The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

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Like.

Considering he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, he probably has no clue... correction: I'm certain he has no clue.

"A picture is worth a 1,000 words."
Just one word for me, sickening.

Totally disgusting. Person Obama would probably give a medal to George Lopiss for fakery.

While I agree with the overall idea, it strikes me as a little ridiculous to have a soldier critiquing the recipients of a civilian honor.

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
While I agree with the overall idea, it strikes me as a little ridiculous to have a soldier critiquing the recipients of a civilian honor.

Then I would suggest that you don't understand the original intent of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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It recognizes those people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".[2] The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform. It is often considered to be the American equivalent of a knighthood.

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
While I agree with the overall idea, it strikes me as a little ridiculous to have a soldier critiquing the recipients of a civilian honor.

I’m with you. Why attribute words to a marine which he most likely never considered. There’s no comparison between the awards. And for fuck’s sake, Obama’s not going to have another opportunity to hand out the award anymore. Oh, you want to point out yet another thing that Obama cheapened and degraded in his presidency? Tell me something new.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
While I agree with the overall idea, it strikes me as a little ridiculous to have a soldier critiquing the recipients of a civilian honor.

I’m with you. Why attribute words to a marine which he most likely never considered.

Okay on that point yeah, I agree. I do hate when images of people are used to express an opinion if the people pictured are not the ones who actually said the quote. If you cannot attribute the quote to the person pictured in the meme then it is disgraceful to use their image.

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Originally posted by Pale Horse:

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
While I agree with the overall idea, it strikes me as a little ridiculous to have a soldier critiquing the recipients of a civilian honor.

Then I would suggest that you don't understand the original intent of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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It recognizes those people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".[2] The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform. It is often considered to be the American equivalent of a knighthood.

Are you aware of any times it has been awarded to military personnel for military actions/service/etc? I'll admit I don't know a lot about its history. The blurb in the OP seemed to run counter to a military honor, and the military generally has other ways of honoring merit.

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:

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Originally posted by Pale Horse:

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Originally posted by bobtheelf:
While I agree with the overall idea, it strikes me as a little ridiculous to have a soldier critiquing the recipients of a civilian honor.

Then I would suggest that you don't understand the original intent of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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It recognizes those people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".[2] The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform. It is often considered to be the American equivalent of a knighthood.

Are you aware of any times it has been awarded to military personnel for military actions/service/etc? I'll admit I don't know a lot about its history. The blurb in the OP seemed to run counter to a military honor, and the military generally has other ways of honoring merit.

It has been awarded to members off the military 24 times.

It was not originally intended only for members of the military but I also don't think that it was intended for people like Ellen DeGeneres.

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Originally posted by Tooky13:

I feel bad for anyone who received an honor tainted by that shit-stain!
His name or image associated with the event really takes the glow away.

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The Left destroys everything it touches. Everything.

The medal has only the significance that the President elected by the people bestows upon it.

It is sad and offensive inappropriate to attribute text in memes that suggests a wounded soldier expressed those views.

Joe Biden and Bill Cosby also received the medal from Obama.

The real tragedy is that we had enough people in the U.S. that agreed with Barry and voted him in office twice.

The meme is in poor taste with the comparison.

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Do we know who this soldier is?
Would he be prone to using the F word?
Is he now a Pastor or someone running for office where this is an image he would not want to project?

Maybe offensive is too harsh, but it clearly is inappropriate to use someone's likeness in the manner shown.

This is not even related to current news, can we not just let Obama fade into the dust bin of history.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
The metal has only the significance that the President elected by the people bestows upon it.

It is sad and offensive to attribute text in memes that suggests a wounded soldier expressed those views.

Joe Biden and Bill Cosby also received the metal from Obama.

The real tragedy is that we had enough people in the U.S. that agreed with Barry and voted him in office twice.

The meme is in poor taste with the comparison.

I'm not quite sure why you think the meme implies that the wound soldier is expressing any view. I took it to show what an ass hat Obama was and what any normal person viewing the pics would think. Offensive? Nope.

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
The metal has only the significance that the President elected by the people bestows upon it.

It is sad and offensive to attribute text in memes that suggests a wounded soldier expressed those views.

Joe Biden and Bill Cosby also received the metal from Obama.

The real tragedy is that we had enough people in the U.S. that agreed with Barry and voted him in office twice.

The meme is in poor taste with the comparison.

I agree with this interpretation. It's denigrating to the Marine.

Obama was an awful president. That goes without saying.

If you take a moment to look at the list of recipients, you'll see it's historically given to people from a number of different career fields, for their work in those fields. Plenty of actors and musicians received awards from Republican presidents, including Reagan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...f_Freedom_recipients

OK. Please set aside all the crap about a Marine being used with a quotation. You are focusing on a side issue.

I am looking at Obama awarding the medals to those people, and I am saying are you fucking kidding me?

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Originally posted by Pale Horse:
It has been awarded to members off the military 24 times.

List of military recipients.
 

Jeez...lighten up Francis. It's just a meme.

I agree with the sentiment of the meme and don't feel it denigrates the marine at all.
Did someone pass out pissy pills this morning?