Is this 101st Airborn's LT. Col.'s Offical E-mail a Hoax?

[erudne]

I have a had time believing that a LT Col would dismiss his Constitutional responsibilities as well as the US Constitution's restraints on the armed forces to circulate this e-mail to his subordinates :

101st Battalion Commander's Outrageous E-mail to Subordinates Characterizing Traditionalists as Haters | Restoring Liberty

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[deen_ad]

Snopes doesn't seem to have anything on it, which really doesn't mean much.

 

[One-Eyed Ross]

PolitiFact Virginia | Forbes says Army training program listed evangelical Christians and al-Qaida as extremists

 

[8ball]

I typed up a long response to this and Taptatalk lost it. In short, the memo doesn't list conservative Christians, unless I skipped something.

It lists Christian Identity groups which are not your average person saved by Jesus - they are typically white supremacists and have a long history of killing people and blowing stuff up. E.g. The Order was WA's contribution to that sorry cause in the 1980s.

For the record, I don't think being in a violent skinhead/Klan/Neo nazi/Fundamentalist Islam/Al Qaida group is compatible with serving in our armed forces either.

 

[Bacchus]

Since when is it wrong to be a patriot ?

Considering all the "hate" groups this guy ... hates, I guess we can say that he won't tolerate ... intolerance.