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S.I. Vets see ‘double standard’ as pot proponents march down Broadway but they can’t have Memorial Day parade
Staten Island Advance ^ | 5/7/2021 | Paul Lolitta

Posted on 05/10/2021 5:21:56 AM PDT by JonPreston

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got to parade down Broadway carrying a giant joint.

James Haynes, CEO of United Staten Island Veterans’ Organization Inc. (USIVO), said they want to be able to “honor those veterans, current and past, who have served this great nation” in the annual parade that’s more than a century old.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: memorialdayparade; statenisland; vets
March anyway, guys.
1 posted on 05/10/2021 5:21:56 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Have a protest against not being able to March.


2 posted on 05/10/2021 5:26:41 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: JonPreston

If the Left didn’t have double standards they would have no standards at all.


3 posted on 05/10/2021 5:29:46 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: JonPreston

Down the tubes too far to be saved. That should be our new national motto I fear.


4 posted on 05/10/2021 5:29:55 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: JonPreston

They need to contact grandstanding national GOP figures. The only thing that works for this in a short period of time is the glare of cameras and bad publicity.


5 posted on 05/10/2021 5:30:09 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: JonPreston

The left knows how powerful protesting is, which is why they want to secure their exclusive ability to use them.


6 posted on 05/10/2021 5:32:24 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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To: JonPreston

Yep. Don’t ask for permission. Just do it.


7 posted on 05/10/2021 5:56:51 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: JonPreston
The Left has many double standards, legalize pot but outlaw menthol flavor is a recent example.

8 posted on 05/10/2021 6:03:11 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day..

You dare to ask Why? Because you deplorables support the Constitution and served in the horrid military.
You clash with the narrative so nobly represented by pot-smoking, Antifa and BLM protestors.

Luckily, in a few years after these wretched veterans pass away, members of the current woke, transgender,
pregnant women-in-combat, intersectionality, LBGTQ+ warriors will be able to parade with complete, gay pride abandon.

9 posted on 05/10/2021 6:12:04 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent.)
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To: Thommas; Travis McGee

Hat tip to Matt

10 posted on 05/10/2021 6:19:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: JonPreston

Paging Frank Morano.


11 posted on 05/10/2021 6:23:37 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: JonPreston

It’s because our government hates you. Once you accept that everything else makes sense.

L


12 posted on 05/10/2021 6:25:38 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: JonPreston

That’s cuz some are more equal than others.


13 posted on 05/10/2021 6:29:29 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: JonPreston
If there were no other sign of decadence, this one screams it loud enough to wake the dead--though not the brain dead supporters of the Democrats and their fellow travellers.

NOTHING announces the decline and impending fall of the USA more indelibly than this article.

Yet the signs of decay are everywhere, all around, there for all to see. And all do see save the willingly blind--and they too are everywhere!

14 posted on 05/10/2021 7:23:52 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Depravity is the evil heart of the Democrat Party.)
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