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I got yelled at on another forum because I allegedly dissed President Obama (at least the person who took me to task "perceived" I was disrespectful  :rolleyes: ).

Anyway he said, "No one will be allowed to show utter disrespect to the Commander in Chief."  It got me thinking.  At one point in time when I was in the military, the POTUS was indeed my CiC.  But according to my interpertation of the Constitution, the POTUS is not the CiC of civilians.

Your thoughts?

dogmush:
You are correct.  He will be the CinC of the Armed Forces.  He is the President to civilians.  Civilians are alowed to be just as disrespectful to the President as they want, provided they don't threaten him, but you'll want to remember that the names you call someone often say more about you, then the person you're calling names.

RocketMan:
This is the part that bothers me:  "Anyway he said, "No one will be allowed to show utter disrespect to the Commander in Chief."

He is saying no dissent will be tolerated.

charby:
Disagreeing with someone and disrespecting someone are different. You can vocally disagree with President Elect Obama without disrespecting him.

Juvenile name calling the President Elect on this forum will get you on the short trail to being banned here.

HankB:

--- Quote from: dogmush on January 14, 2009, 06:28:18 AM --- . . . Civilians are alowed to be just as disrespectful to the President as they want, provided they don't threaten him . . .
--- End quote ---
Reminds me of a story about a US Citizen and a Soviet citizen who met in some neutral place - call it an airport in Switzerland - during the Reagan era.

They began talking, and the discussion turned to politics.

The American said "We're free to disagree with our President here - I can go up to President Reagan, pound on his desk, and tell him I hate the way he's running America."

The Soviet said, "It is the same in Russia, comrade."

The American, incredulously, said, "How can that be? You live in a Communist dictatorship!!"

The Soviet said, "Well, comrade, it's like this - I can go the Kremlin, enter President Gorbachev's office, pound on his desk, and tell him I hate the way Reagan is running America."

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