Do you think you can publicly make any negative comment you want about your boss, without risk of losing your job? Does anyone in America think so? NO! So why then did a U.S. Marine think he was the special exception?
Last week the United States Marine Corps announced that it has given the boot to a sergeant who took to his Facebook page for some unbelievably critical comments regarding President Obama.
Gary Stein, a Tea Party supporter, violated Pentagon policy limiting the speech of military members and was given a not-so-honorable discharge from the Marine Corps. This means that his 10 years of military service has been permanently marked as dishonorable and he will lose all benefits and pensions effective immediately.
Stein foolishly believed he could say anything he wished without recourse and still receive all benefits and privileges of the Marine Corps. So he went on Facebook and later television to publicly criticize President Obama without remorse. But it took a federal judge to point out the international dangers the U.S. Military could face if a serviceman is permitted to publicly degrade his own commander-in-chief — regardless of his own political differences and beliefs.
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff ruled that the military has the right to respond to Stein’s online comments in a case that has called into question the Pentagon’s policies regarding social media and the limits regarding the speech of active duty military personnel. But Stein’s attorney J. Mark Brewer argued that the entire process violated the First Amendment rights of his client. However, Judge Huff disagreed, calling Stein’s brazen conduct “truly troubling.” She reminded Stein that service members have had their speech limited since the Civil War, especially if their comments are believed to disrupt good order and discipline.
On March 1st of this year, Stein somehow believed it was a bright idea to post to his Facebook page: “Screw Obama and I will not follow all orders from him.” But now that he has been fired from the military and lost all financial, retirement and health benefits, it appears that Stein is actually the one who has been screwed — by himself!
"So why then did a U.S. Marine think he was the special exception?" Because, IMO, Stein is an IGNORANT, racist, right-winger, who probably listens to Rush on the regular AND (like ALL ignorant, RACIST, right-wingers) views the the Black man in the White House as a "N*gger" and NOT the President of the United States. And what I find really amusing, to say nothing of predictable, is the fact that NOW (given the consequences of his comments) Stein wishes he could "take it back." MSNBC: "Marine who criticized Obama on Facebook: I wish I could take it back" Sgt. Gary Stein, the 26-year-old Marine who learned Wednesday he would be discharged for his online comments criticizing President Barack Obama, wishes he could take it back. “People ask me, ‘Would you go back and change those words?’ I would most definitely,” Stein told msnbc.com. “I would articulate my point better.” […] Read: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/1139…