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flotsam

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Reply to TomSlick (Reply #15)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 02:14 AM

Nov 2019

I knew the guy was hinky, and now I know just how nuts. I had to look up his unit patch which is real folk but fully understand the difference between what we called "specialists" and hard stripers....he was a pogue which in my experience meant a non-combat type...

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does age give this guy a pass for threatening to shoot anti-trump protestors? [View all] Demovictory9 Nov 2019 OP

How sad that he forgot one of the things he fought for Haggis for Breakfast Nov 2019 #1

Or that others fought and died for Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #3

As a Navy Veteran of the cold war he does not speak for me. Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #2

Assholes come in all ages... llmart Nov 2019 #4

He needs an intervention Mopar151 Nov 2019 #5

Assault? Did he touch someone? In my state, it doesn't even rise to the height of harassment. Shrike47 Nov 2019 #11

Touch is "battery" Mopar151 Nov 2019 #13

Plenty of his peers shared his thinking... BBG Nov 2019 #6

Anyone who wants to murder another human being for using their FOS is a disgrace to this country. BlueStater Nov 2019 #21

The pisser is that Donald Trump Jr. retweeted this. Stirring up the Trump crazies. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #7

I totally agree JDC Nov 2019 #8

I saw the bdamomma Nov 2019 #10

I'm a veteran Skittles Nov 2019 #9

Thanks, Skittles, for everything you do. VOX Nov 2019 #14

well, I did not make it a career Skittles Nov 2019 #22

Not sure how I came to think it was a career. VOX Nov 2019 #32

Nope. No pass. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #12

There's something odd about this guy. TomSlick Nov 2019 #15

Stolen valor? 912gdm Nov 2019 #18

I make it a point not to come to such conclusions absent more definitive proof, TomSlick Nov 2019 #28

Plus, he doesn't look over 90 to me. David__77 Nov 2019 #23

Thanks flotsam Nov 2019 #24

I have some of the same thoughts about the technician rank. TomSlick Nov 2019 #31

Ten bucks says he thinks Obama was a Kenyan Muslim and should have been impeached/arrested/deported. NCLefty Nov 2019 #16

Sorry, no. 912gdm Nov 2019 #17

I'd lock him up right now. Clearly, he's a menace to the human race. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2019 #19

Threatening to murder people for expressing their Constitutional rights. BlueStater Nov 2019 #20

it's odd that he's so angry that he wants to kill. They aren't protesting the military. Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #25

wonder which rock they found him under onethatcares Nov 2019 #26

He should be ashamed he did that in his uniform. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #27

I voted No since there wasn't Hell no available. Nt raccoon Nov 2019 #29

Other: Depends on whether he's been diagnosed with dementia/ALZ. Maru Kitteh Nov 2019 #30

That's what I'm thinking. LuvNewcastle Nov 2019 #33