Calling Washington "minor" akin to calling a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer "incidental" because the patient ultimately died from lack of oxygen to the brain...never mind the compromised lung function.
Even if we ignore completely the debate (that existed at the time of the Founding) regarding the role of Washington's military leadership (which was never extended to all the various fighting units, and was extensively criticized at the time of the war) and I am inclined to ignre it because I do not want to engage in Monday morning quarterbacking on a war that's been fought 200 years ago, I think it's clear that the idea that 'soldiers' and not 'community organizers' are the keystone of freedom is rather bogus. Without generations of community organizers, protestors, and lawyers, you wouldn't have any freedom.
I will merely assume ignorance on your part and move on.
You know what the Founding Fathers thought of standing armies, right?
Yes. Not particularly relevant to any of the topics in this thread, though.
Now, I don't know why you linked that wiki I will assume you did not want to imply I am unaware of basic PH ...
It was a list of commonly accepted PH standards. Some of which can be judged visually.
...but it seems to me that this thread has a really strange vibe to it, as if people were going after the hippies for being protestors, rather than being communist protestors.
I suspect heavily though I cannot prove that had these people been protesting for capital-anarchism, small government, and property rights (rather than anarcho-syndicalism, mindblowingly-huge government, and confiscatin everybody's shiny stuff), your reaction would have been similar, and thhis really, really bugs me. I do not say this to insult you in any manner, this is just the general vibe I have been getting from this thread.
In my case, I have a visceral dislike for anti-American types with poor personal hygiene. For some reason, the two seem to have a high correlation.
My response to pro-American & pro-liberty sorts with good personal hygiene would be different. Ideas matter. Soap is a Good Thing.
Last, the most significant "stink" I find objectionable I have already referred to: the metaphorical stink of totalitarian, anti-American, and anti-liberty ideas exhibited by the sorts goofing off in the photos. Damn fool placards and banners are outward examples of an inner state of poor cognitive hygiene..