When I joined the Liberal Veterans group on FB it surprised me how many folks were in there. Even now when we get membership requests they almost all say “Wow, I thought I was the only one! “

/nod

Matthew, thank you for your service, and for being a decent man.

This was an attack in America, against Americans. He is in the goddamn US military. The fact that he thought it was ok to say this simply boggles the mind. He needs to be thrown so far the fuck out of the marine corps that he needs supplemental oxygen to return to earth.

But has Donald Trump sworn to ban U.S. Marines from the U.S.? When is that happening?

Hey I didn’t Actually MAKE a stupid MARINE joke.

I really want to but I live in So Cal and I just can’t take the heat in general plus I’m pregnant. I just don’t have it in me. But I’m happy to hear that my home town PHilly they are having a giant fundraiser at all the downtown Gayborhood bars I love where all the money goes to Orlando.

How in hell is that even remotely relevant to the issue of the behavior of our own Marines who are funded by my tax dollars?

The negative press alone is going to push them to dishonorable discharge. They can’t let someone like that continue to serve, anyone who is LGBT won’t feel comfortable with them.

Marines are idiots, which is the primary explanation here.

I think a bunch of people who get sent to Pendleton are from smaller, fairly religious counties/communities and that they are young, dumb, racist and have been listening to Homophobic Tea Party Uncle for years.

Fucking hell.

The watch list needs to not exist.

restricts your freedom to travel by air, which also sucks, but isn’t a right guaranteed in the Constitution.

which would be potentially annoying but wouldn’t necessarily restrict your normal life?

Not only is it not illegal, it doesn’t raise any red flags. As it stands, different parts of law enforcement can know that (1) a person has made weird and threatening statements that made their coworkers uncomfortable and is therefore on a watch list, (2) is visiting extremist websites, (3) is considered TOO DANGEROUS…

Why do you think some right-wingers are suddenly on board with abolishing the watch lists?

They cry about “Sharia law” mostly because they want their own first.

Just that one, since it seems to get so many people killed.

True, but you would have to consider owning a gun a right in the first place. It may be ensconced in the 2nd ammendment but if you, like me, don’t think it should be there at all, then infringing on it isn’t really that big of a deal. I mean, civil rights leaders, in my opinion, also shouldn’t own guns. Because NOBODY…