Stacking Up the Lies and Loved By the Left
And this is what happens in the US Courts when this scum is brought before the bar of justice
Stealing My Valor
This cannot be constitutionally protected speech. The judge seems to believe that no one is harmed by this fraud. He asserts that without anyone suffering damage, the lies cannot be proscribed. I wonder how he would feel if I were to claim that I were a degreed attorney and a federal judge to afford me credibility in a job application.
In what can only be described as a non-sequitur, the judge opines:
"This wholly unsubstantiated assertion is, frankly, shocking and, indeed, unintentionally insulting to the profound sacrifices of military personnel the Stolen Valor Act purports to honor," Blackburn wrote. "To suggest that the battlefield heroism of our servicemen and women is motivated in any way, let alone in a compelling way, by considerations of whether a medal may be awarded simply defies my comprehension."
No, your honor. I've known no one who acts heroically for the purpose of gaining a bit of ribbon and a casting of base metals. We never did it for that. We did it for our nation and our fellow-warriors. We did it at great personal risk and without consideration of self.
But, once we've done it we have earned a respect and honor which should never be diluted by self-serving scum like Rick Stranlof.
You want to know who is damaged by this, judge? I am damaged. I am demeaned. When I park my car and a passer-by sees the license plate, I am doubted rather than saluted. When I attend an event and wear a tiny ribbon in my coat lapel, I am lessened. When someone asks if I really served, that is when I am demeaned.
4 comments:
Everyone who has served is harmed, this judge needs to be escorted to a very uncomfortable place and left there.
I'll have to say, that I do believe what he SAID is truly not in violation of the first amendment. However, in a free society, there are still consequences for one's actions. The fact that he lied about being a veteran IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY EFFORTS DURING A TIME OF WAR, constitutes treason. He and all who stand with him should be tried and convicted as such.
Seems to me at the very least it is fraud.
It’s a pretty outrageous ruling, and one that should offend all vets. Especially egregious is the fact that the act was specifically written to expand the protection of decorated servicemen (and women); the previous statute only covered Medal of Honor recipients. To amplify what Raz opined, there are approximately 120 living Medal of Honor recipients but many more impostors. So the scope of the problem must be pretty large when you consider the far greater number of Purple Hearts, Bronze Stars, Silver Stars, DFCs, etc. On a positive note, a conviction under the statute is now under appeal in California. The expectation of several disinterested attorneys is that the conviction is likely to be upheld. The case is U.S. v. Alvarez, Case No. 08-50345 at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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