All those impostors who lied about being in the military when they weren’t, lied about earning medals of valor when they didn’t, have just gotten a get-out-of-jail-free card.
A federal judge in Denver has ruled that the Stolen Valor Act, which made it illegal to falsely claim any military decoration or medal, is “facially unconstitutional.” The law violates the First Amendment right of free speech.
Great. Now military impostors like my ex-husband, who told me that he won Australia’s equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, so that I would believe he was a responsible and trustworthy man, are free to lie all they want. Lying about military service is protected speech.
This is outrageous. As I wrote back in February in Stolen Valor v. First Amendment, the problem isn’t just that these liars dishonor the achievements of those who actually served. They usurp the regard of true heroes in order to deceive people.
Read Charge dismissed in fake hero’s case, Valor Act ruled unconsititutional on denverpost.com.
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kat_o_nine_tales
Hi Oxy.. and everybody! Love ya all my peeps. I never left guys, but for some reason posting on here became depressing to me for a while, so I’ve been just reading for a few months. Couldn’t resist posting on the Mel Gibson stuff tho.. I’m like.. Mel Nooooo! I am such a big fan… boo hoo for me.. sniff…
Don’t worry, I won’t leave, I know I still need maintenance and sometimes more than maintenance to keep my eyes open and my denial at bay. Sigh. Sometimes I think I will never learn. Last year I spent one whole semester fending off sweet and adorably normal invitations to lunch by a VERY high quality anthropology major becuz I was waiting for my dipshiz ex to pull his head out of his derrierre.
Ox Drover
Dear Kat, well is it still up his butt?
kat_o_nine_tales
No, but I’m not sure he understands why he’s covered in shiz.. lol
Nora
Once again, more lies sociopaths are allowed to get away with!
The spath I’m married to, and hopefully soon to be divorced from, has no valor, honor, or integrity, so he claims to have earned The Purple Heart Award and the Bronze Medal and has falsified his DD 214 to show these honors. I already knew these to be just a few of his many lies, but as his wife of over 9 months, I wrote to the Director of the National Personnel Records Center and recently received official documentation of the proof needed that he is a liar.
He claims he served in the USAF Special Ops unit and was injured in Desert Storm in 1991. He also claims to have been blown out of the 2nd floor of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996. He never served in either of these locations and never received either award.
He is a complete disgrace to the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, their country in an honorable way! It seems I have angered a few people because I have exposed this “man” and his many lies, and they are embarrassed that the truth is out about him. To me, all that means is I must be doing something right!
Matt
Nora:
If you’ve got the goods on this idiot, publicly expose him. There is a site that publicly exposes these cretins. A couple of members here have done so. I have to admit I had a great laugh over the exposure one former poster on this site accomplished! Every time you google the name of her ex, the link to the site pops up very first thing on google.
Ox Drover
NORA TOWANDA!!!!!! GO FOR IT!!!!!
GREAT SUGGESTIN MATT!!!
Jewels
Agreed, Matt ~
I believe that a person can STILL check with the websites created for exposing FAKE “Seals,” etc. Due diligence is required when dealing with these AsPD’s.
School’s going well – summer quarter is short and intense – packs the usual 10–12 weeks of study into 8 weeks, but I’m hanging in there, everyone.
~j~
one/joy_step_at_a_time
Nora – like your attitude about doing right if you are ticking off those folks. 😉
and i’d vote for exposure also.
Wini
Oxy, the state where I live is filled with BIG egos. They wouldn’t know the truth, if Jesus himself came down and presented it.
They have the attitude “don’t rock the boat”. As I write, the current Governor has deleted any/all services to the tax payers. We only pay taxes to pay for “their” salaries! Funny, one of the candidates running for Governor is saying this very thing in his campaign adds that are just starting up. He’s basically stating that he’s a Christian and this nonsense of not cutting the salaries back of the cronies in this state is beyond ridiculous … that the GRAVY TRAIN DAYS ARE OVER!
I think that’s were my vote is going (smile).
Buttons
Oh, yay…….so, it’s okay for me to impersonate a Police Officer, then? Or, a priest? Let me see….today, I want to exercise my free speech and claim to be Stephen Hawkings – I’ve always wanted to be a brain, so that’s who I’ll be this evening, and tomorrow, too, I think.
Mike’s spath brother should be estatic about this ruling! Now, he can fleece every agency and every naive human being with impugnity. Wonderful. Just wonderful.
Holy shitballs, why do I even have the nerve to be outraged? After all, some of the best and brightest sociopaths are in positions of Power. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.