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Marines Storm Reddit After Occupy Oakland Shooting of Scott Olsen (all 10 or so??)
Media Bistro ^ | October 27, 2011 | Matthew Fleischer

Posted on 10/28/2011 1:57:23 PM PDT by markomalley

Marines have been flocking to the social networking/aggregator site Reddit to voice their anger at the life-threatening injury inflicted on 24-year-old Iraqi war veteran Scott Olsen by Oakland police during the recent Occupy protests. Video showed Olsen go down after taking a tear gas canister to the head. As fellow protesters tried to assist him, police lobbed a flash grenade into their midst–right next to Olsen’s already fractured skull.

The picture above, submitted by Reddit user aburger, has generated well over 1,000 comments on the site–many from fellow Marines who are absolutely livid at the injury to one of their own by police.

Here’s one from Reddit user 0311kilo33:

As God is my witness. I will fight tooth and nail to restore the decency this country was founded upon. The politicians, banks and large corporations have ruined this country. I find it difficult to notice any sense of politeness on the streets anymore. But it goes farther. As a Marine and a citizen I am outraged. I am sick to death of the world my children are being raised in.

So I ask all of you, can you too sense the tipping point? When will enough be enough? If not now, when? I feel the problem is that the average Joe citizen is ignorant and comfortable. These, in addition to selfishness have become the standard for the majority of the population. As long as people are comfortable they remain silent. Well, I’m really fucking uncomfortable and I’m sick of seeing this sort of shit happening. The Occupy protests that are going on are our first glimmer of hope. If we can take this and move it further, get every lazy ass off their rocker and open their eyes; then maybe, just maybe we have a chance.

Semper Fi brothers, and remember who you are. Protectors of a great nation, not politicians or wealthy money grubbing bankers and the like. When it comes time, I know we’ll stand strong.

If online reaction is any indication, it’s not a stretch to think Olsen’s injury could be the start of something very big. We have a lot of military combat veterans in this country who haven’t been treated very well since they left the service. No job prospects. Inadequate medical coverage. If they take their anger offline and into the streets, the OWS movement will become an extremely potent, and WELL TRAINED force.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; dadt; occupyoakland; occupywallstreet; ows; scottolsen
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From scanning Reddit, it appears that there are about 10-15 people who claim to be former military "storming" the site (along with a bunch of others chiming in).

Love the media trying to blow this up...

1 posted on 10/28/2011 1:57:25 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
One of their own???

They all have dishonorable discharges??

2 posted on 10/28/2011 1:59:29 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: markomalley

Scott ran a site named www.ihatethemarinecorps.com

http://web.archive.org/web/20100507023132/http://www.ihatethemarinecorps.com/


3 posted on 10/28/2011 2:00:00 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: markomalley

lol

this idiot didn’t listen to warnings and then got hurt, and now it’s the police’s fault?

lol


4 posted on 10/28/2011 2:00:46 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: NoLibZone

Registrant:
Scott Olsen
16524 Hwy 67
Milan, Illinois 61264
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: IHATETHEMARINECORPS.COM
Created on: 28-Jan-09
Expires on: 28-Jan-12
Last Updated on: 29-Jan-11

Administrative Contact:
Olsen, Scott scott@ihatethemarinecorps.com
16524 Hwy 67
Milan, Illinois 61264
United States
+1.9492015284

Technical Contact:
Olsen, Scott scott@ihatethemarinecorps.com
16524 Hwy 67
Milan, Illinois 61264
United States
+1.9492015284

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.ONETWORKING.NET
NS2.ONETWORKING.NET


5 posted on 10/28/2011 2:03:03 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: markomalley

No job prospects. Inadequate medical coverage.

The kid had a good job.. and I would bet a reasonably priced healthcare package thru his employer..

Yet he chose to take to the streets with a godless horde of disaffected miscreants&cretins shouting fairness,, equality,, corruption ,, greed, .. and can’t wait for the next societal skirmish to drag their tents and bedrolls to and their next paycheck.


6 posted on 10/28/2011 2:03:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: markomalley

I served with dozens of guys that I would not piss on if they were on fire.

To paraphrase: Prior service does not prevent piss poor performance.


7 posted on 10/28/2011 2:05:25 PM PDT by 11Bush
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To: NoLibZone
I'm sorry, but when you hang out with the crap of society, you take the risk.

I don't know what kind of Marine he was, but based on knowing MANY Marines in my time, I would doubt he was the typical Marine I knew.

That said, you can BET THE FARM that when the first faggots and dykes start leaving the Corps, and one gets in ANY trouble, the first thing that will be mentioned is that they were a Marine (or Soldier, or Sailor, or Airmen, etc.), to try to gain some credibility for their sex deviance.

Sorry, Scott, but you picked the wrong crowd to associate with.

8 posted on 10/28/2011 2:05:52 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: markomalley
I wouldn't antagonize these people too much, we did train them to be lethal killers.
9 posted on 10/28/2011 2:06:42 PM PDT by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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To: markomalley
So just how many holes in the head does this "brother" need?


10 posted on 10/28/2011 2:06:57 PM PDT by 50cal Smokepole (Effective gun control involves effective recoil management.)
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To: markomalley

Please see this as I can’t post it...

http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_19215536?source=rss

Is it legal under the UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE to appear in uniform? I though that even if you left the service you were prohibited and that you could be court martialed even if you were no longer serving.


11 posted on 10/28/2011 2:07:22 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: markomalley

http://tancredoradio.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/enemy-soldier-unmasked-marine-injured-at-occupy-oakland-is-leftist-anti-war-activist-and-founder-of-ihatethemarinecorps-com/


12 posted on 10/28/2011 2:09:29 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: markomalley

So now every bald-headed jerk will try to play “Marine” on the Internet.


13 posted on 10/28/2011 2:09:39 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Churchillspirit

Show us the DD214s! We want to see just how good of Marines they were and where they served. If at all.

Of course the LameStreaamMedia is too laZY or Stupid or both to ask for this information.


14 posted on 10/28/2011 2:18:22 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: 50cal Smokepole

Wow, he looks really angry. Like “My favorite bath house was just raided by the Health Department” angry.


15 posted on 10/28/2011 2:19:20 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Churchillspirit

Is an ‘administrative’ discharge the same as ‘dishonorable’?:

“In 2010, the Marines issued Olsen an “administrative discharge.” Maj. Shawn Haney, a Marines spokesman based in Quantico, Va., declined to discuss Olsen’s discharge, but said his departure could have been for anything from a medical condition to a punitive measure.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view/20111027iraq_vet_critically_injured_by_police_projectile_during_oakland_protest/srvc=home&position=recent


16 posted on 10/28/2011 2:19:56 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Wow, he looks really angry. Like “My favorite bath house was just raided by the Health Department” angry.

LOL

17 posted on 10/28/2011 2:20:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Drango

It is illegal to wear your uniform at a political event under federal civilian law, the UCMJ, DoD Directive, and Service regulations.


18 posted on 10/28/2011 2:24:17 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: dfwgator

It’s at the point where anyone using a handle that alludes to military service in any way is suspect (pre-2008 Freepers notwithstanding). The phony soldiers are everywhere.


19 posted on 10/28/2011 2:24:28 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: NoLibZone
Hilarious.

Not surprising though.

20 posted on 10/28/2011 2:37:05 PM PDT by skeeter
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