Oh oh, Mr. Police Guys! You done Farked up!

The best way to defend our freedom is to vote every damned last congressman and senator out of office and replace them with decent human beings, and then demand that the legalized bribery of our government is once again outlawed. Short of that, nothing is going to change.

They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

Read all the idiotic comments below the article there.

Comment one:
he is just a lawbreaker like the rest of the dirtbags looking for trouble.

Comment two:
You are correct sir. It is an absolute disgrace that a United States Marine would be caught associating with the saboteurs set on destroying the country.

Comment three:
THE RULE OF LAW does NOT apply to leftists. If it did, a Kenyan would not be currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

It's scary how stupid some people are. These people drive and have jobs. Some of them are tasked with protecting us.

I really just have to admire the Marines' attitudes in this --especially given how the Oakland PD has been in the news the last couple of years or so.

I'm surprised they're not taking the cops out as a public freakin' service to the people of Oakland.

Stormed Reddit?

Walker: Read all the idiotic comments below the article there.

Comment one:
he is just a lawbreaker like the rest of the dirtbags looking for trouble.

Comment two:
You are correct sir. It is an absolute disgrace that a United States Marine would be caught associating with the saboteurs set on destroying the country.

Comment three:
THE RULE OF LAW does NOT apply to leftists. If it did, a Kenyan would not be currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

It's scary how stupid some people are. These people drive and have jobs. Some of them are tasked with protecting us.

Those comments - that's some nuclear weapons grade derp right there.

Vodka Zombie: I'm surprised they're not taking the cops out as a public freakin' service to the people of Oakland.

Nothing like violent civil unrest to spice things up.

make me some tea: They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

It's things like this that make me think that if a tipping point ever occurs, the powers that be may not be able to rely on out armed forces to shoot their own.

basemetal: make me some tea: They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

It's things like this that make me think that if a tipping point ever occurs, the powers that be may not be able to rely on our armed forces to shoot their own.

Fixed it.

basemetal: make me some tea: They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

It's things like this that make me think that if a tipping point ever occurs, the powers that be may not be able to rely on out armed forces to shoot their own.

One would hope. But our military, like any military, is very nationalistic and patriotic. I couldn't see them doing anything short of defending the establishment.

Walker: Read all the idiotic comments below the article there.

Comment one:
he is just a lawbreaker like the rest of the dirtbags looking for trouble.

Comment two:
You are correct sir. It is an absolute disgrace that a United States Marine would be caught associating with the saboteurs set on destroying the country.

Comment three:
THE RULE OF LAW does NOT apply to leftists. If it did, a Kenyan would not be currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

It's scary how stupid some people are. These people drive and have jobs. Some of them are tasked with protecting us.

No shiat. You have to wonder how it is their brains got wired into such a dysfunctional and polluted patchwork of pseudo-patriotism and simple-minded flag-waving.

Leftists? Really?!?

Maybe rounding people up and putting them into education camps (or farking elementary schools) isn't such a goddamn bad idea after all.

Well, they managed to silence the shiat out of one soldier. Link (new window)

What is it with Oakland?

Marcus Aurelius: The best way to defend our freedom is to vote every damned last congressman and senator out of office and replace them with decent human beings, and then demand that the legalized bribery of our government is once again outlawed. Short of that, nothing is going to change.

16 of 17 candidates with the largest campaign coffers win.

Campaign finance reform must pass first. Money nullifies votes.

Short of that, nothing is going to change.

make me some tea: They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

Well put.

I thought the person in the wheelchair would've been the hornet's nest... maybe it was, and this was the hornet's nest on top of your kid's wooden swingset that you attacked with fire and skull injuries.

basemetal: basemetal: make me some tea: They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

It's things like this that make me think that if a tipping point ever occurs, the powers that be may not be able to rely on our armed forces to shoot their own.

Fixed it.

They'll stand with us over some politicians and brass. Family means more than chain of command.

basemetal: make me some tea: They really beat the hornet's nest with that one.

It's things like this that make me think that if a tipping point ever occurs, the powers that be may not be able to rely on our armed forces to shoot their own.

Nah I think we're good. Even in highly tribalized societies like Syria and Libya, a good chunk of soldiers and top brass defected to the resistance soon after being told to fire upon civilians. That strategy will nearly always fail, sooner or later. The only societies in which it succeeds are ones which draw their military from a separate, protected caste (such as in Iran and Pakistan) who can easily be made to view civilians as the enemy. Our government definitely doesn't have that sort of protection around here, and to me that's a great comfort.

GaryPDX: Vodka Zombie: I'm surprised they're not taking the cops out as a public freakin' service to the people of Oakland.

Nothing like violent civil unrest to spice things up.

Oh look. Shawna Forde's biggest fan has decided to enter the discussion. Oh joy! Let the threadshiatting begin.

StanTheMan: Walker: THE RULE OF LAW does NOT apply to leftists. If it did, a Kenyan would not be currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

It's scary how stupid some people are. These people drive and have jobs. Some of them are tasked with protecting us.

Without commenting on the Oakland particulars, they're right about the last one in so many ways I don't know where to start.

Wait, are you saying you think the President is a Kenyan?

Marines are required to obey the law just like everyone else. If they participate in a riot in violation of the law, they deserve what they get, just like everyone else.

Cythraul: I couldn't see them doing anything short of defending the establishment.

I disagree. They give an oath to defend the Constitution, not some temporary "establishment" group of yeahoos. There's a whole group of current and ex fire, police, military that have given further oaths to that effect.

Unfortunately, the establishment yeahoos firing flash bangs and tear gas canisters into unarmed crowds are not part of them.

ThisNameSux: Reddit thread!

Um, I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart had the idea for this thread.

haterade: guess he should have learned how to duck after a tour in the box. maybe he'll learn that he should have dispersed after being ordered by the police


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does not look like a marine

/hot

9/10. I'm sure you'll get some bites, troll.

They overreacted, but they didn't attack him with the knowledge he was a marine. There was no way for them to know. Sure, "Police attack veteran" is sexier than "Police attack protesters", but really, it's asinine.

"Police attack man in wheelchair" is a different story.

SkinnyHead: Marines are required to obey the law just like everyone else. If they participate in a riot in violation of the law, they deserve what they get, just like everyone else.

Is it fun to call it a riot?

I mean, it's kind of a stretch to do so, and it's wildly dishonest, but I want to know if it's fun.

haterade: guess he should have learned how to duck after a tour in the box. maybe he'll learn that he should have dispersed after being ordered by the police


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does not look like a marine

/hot

What is a former marine supposed to look like?

haterade: guess he should have learned how to duck after a tour in the box. maybe he'll learn that he should have dispersed after being ordered by the police


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does not look like a marine

/hot

There's this funny thing called 'end of enlistment' that means a person is wont to do whatever it is they choose when they return to civilian life.

ha-ha-guy: The fun OWS protests will be Spring 2012, when recently returned veterans from Iraq are part of the crowd.

Ya know, there just might actually be something about the whole 2012 catastrophe stuff. It's almost like a perfect storm coming next year.