{"id":49977,"date":"2014-06-06T14:38:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=49977"},"modified":"2014-06-06T15:13:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T19:13:46","slug":"marine-headbutts-protester-at-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=49977","title":{"rendered":"Marine headbutts protester at PI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ethan<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

1AirCav69 sends us a link from WTOC<\/a> in Savannah, Georgia that describes an incident outside the gate at the USMC base at Parris Island, SC when a drill sergeant confronted one of the protesters, a former Marine who was wearing his DI cover;<\/p>\n

He pulls up and he walks up to me and says, \u2018Are you Ethan Arguello?’ I said \u2018yes’, and he said \u2018I spoke to you on the phone yesterday’ and I said \u2018yes’. He said \u2018I know I told you not to wear that campaign cover,'” said Arguello.<\/p>\n

Arguello said he wore the hat to represent active duty Marines who can’t protest.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“And then, all of a sudden, the drill sergeant, he just head butted Ethan’s hat right off his head,” said protester Monique Puffinberger. “He grabbed it, got in his Jeep and drove off.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In another WTOC<\/a> article, they report that Arguello was protesting the president’s decision to swap terrorists for Bowe Bergdahl. <\/p>\n

The group says it’s anti-American what Obama did, exchanging five terrorists for one traitor, and they won’t tolerate it.<\/p>\n

“I hold every member of Al Qaeda directly responsible for the death of each of my brothers and the injuries also,” said Arguello. “Therefore, the release of those five is essentially the release of these five murderers of my brothers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I agree with Arguello’s protest and his right to do so, I also agree with the Marine who head-butted him. The uniform is an inappropriate medium with which to protest. It was inappropriate when IVAW did it, and it was inappropriate for Arguello do it. I think it’s especially irresponsible to wear it for the event at a Marine Corps Training post in front of all of those impressionable recruits.<\/p>\n

I know the name of the guy who head-butted Arguello and by all reports he’s a good Marine, so I guess when a Marine sergeant major tells you not to wear your DI cover, unless you want to get head-butted, you shouldn’t wear it. <\/p>\n

\"Arguello<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

ADDED thanks to ChipNASA:<\/strong> Meet Sgt. Maj. Paul Archie. Yeah, that’s not a head-butt;<\/p>\n