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It wasn't about the hat.
1 posted on 06/10/2014 12:25:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I don’t approve of what the Sgt. Major did, but I don’t think he should be forced to step down. We all screw up once in a while. Give the guy some form of reprimand or punishment, time off without pay, and let him keep his job.

This penchant in this day and age for people to lose their income due to a mistake, is way overkill in too many instances.


2 posted on 06/10/2014 12:40:54 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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You may be correct. That be as it may, the Sergeant Major should get his stuff together before jumping on a Marine who is no longer on active duty. Why you ask? Because the Sergeant Major wasn’t wearing his hat outside when he jumped on the protestor for wearing his drill sergeant’s hat. The Sergeant Major was out of uniform. If he is an Obama supporter, now that he is retired he can join any pro-Obama parade he desires. His right as a private citizen. If he had kept this in perspective, he would still be on active duty.


5 posted on 06/10/2014 12:48:48 AM PDT by goodn'mad
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I support this demonstrator pictured, and his cause, the Sergeant Major is an idiot who strangely flew into a rage over this demonstrator, something that we can assume has only happened once in all of his years of seeing protests and demonstrators including under Reagan, and George W, and now Obama.

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6 posted on 06/10/2014 12:51:25 AM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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Only a marine of negroid race could possibly support the traitor in chief

That said just punish him...don’t relieve him from the Corps

Look at the times Hussein addresses the troops ...only blacks and homosexuals and a few silly chunky white girls in audience give a rats ass he’s there


7 posted on 06/10/2014 1:05:25 AM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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Thug behavior by the Sgt. Major. I guess it’s acceptable when the President an the Attorney General are “Brothers.”


9 posted on 06/10/2014 1:14:57 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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I see the brain wash and purge is not complete YET!..

Used to have blanket parties for bad guys.. BUT
It’s Only time for Groin packing partys for the good guys..

Women on submarines.. Pulleeese..
Some cannot handle the truth..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMzd40i8TfA


13 posted on 06/10/2014 1:46:26 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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The Sgt Major stopped his vehicle to confront a protester.Didn’t see assault, did see theft. Bye bye obama boy.


16 posted on 06/10/2014 2:21:25 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? ?)
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Tribal roots triumphs everything!


17 posted on 06/10/2014 2:56:35 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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The concept of not wearing the uniform or any part of the uniform while protesting is completely ignored by the left as this photo shows which I took at the Gathering of Eagles back in 2007:

You can see the scum this "former" Marine Corporal is standing with, including the Che Guevara worshiping sign in the background. The utter contempt we felt for this POS was tempered by the fact that it was his right to do what he did, and we couldn't stop him.

We met these Marines who were just back from Iraq (and as I recall, were visiting the grave of a buddy they had lost in Fallujah) and these were men I chose to side with:

They happened to walk by and saw the DC Chapter of FR standing at the big rotary at the end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and they walked over and asked if they could stand with us. Trooprally had extra signs, so we welcomed them, gave them signs, and had a great time with those young men. God, they looked like kids to me.

We had an argument with some liberal POS who was carrying a copy of his DD214, saying his opinion was as valid as the Marines with us, talking about how President Bush abused the men serving in Iraq by not equipping them correctly, while the other Che Guevara sign carrying libs taunted us, and one young Marine lunged at him, enraged as his buddies held him back.

They were all pretty hot at seeing these anti-American leftists and having to listen to them. You can clearly see what his buddy is saying to the liberal POS as he holds the other guy back.

One more thing: this protester in the linked article is emphatically not a "former" Marine. He is a Marine, and a damn good one to be where he was holding the sign. Lee Harvey Oswald is a "former" Marine.

19 posted on 06/10/2014 3:25:53 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by it"s weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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how is grabbing a hat an “assault”? from the verbiage I thought he pummeled the guy


30 posted on 06/10/2014 4:53:25 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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This Marine was protesting a much bigger action than the wearing of a Smokie Bear. The Sgt. Major should have been shaking his hand. I’m not even sure the military could successfully prosecute a civilian for wearing a campaign hat!!!


32 posted on 06/10/2014 5:03:24 AM PDT by ontap
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You got that right. The SGTMAJ stepped on his tool bigtime and showed a distinct lack of bearing and professionalism. An affirmative action hire and nothing more.He will be hired by acorn within the week.


34 posted on 06/10/2014 5:24:55 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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Sir, I must disagree: “It wasn’t about the hat”! It was all about the hat!

http://www.mcrdpi.marines.mil/Leaders/LeadersView/tabid/18265/Article/159072/sergeant-major-paul-t-archie.aspx

Check out this man’s biography! I know this man by reputation and personally meeting him. This guy is consumed with a “Drill Instructor” image that is beyond belief. His every word is spoken in the phony dialect and voice of a Drill Instructor.

Note that he was a Admin Clerk! I’ve met hundreds of these guys who view their life through the prism of Parris Island. But this guy is in a “League of this Own” when it comes to glorification of the Drill Instructor image.

Had this SgtMaj encountered this protestor, without the campaign cover, he would have not gotten out of his car or commented. In Fact; I’d bet he could not even tell you any specifics about the issue this American Citizen was protesting.


39 posted on 06/10/2014 7:04:02 AM PDT by Gunner TLW
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