Posted on 09/27/2017 10:46:40 AM PDT by b4its2late
Spenser Rapone is an infantry officer in the U.S. Army and a combat veteran who is gaining attention after posting a photo in support of Colin Kaepernick.
A U.S. Army infantry officer has been placed in the spotlight, as he recently posted a photo of himself in support of professional football player Colin Kaepernick, using the phrase “Communism will win” and tagging “Veterans for Kaepernick.” And now, the hundreds of tweets he has posted about his Communist views are being scrutinized.
The most photo shows Spenser Rapone holding his cover while in a West Point cadet uniform. Inside the cover, he taped a piece of paper that says “Communism will win.” He posted the picture to Twitter on Sunday with the hash tag “Veterans for Kaepernick.” Rapone is also seen holding up a clenched fist.
The most photo shows Spenser Rapone holding his cover while in a West Point cadet uniform. Inside the cover, he taped a piece of paper that says “Communism will win.” He posted the picture to Twitter on Sunday with the hash tag “Veterans for Kaepernick.” Rapone is also seen holding up a clenched fist.
Rapone’s Twitter handle is “Punk Proletarian,” under the name “Commie Bebop.” Law Newz verified that this is reportedly Rapone’s account, and said Rapone was in the field until Friday and unable to answer detailed questions.
The U.S. Army Public Affairs Office did not respond to an inquiry before press time about Rapone and the photos he posted.
Rapone also posted a second photo of himself in uniform, and he is seen wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt underneath his jacket. Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary who believed the poor people of Latin America would be saved by communism.
Communism is a political theory penned by Karl Marx that advocates class war and a society where the lower class would revolt and take down the upper class, destroying capitalism and bringing about socio-economic emancipation where all property is publicly owned and people are paid based on their skills and needs.
Rapone tweeted: “In case there was any lingering doubt, hasta la victoria siempre,” which means “until victory, always,” and are lyrics to a song that became famous after Guevara’s death in 1967.
His frequent retweets and tweets on social media paint a picture of Rapone and his beliefs.
Notably, Rapone is a combat veteran.
“[Democratic Socialists of America Veterans] issued me this CIB [Combat Infantryman Badge] for satisfactory performance under hostile enemy posting online in the twitter firefight of 26JUL,” he tweeted August, using the hash tag “Troop Left.”
He retweeted an image titled “folding the flag,” which ends up showing someone then putting the flag in the trash.
He also retweeted a quote about why one might have joined the Democratic Socialists of America, which says: “I joined because capitalism has basically ruined my life since I was born.”
Rapone tweeted a video in response to one Twitter user defending him, and Rapone is seen with what appears to be a fidget spinner.
He refers to West Point as “a bastion of reactionary politics and imperialist violence” in one tweet from Sept. 16.
He has also retweeted images of Chelsea Manning, the former Army analyst and transgender who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified government documents to WikiLeaks.
Rapone has also retweeted in image that says “Antifascist Solidarity.”
And, Rapone has retweeted an image of now President Donald Trump and the Clintons posted by “It’s Going Down” that says: “Join our movement and recognize the ruling class as a terrorist organization.”
And, Rapone has retweeted an image of now President Donald Trump and the Clintons posted by “It’s Going Down” that says: “Join our movement and recognize the ruling class as a terrorist organization.”
On his Twitter profile, Rapone writes “Troop Left, Commie/space cowboy/straight edge insomniac,” and tags the Democratic Socialists Veterans page. Rapone is reportedly a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. From a Marxist point of view, socialism is a transitional state between the lower class revolt and overthrow of capitalism and full-blow communism.
One user tweeted in support of Rapone: “Big shot out to [West Point Military Academy] grad Spenser Rapone for this amazing message of bravery in support of Kaepernick. Communism WILL win!”
Why isn’t this little creep already handcuffed, on a plane, and bound for an interview at Leavenworth?
Being smart and having a college degree from West Point appear to not be related.
‘So, if this creep’s sign said Nazism will win” — USMA would be okay with that?
You gotta pass “juice”.
There was a time when communists were kept out of the military.
The Kenyanesian Usurpation has corrupted EVERY part of the US government.
There were very good reasons for the founders requiring someone as President with no foreign ties, born here of citizen parents, a natural born citizen, naturally an American because they could not be anything else.
Obama told us he was born a British subject.
He was never eligible.
The warning signs are the size of an Patton Tank!
There are only two ways I want this to end:
1) He is imprisoned in Leavenworth for life
2) He is six feet the
Take your pick.
Under
Anyone know if there’s language in the code of conduct that this kid should be dealing with?
I would hope someone in West Point leadership could walk this kid through what freedom really means. Help this kid understand what communism and socialism really means to human lives. See the damage it has caused. Understand how and why it is anti-American.
Haven’t heard that term used that way in a long time. Barely passed.
...and, at the conclusion of the interview, on a plane to NORKlandia.
Someone in the chain of command may have been sympathetic.
There was a time we had a “red scare” and communists were actively pursued, tried, and often incarcerated for espionage. But the libs (carrying water for the commies) pooh-poohed all that and said we were being hysterical, there was nothing to worry about, it was all in Republican heads. The press in the 50s endorsed that lib view. It was almost as if lots of Congress critters and the press were commies themselves — nah, couldn’t be.
Some guy named McCarthy paid a dear price for that. One Commie-fighter actually made a name for himself and went on to become POTUS (Nixon).
How did the other cadets let this go?
My daughter went to Air Force Academy and my son-in-law went through Naval Academy..... the honor boards there would have had a meltdown..... he would be out so fast the door would spin....
No way other cadets would not have known....
For one of these stupid cockroaches, there are probably 100 more like him that keep their mouths shut.
It would be interesting to take a look at his computer and social media contacts.
Ha! The joke is on him. Mattis will say something very dramatic and scornful about him.
we are so lucky that Hillary did not win. now we have 30 years of rot in are military and government to get rid of...
Haircuts are no longer “high and tight”?
And when the old Soviet archives were opened, he was proven 90% correct.
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