{"id":29229,"date":"2012-03-22T07:39:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29229"},"modified":"2012-03-22T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T17:23:32","slug":"marine-in-deep-kim-chi-for-internet-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29229","title":{"rendered":"Marine in deep kim-chi for internet activity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tman sends us a link to an article<\/a> about Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Gary Stein, who started a Facebook presence called “Armed Forces Tea Party” in which he expressed his opinions which were against the current administration’s policies. Apparently, his command told him that what he was doing was against DoD policy. After Stein did a self-evaluation, he determined for himself that he was within the guidelines of the policy and relaunched his Facebook page. Now, he’s surprised that he’s under the gun again; <\/p>\n

Last week, he said his superiors told him he could not use social media sites on government computers after he posted the message stating he would not follow unlawful orders of the president.<\/p>\n

Stein said his statement was part of an online debate about NATO allowing U.S. troops to be tried for the Quran burnings in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

In that context, he said, he was stating that he would not follow orders from the president if those orders included detaining U.S. citizens, disarming them or doing anything else that he believes would violate their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

Another Marine alerted his command about the statement, Stein said.<\/p>\n

Stein said he respects the office of the president, but he does not agree with Obama’s policies. He said he is within his rights to speak up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, here’s the thing; his command told him he was doing something wrong, but the shithouse lawyer decided that he wasn’t. When you start a group, movement or march that gives the impression that you’re speaking in an official capacity (as an agent of the government), well, you’re going to get your ass in a sling. You have a right to speak your mind, just not in uniform, or as an internet presence that operates under the cloak of a military member.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the military, if they told me I was doing something wrong and that I should stop, whether I thought I was right or not, I stopped doing it. I just didn’t need the hassle of drawing attention to myself. There is no right way or wrong way, there’s only the military’s way.<\/p>\n

Stein sounds like he’s under the influence of those dickweeds at Oathkeepers. No one needs to remind the rest of the planet that we took an oath and stand by it…and we certainly don’t need to join a group of Paulians to make it known.<\/p>\n

I hope Oathkeepers will pick up Stein’s legal bills and keep him in pie while he’s sitting in confinement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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