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Dennis Donovan

(30,655 posts)
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 04:58 PM Apr 26

Don Moynihan: Naval Academy cancels Ken Burns doc showing because Burns insulted Trump

Don Moynihan
‪@donmoyn.bsky.social‬
The Naval Academy cancelled a freakin' Ken Burns documentary showing, not because of the content, but because Burns had been critical of Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

April 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM




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Don Moynihan: Naval Academy cancels Ken Burns doc showing because Burns insulted Trump (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Apr 26 OP
Collaborationists. Solly Mack Apr 26 #1
US Navy diminishes and humiliates itself by kissing Orange Hitler's ass. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #2
Shocks the shit out of me, but then the Academy officers were the most conservative ... marble falls Apr 26 #3
I was an USAF kid and it didn't feel that way with the officers. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #4
My daughter's USAF husband got kicked out less than a year after graduation for being ... marble falls Apr 26 #9
Males from all walks of life are found with sex workers. Not unique to the military. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #11
Goes without saying. Difference being the Air Force feels that a person who's been caught ... marble falls Apr 26 #12
Do you think the other branches are more lax about this kind of situation? Irish_Dem Apr 26 #14
And isn't the Air Force extra-special Christian-y? not fooled Apr 26 #19
Well then, fuck the Naval Academy. Paladin Apr 26 #5
Ken's documentary will now get viewership oasis Apr 26 #6
SCARY, when this IDIOT running our country owns bluestarone Apr 26 #7
Cheers to Ken Burns.. TY Cha Apr 26 #8
Annapolis earns a big ol' Brown Nose nickel-plated Turd Polisher BoRaGard Apr 26 #10
Mind control, pure and simple Grim Chieftain Apr 26 #13
FCk tRmp Iamscrewed Apr 26 #15
Hmmm gilligan Apr 26 #16
O NOES! How dare they insult Dear Leader sakabatou Apr 26 #17
Jimmy Carter would be terribly disappointed. soldierant Apr 26 #18
Politicizing the Military. Christofascists are already endemic. Opus Dei... BurnDoubt Apr 26 #20
Besides, there is a mandatory Prayer Meeting that day. BurnDoubt Apr 26 #21
No longer "Fighting For Your Right to Say It"??????????????? BurnDoubt Apr 26 #23
Wow! Whaat happened to free speech?! kentuck Apr 26 #22
Thank You!!!!! BurnDoubt Apr 26 #24
Hey Navy! BidenRocks Apr 26 #25
So they are teaching our young cadets Mblaze Apr 26 #26
These assholes had no problems with people insulting Biden or Obama SunSeeker Apr 26 #27
Ken Burns, censured for speaking the truth about our international embarrassment. 58Sunliner Apr 26 #28
Trump criticizes EVERYBODY. TSF is such a whimp. nt Exp Apr 26 #29
Remind me why we are supporting these incredibly exxpensive institutions? niyad Apr 26 #30
This Navy vet took an oath to the constitution in 1965.. Permanut Apr 26 #31

Irish_Dem

(69,122 posts)
2. US Navy diminishes and humiliates itself by kissing Orange Hitler's ass.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:08 PM
Apr 26

My US Navy uncle was killed in WWII fighting the damn nazis.
I hope he comes back to haunt all of you cowards.

marble falls

(65,033 posts)
3. Shocks the shit out of me, but then the Academy officers were the most conservative ...
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:23 PM
Apr 26

... privileged, narrow minded segment of the Navy when I was in. They either wanted out asap because they were resume polishing with the academy education or they had plans to be the third or fourth generation Naval retiree,

Irish_Dem

(69,122 posts)
4. I was an USAF kid and it didn't feel that way with the officers.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:34 PM
Apr 26

It was a newer branch of the service, so not the long standing tradition, pomp and circumstance.
Not a lot of older retired types.

Officers were more laid back and low key.
Smart, practical, just doing their jobs.
Not a lot of military trappings or protocol.

The military sucking up to the orange hitler is making me sick.

marble falls

(65,033 posts)
9. My daughter's USAF husband got kicked out less than a year after graduation for being ...
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:58 PM
Apr 26

... arrested with sex workers.

marble falls

(65,033 posts)
12. Goes without saying. Difference being the Air Force feels that a person who's been caught ...
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:15 PM
Apr 26

... by civilian authorities for breaking laws more than once as breaking his oath as an Air Force Officer. It may have made him a target for blackmail if he was privy to secure information.

Irish_Dem

(69,122 posts)
14. Do you think the other branches are more lax about this kind of situation?
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:28 PM
Apr 26

Yes it makes an officer a security risk.

not fooled

(6,256 posts)
19. And isn't the Air Force extra-special Christian-y?
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:17 PM
Apr 26

makes any moral failings extra hypocritical.

Paladin

(30,284 posts)
5. Well then, fuck the Naval Academy.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:38 PM
Apr 26

Trump-sucking Naval leadership vs. Ken Burns? No contest...

BoRaGard

(5,212 posts)
10. Annapolis earns a big ol' Brown Nose nickel-plated Turd Polisher
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:06 PM
Apr 26

so meekly surrendering the honor of the Naval Academy.

Sad.

Grim Chieftain

(114 posts)
13. Mind control, pure and simple
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:27 PM
Apr 26

The people must agree with the fetid one and march in lock-step or be silenced. Folks, we are living in very scary times.

BurnDoubt

(295 posts)
20. Politicizing the Military. Christofascists are already endemic. Opus Dei...
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:17 PM
Apr 26

isn't the DEI they love to hate.

BurnDoubt

(295 posts)
23. No longer "Fighting For Your Right to Say It"???????????????
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:22 PM
Apr 26

Remember that? Made quaint by wiping their asses on the Constitution>

kentuck

(113,646 posts)
22. Wow! Whaat happened to free speech?!
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:20 PM
Apr 26

This seems a direct violation of our First Amendment, the right to free speech?

BidenRocks

(1,394 posts)
25. Hey Navy!
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:25 PM
Apr 26

Did you bow before your orange god? Did you say, Please Sir! Let us kiss your ass!
Fuck your budget if a 78 year old paunchy shit stain scares you.
I would give Ukraine our Navy. They wouldn't kiss anyone's ass!

SunSeeker

(55,636 posts)
27. These assholes had no problems with people insulting Biden or Obama
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:34 PM
Apr 26

But their thin-skinned Shitler must have his revenge on any who says the mildest criticism--even if that revenge denies our service men and women a thoughtful history lesson on the American Revolution. They don't care about our soldiers, they just care about Trump's feelings.

niyad

(123,526 posts)
30. Remind me why we are supporting these incredibly exxpensive institutions?
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:41 PM
Apr 26

The sexism, the religious bs (particularly at AFA). .and look at some of the traitors they turn out.

Permanut

(7,063 posts)
31. This Navy vet took an oath to the constitution in 1965..
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:59 PM
Apr 26

Got an honorable discharge in 1971.

Those I served with on the destroyer USS Sampson, DDG 10, all men at that time, served honorably to a man. We took our oath seriously, and did a damn good job carrying out orders.

I never heard any of my shipmates praise Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon - or say anything at all about them. We had a job to do and we did it.

It is baffling and disappointing to see today's Navy bow down to an unqualified draft dodger. Things have apparently changed.

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