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Why is there so much outrage over the President's "Starbucks salute". Would it have been better to just ignore the Marine Guard's salute since he had both hands full?

Asked by Buttonstc (27605points) September 26th, 2014 from iPhone

I realize that, under normal circumstances, the President returns the salute of the Marine guard. But since he had both hands full, what did they expect him to do? Dump his coffee cup on the Tarmac so he could properly salute?

I can just hear them now nattering on about littering.

I can’t believe that something this minor becomes a major criticism dominating the news when there are far more important issues in the world.

Are these people just so desperate to find any and all criticisms that they’ll stoop to this?

Did you think it was such a horrible choice for him to have made? What should he have done instead?

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