Militia goons mock combat vets who display ‘f*ggoty ass yard signs’ asking for fireworks courtesy

[tenderfoot]

Militia goons mock combat vets who display ‘f*ggoty ass yard signs’ asking for fireworks courtesy

A Facebook group operated by right-wing military veterans mocked combat veterans who asked neighbors to be courteous when celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with fireworks.

The OAF Nation account posted an image Wednesday evening that showed a bearded veteran wearing a T-shirt reading “comfortable with violence” standing beside a placard distributed by a mental health advocacy group.

“Combat veteran lives here: Please be courteous with your fireworks,” read the signs, which were shipped for free to veterans by the group Military With PTSD.

OAF Nation and a related account, Operator as f*ck, each posted identical homophobic posts mocking veterans who display the signs.

“Well which one is it, sister?!” the posts read. “Are you ‘comfortable with violence’ or do you want people to cater to your fragility because you volunteered to be around sh*t that blows the f*ck up? Thank f*ck the Taliban and AQ don’t have roman candles and firecrackers.”

“What do you guys think about these f*ggoty ass yard signs?” the account administrator asks group members, listing several hashtags intended to underscore the posts’ subtext.
Screen capture of post on OAF Nation Facebook account


more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/militia-goons-mock-combat-veterans-who-display-fggoty-ass-yard-signs-asking-for-fireworks-courtesy/

the facebook page were the post originated: https://www.facebook.com/Operatorasphuk/timeline?ref=page_internal

[inanna]

1. Unbelievable. I'm speechless. n/t

[Initech]

15. Seriously. Just when I think I have seen the lowest humanity can get...

New levels of absurdity are reached on an almost daily basis.

[Sunlei]

2. wonder how many of those "Facebook right-wing military veterans" are fake Veterans.

[Victor_c3]

4. Me too.... n/t

[roguevalley]

25. all of them. someone needs to look it up

[arcane1]

26. Or how many have "Support the Troops" signs, for that matter.

"Thinking" isn't exactly one of their strengths

[Victor_c3]

3. As a PTSD ladened combat veteran...

Fireworks really don't bother me. It's a different experience when I'm sitting in the grass with one of my young daughters sitting in my lap than when I was on patrol in Iraq or in a firefight.

The smells, sights, and sounds are completely different to me.

However that being said, I completely understand the problems some vets have with them. The smell of cordite absolutely drives me nuts.

[bunnies]

5. Whoever made that shirt needs to be more "comfortabe" with spelling.

That shirt... I dunno. I just cant.

[niyad]

8. well, you know that grammar, spelling, sense, etc., are not exactly strong with them.

[Whiskeytide]

13. It looks like it's photoshopped on -

... I'm not sure how that may play into the story line, though. Is the guy in the photo the veteran? Is he the guy mocking the vet? I don't know. But what assholes.

[NuclearDem]

16. From the context, I would guess he's the actual veteran.

And yeah, that text looks shopped.

[bunnies]

18. hmmm. I hadnt considered that.

It would make more sense if that were the case. How could someone with PTSD be comfortable with violence but not loud noise? I guess its possible, just seems odd to me. Assholes. Yep.

[awoke_in_2003]

29. Yep, it's 'shopped. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

27. Oh please! Correct spelling is for #@&$..... nt

[Cassidy1]

45. That's the first thing I noticed.

Photoshop fakery. The signs on the door however, are real. The one Facebook account is blank.

The nonsense and people manufacturing stories to bring traffic to their website are enough for me not to even pursue this. Lots of fakery going on.

[LeftinOH]

6. Not all military veterans are actual COMBAT veterans;

presumably, they'd have some sympathy for their fellow veterans who actually saw combat.

I know some military veterans who served on bases in Germany or Japan, or on ships in the Caribbean/Atlantic, etc.. who like to boast about how they "protected" America during their service. But they didn't see any combat. I'm guessing these guys who are insulting the conditions of combat veterans are of the "lightweight" non-combat vet variety.

[niyad]

7. "OAF" nation? did they really not see this?

[Oneironaut]

21. They're OaF at opening the Cheetos bag when they don't get a paper cut.

Our only strategy to defend against their attacks would be avoiding Burger Kings. The world's slowest militia.

"Oaf nation" bwahahaha!

[joeybee12]

9. Scum...nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

10. Those Facebook pages: 4chan-dwelling mall ninja wannabes.

Internet Tough Guys bleating at people who have lived through things that would make these clowns shit their pants...

[inanna]

11. + a million

[NuclearDem]

12. Bunch of fucking out-of-shape gun nut shitheads

who wouldn't have been able to survive basic or survival school, much less a deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.

They can all fuck off.

[Glassunion]

33. They claim to be veterans.

I'm calling Bravo Sierra on it.

[sarisataka]

39. I second your Bravo Sierra

And raise it to Foxtrot Bravo Sierra.

No vet ever makes light of PTSD. We all know people who have it.

[Glassunion]

40. Take a peek at post 35.

That is honor. That is character. Period.

[bullwinkle428]

14. Time for combat veterans to make this miserable ass-clown famous.

[NCTraveler]

17. Is the writing on his shirt photoshopped? nt.

[AwakeAtLast]

19. I've got to get one of those signs

It would help tremendously - thanks for the links!

As for the comments, it is clear that none of the people commenting have ever been involved in anything resembling combat.

[Oneironaut]

20. Group of wannabes, like Sean Hannity.

"I never served, but let me criticize you as a veteran because you don't fit into my idea of what a US soldier should be," pretty much.

[Glassunion]

32. Actually these shit-faces claim to be veterans.

Which makes it all the more a shit-sandwich.

[Oneironaut]

36. They're Veterans like I'm a Rocket Scientist.

I know how to build a rocket - I saw one taking off once on TV!

[Glassunion]

38. Sweet! Yur smaht

Can we go to juupeter? I have whanted to cee the rhings!

[etherealtruth]

22. Low life scum n/t

[DonCoquixote]

23. this article should be placed at every recruitment center

so that would be vets will realize that the people who they are fighting for will backstab them.

[pinboy3niner]

24. Bingo. These scum are less likely to have your back than to plunge a knife into it.

It's especially low to mock their supposed brothers in arms for war trauma--something that, in many cases, makes the objects of their attack disabled veterans. And to top it off, they hurl sexist and homophobic slurs at their supposed comrades.

[jmowreader]

28. So what happens...

...when one of these "operator as fuck" (note to the OAF people: playing Call of Duty doesn't count) morans decides to start shooting off fireworks in front of a house displaying one of these signs to "man him up," and the veteran inside has a Fallujah flashback, pulls the AR-15 out of the umbrella stand and puts two in the OAF guy's five-ring?

[Glassunion]

31. They would have again served their country with honor and distinction.

[Glassunion]

30. Military veterans? Bullshit!

These fuck-heads claim to be military veterans. I cry bullshit. Not one branch of the service would stand for this. Not one. Search out any warrior ethos, or any code from any of the branches of service. You won't find anything remotely resembling these ass-hat's conduct.

What these so-called veterans are in essence doing, is leaving a brother or sister behind. But not just behind, but fuck-you-it's-all-about-me behind. There is no honor in what they're doing. None. Not one shred. They dishonor themselves and the uniform they supposedly wore.

These are brothers and sisters who carry deep wounds, scars that no one can see. Proud, honorable scars that have a weight I know that I could never carry myself.

The military I know is: mission first, people always. End of story. These fucking perverted, sick fucks, are an exemplary version of the exact opposite.

No honor.

[tabasco]

34. Well said

I agree.

[Glassunion]

35. I dare you to read this and not get misty-eyed.

I triple-dog-dare you.


I read the linked article right before reading the OP here on DU. Hence my rage at these less than human fecal stains.

http://thechive.com/2015/07/01/dying-veteran-has-one-final-mission-21-photos/

[sarisataka]

42. That is how vets

Help vets wirh PTSD, not ridicule.

I'll have to send a donation.

[Glassunion]

43. We hit a 1/4 million.

Not too shabby considering the goal.

Wrestler John Cena is the man.

[niyad]

37. okay, can somebody please explain to me what in the HELL "operator as f***" is supposed

to mean? I recognize all three words as being used in the english language, but, together, they make no sense to me whatsoever.

[NuclearDem]

41. It comes from "weapon operator--servicemembers required to use weapons

What this shithead seems to have failed to realize is that "operator as fuck" is meant as an insult for civilian gun nut, "tactical" equipment afficianodos who have no business buying guns and equipment that heavy.

[Glassunion]

44. Tactical as fuck!

I've got an arsenal of this shit!