Posted on Nov 19, 2016
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What would you do, if a passenger in first class "boo'd" a Gold Star family for being allowed to leave the aircraft first to receive their fallen son/daughter in the military?
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Dawn Taylor
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I would let them know that they were a shame full human and to shut up and count their blessings.
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CPO Joseph Matthews
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CPO USN RET. I would time for a verbal beat down. That's why we call civilians "SAND CRABS" Maybe a little help for the flight attendants over the loud speaker might help them.
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SGT Carlos Fernández
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Absolutely DISRESPECTFUL
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George Katsinis
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My family member died in part to protect your right to be a dick head. Good day!
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Frank Leverett
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Well, I'd likely be banned from that airline for the "use of colorful language" or I might be going to jail for a weekend or more for "physical education methods to ensure said miscreants no longer boo Americans who are bringing home a fallen soldier."
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SSG Conrad Sylvestrelamb
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You disrespectful POS you will be last MF disinbarking from the aircraft . Ungrateful!!
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SPC Martin Meyer
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Hopefully this will never happen to me. I am not sure how I would respond but I am sure it would not be favorably for those on board.
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SSG James Knopp
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The problem with this country is we have allowed society to become complacent, uncaring and ignorant acting. My first reaction would be to get up and slap them into their senses. Let them know what paying respect is about and not them. These soldiers paid the ultimate price for their freedom.
Then again, I would probably be escorted off the plane and be brought up in charges for my distain and intolerance towards ignorant people.
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Sgt Frank Staples
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I'm old and short and now I'm physically impaired...but I got a big mouth and as a veteran and fireman I'm not afraid to speak my piece. I would embarrass somebody...maybe me!
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SFC Terry Bryant
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While it would be very disappointing to see people such as these imbeciles it is not uncommon. Look at the welcome many of our Vietnam Soldiers were welcomed too. Spit on, called baby killers, and much worse. There will always be horrible people in the world. That is to be considered the norm I'm afraid. However those people's actions and decisions should never be justification to make good people act like them. Another good example is road rage. I have had people get 6 inches from my bumper swerving, honking, cursing and flipping me the bird. Why? Because I was driving the speed limit. I mean the audacity of someone like me to do something as mundane as driving the speed limit LOL. I could have slammed on my brakes, caused a fender bender, cursed and raged back but I chose to let the other person be the idiot by not reacting in typical human fashion. So let those airplane idiots who believe they have a right to be first be who they are and you be who you are. Not one of them.
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PO1 George White
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In the realm of words, it would not go well for the one who boo'd.
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SSG Shawn Mcfadden
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I would tell those Ignorant SCUM STFU and show some respect for the Soldier who served his country.
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SSG Stewart Ritchey
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Our God will receive the soldier, and his family in time. Nothing else matters. Those in the crowd are condemned to be themselves, and that is the worst possible punishment. Forgive them, "for they know not what they do."
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PO3 Steven Taylor
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Tell them to shut they're motherfucking mouths and show some respect.
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CPT Shonna Ingram
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I would stand ip and say something.
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SGT Bill Braniff
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That question is just oo nasty to qualify an answer. One of my last duties in 1969, before getting out fo the Army was as a body Escort. No one booed me, but there were a few glares when they saw my uniform and black band on my arm.
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SPC Kenneth Bowles
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I'd stand up and tell them all to knock it off.
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TSgt Douglas Greenwood
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No service connection, no respect. Shame him or wall to wall his ass. Neither would change him, he never served, so, he’s ignorant of protocol. You can’t fix stupid. He is 35 and just got a pass from his mothers basement.
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John Bobbitt
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only the certainty of making a scene such as would more greatly disrespect the sacrifice given by the soldier and his family would contain my fury. Did this ACTUALLY happen? Usually the captain will announce something like that beforehand also that the passengers are prepared and everyone knows what’s going on. Otherwise someone’s gonna get “offended” cuz the the folks of a different skin tone are going first- blah blah blah.

I’d like to think we’re better than that, though. And in my experience we have been. What’s the one time in american history that racism, sexism, and all the ism’s vanished for several months? we were a united country all of a sudden for a brief time. do you recall? the days immediately after 9-11. Nobody was… whatever subdivision they claimed… they were american.
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CPT Combat Engineer Officer
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i mentioned my first reaction (involving profanity) to my son. He suggested instead "point a camera at them." I agree.
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