FINALLY, the Left Has Found Their Marine Hero: Scott Olsen …Update: Olsen Is Founder of Marine Hatesite

Finally, after all of the years of hatred and bile the far left has spewed at the US military, they finally have a former military member they can support — Scott Olsen.

Scott was shot in the head while rioting in Oakland on Wednesday night. After years and years of hating the US and its military the left finally has a veteran to celebrate.
Congratulations loons.


Scott Olsen holds a banner at a protest. Photograph: Keith Shannon (Guardian)

Scott was shot by an Oakland police officer during the rioting on Wednesday. Occupy Oakland squatters were asked to leave the city park they had been illegally camping at for several weeks. They refused and decided to riot instead. After all, these anti-Semitic violent socialists are the 99% .

Scott was unfortunately at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Daily Kos has already thrown together a tribute to this marine. A first for the far left “screw them” website.

The Guardian reported on Olsen’s condition (and yes, we all pray that he recovers soon).

Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the Occupy Oakland protests, has woken up and is lucid as he awaits surgery, hospital officials and family members have said.

Olsen, a 24-year-old former US Marine, was struck in the head during anti-Wall Street protests on Tuesday night. He has been upgraded from critical to fair condition.

Olsen “responded with a very large smile” to a visit from his parents, Highland General hospital spokesman Warren Lyons said. “He’s able to understand what’s going on. He’s able to write and hear but has a little difficulty with his speech,” Lyons said.

Doctors had not operated on Olsen yet and were waiting to see if swelling in his brain eased, Lyons said.

Olsen’s aunt, Kathy Pacconi, told Reuters in an email that her nephew was showing signs of improvement.

Olsen, 24, has become a figurehead of the Occupy Wall Street movement and Oakland organisers have said they will stage a general strike over what a spokeswoman called the “brutal and vicious” treatment of protesters, including the former Marine.

Oakland’s police chief, Howard Jordan, has promised a vigorous investigation into the incident which has provoked heavy criticism across the US, sparking solidarity marches in dozens of Occupy camps in the country.

It took them several years but they finally have a marine they can stomach. Congratulations.

UPDATE: It figures. Olsen is the founder of I Hate the Marine Corps.com

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