How do you feel about veterans or Soldiers criticizing our President?

While in uniform and all posting over social media for attention is wrong as two left shoes and must corrected appropriately. As a retired veteran I, like many of you, have earned the right to say whatever I damn well please. What I don’t have the right to do is violently protest or infiltrate our capital building because “my cowardice impeached guy lost but didn’t lose.” Those veterans need to be punished more appropriately.

There's two different questions here. Someone who is a veteran is not held to the same directives and regulations as soldiers (or go wide, armed forces personnel in general).

Active, Reserve, and Guard people still on watch: There are articles that cover the use of disrespect for superior officers, of which the President (the commander-in-chief of all of the armed forces) is one. No, they should not be allowed to. It is the ultimate disrespect.

Veterans: As far as being a veteran goes, I will criticize our president, other elected leaders, commissioned or warrant officers, or anyone else as I see fit. There isn't jack q. sh*t you can do about it. If you think otherwise, I welcome the test. Further, I don't care if it hurts your feelings. This is one of my many rights, and guaranteeing those rights are why we served in the first place. People are going to "attack" "your" president, and you're going to have to suck it up and accept the fact that not everyone will like what he or she does.

But I will do it with taste and tact - because the military taught me to do that. So, don't be a little b**ch. Respond to intelligent discourse intelligently.

A veteran has put in his/her time and yes it is their 1sr Amendment right to state their view concerning leadership.

I gave 21 years of my life to God and country with people telling me everything I could or couldn’t do. Eat, sleep, go to the crapper and everything in between. People get on social media all the time and glorify the president yet, you’re not allowed to speak ill of him. He’s not God. He doesn’t live on a pedestal. If he’s not fulfilling his responsibility, he needs to know it. Telling people they can’t talk bad about the president is just another form of trying to silence the people. If I feel the president is a POS, it’s my job to allow my thoughts to me known. Damned if you can have it your way but, not allow me to have it my way.

The United States has never been in a situation like this where the Speaker, VP & POTUS openly supported 2019-2020 BLM and ANTIFA demonstrators that were attacking cities, police departments and the United States Military with impunity. Both of these paramilitary organizations are openly anti-American in their chartering documents, yet DOJ is not prosecuting the correct people.

We are experiencing censorship that has never been practiced on the scale and scope we are seeing. Focus on your mission statement and don’t get caught with unfortunate electronic comments that cannot be rescinded. The life expectancy of any electronic message is INFINITY.

Law Enforcement and Military members cannot fight back because the same elected leaders were allegedly put into places of SPECIAL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE by the number of ballots counted in the election.

Our criticism of them is not in our job description, so don’t do it.

You should still respect the position. Respecting the person is earned, or not.

Respectful criticism of leaders is every citizens right and as military members, our charge is to exercise this right responsibly. Duty, honor and core values must define us!

I would have to say that regardless of how you feel about the commander in chief your opinions should be kept to yourself. While it is understandable to not agree with every decision that is made by him/her at the end of the day it is a respect and professionalism factor. In the same way I except all enlisted soldier to salute me and respect my commission as an officer, I believe that it is the duty of every soldier to respect the position that the people of this country have given to our commander in chief.

I would have to say that regardless of how you feel about the commander in chief your opinions should be kept to yourself. While it is understandable to not agree with every decision that is made by him/her at the end of the day it is a respect and professionalism factor. In the same way I except all enlisted soldier to salute me and respect my commission as an officer, I believe that it is the duty of every soldier to respect the position that the people of this country have given to our commander in chief.

It’s called Freedom of Speech.