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spike jones

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17. Not a joke.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 01:02 PM

Aug 2019

Last edited Thu Aug 22, 2019, 01:37 PM - Edit history (1)

Twenty soldiers that participated in the Wounded Knee massacre that slaughtered 300 unarmed Native American men, women, and infants, were later awarded the Medal of Honor for that action.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/politics/medal-of-honor-wounded-knee-trnd/index.html

People have been trying to do this for years. It always goes nowhere.

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Three things you just don't joke about, ever: [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 OP

he already said he should get the purple heart samnsara Aug 2019 #1

Instead of the black one he already has? Meadowoak Aug 2019 #2

with bonespur clusters. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2019 #8

I've got two Purple Hearts. I would have preferred not to get any. n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2019 #23

Actually, Donald did get a Purple Heart... keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #3

"I always wanted to get the Purple Heart"..... Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #5

I'd like to think that man realizes his mistake and would like it back. yonder Aug 2019 #12

Piece of shit. mahina Aug 2019 #18

And he's hinting that perhaps a Medal of Honor recipient will hand it over to him, as well. maddiemom Aug 2019 #24

He will end up with one somehow, some way. MontanaMama Aug 2019 #4

You probably also shouldn't criticize Gold Star families gratuitous Aug 2019 #6

regarding number 1: barbtries Aug 2019 #7

No loss there Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #16

lol barbtries Aug 2019 #21

I'm sure that you've perfectly summed it up. maddiemom Aug 2019 #29

OMG as a kid in middle school, we toured the Hershey chocolate factory Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #30

Aww...your teachers/chaperones should have made prior arrangements for the park, too. maddiemom Aug 2019 #31

My 6th grade class got to tour k55f Aug 2019 #33

Oh, stinky paper factory, yuck Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #35

No to all 3... lame54 Aug 2019 #9

I agree with you. Timing needs to be correct and whoever... Lucky Luciano Aug 2019 #20

Unless you're a Republican. sinkingfeeling Aug 2019 #10

Serious question malaise Aug 2019 #11

How? How else? Republicans. JHB Aug 2019 #25

They haven't registered?? n/t sarge43 Aug 2019 #28

Or being King of the Jews mgardener Aug 2019 #13

Don't forget about sexual assault Blecht Aug 2019 #14

#4: A totally insane president who isn't being removed from office. Cyrano Aug 2019 #15

Not a joke. spike jones Aug 2019 #17

Holy crap. I didn't know that. mahina Aug 2019 #19

Nazis, Nazism, white supremacism and white nationalism. Initech Aug 2019 #22

lynching, the holocaust and rape DBoon Aug 2019 #26

Any a-hole who thinks joking about the MoH and the PH is ok sarge43 Aug 2019 #27

Oh, gosh! Medals are as important as genocide and mass murder? Nitram Aug 2019 #32

For sure. Sudsy Aug 2019 #34