers, a group that most definitely uses it as a political statement.

“your white-boy feelings” Good racism there. btw way I’m black/hispanic. but stay socially racist there.

code is code, there is a moral difference but code is code. An if you bothered reading what I wrote you would see that.

oh wow! btw before you get all “holier-than-thou” I am black/hispanic. But code is code. period.

no, and you know better. Code of conduct is clear, it is even written above in the article. They broke code. period.

They broke the rules they should have known better. As a former soldier I cannot support them. If they where white male soldiers using a Nazi style salute this very website would scream and demand they face punishment.

Blaming everything on privilege is a cop-out, I think. It’s basically saying that all people who had an easy/privileged childhood and life are not aware enough of their surroundings, or simply don’t care enough, to see that other people are people as well - people who have their own hardships, problems and horrible…

Beta male is a concept invented by MRAs in an attempt to apply (inaccurate) models of animal social interaction to humans. It is an actively harmful term when discussing masculinity.