Also the President is not in fact supposed to salute members of the military THEY salute HIM, since as the commander-in-chief he's their CO, and then as the superior officer he can choose to return their salute or nothttps://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1352355934803136514 …
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It is, in fact, historically considered improper for the President to return a military salute, because they're "out of uniform" and in fact a civilian The President returning the salute is a modern thing, Eisenhower, a stickler for military procedure, famously never did
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This kind of shit just underscores the degree to which the "patriots" don't know jack shit about the traditions they perform devotion to The people who are genuinely into military tradition are *against* saluting becoming this common thing outside of an actual military context
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So like veterans giving and returning a salute outside of an actual military context - when one or both people are out of uniform - is *allowed*, because it's a free country etc, but you're actually not supposed to do it
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In any case, this is moot, because Biden was in fact not the President yet when this video was taken, which is why the Marines don't salute him
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That doesn't address the
#idiotBiden saying, "salute the Marines", parroting what he is told in his earpiece.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
He muttered "Good lookin' Marines" He didn't say "Salute the Marines" because no one told him that in his "earpiece" because that's not, in fact, what you're supposed to do
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Replying to @arthur_affect @LaurinSolomen
The president of the United States saying “good looking, Marines” is the best acknowledgement he could give. We love that shit. Marines are obsessive about uniforms.
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