Hope this isn't offensive to non-service oriented members. Facebook does not believe the Marine Corps emblem adheres to their community standards.
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Perhaps we should just disband the U.S. Marines, since their uniforms and emblems seem to offend our enemies at home and abroad.
First, President Obama suggested that Marines not wear their uniforms in public - in America - in the wake of the recent Chattanooga terrorist attack, because he believes our warriors should hide rather than take the fight to Islamic domestic terrorists.
Now Facebook has taken down a popular pro-military page called "Locked and Loaded," telling administrators that a picture of the United States Marine Corps emblem with a ribbon marked "In Remembrance" violated Facebook's "community standards," Examiner.com reports.
Jason Light, a "Locked and Loaded" administrator from Atlanta, Georgia, told Examiner that the page was covering the funeral and burial of Marine Lance Corporal Skip Wells, who was murdered in Chattanooga. Administrator Robert Combs also received a three-day ban over the image of the Marine Corps logo. Combs told Examiner that he intends to replace the page:
"I am just speechless as to how this violates community standards," he said. The screenshot provided by Light did not indicate why the image was yanked, other than Facebook's claim that it violated their standards.
What, you didn't know Facebook had standards? Whatever they are, they aren't the same as the standards of most real-world communities across America, where the Marine Corps emblem is honored.
The Facebook page had collected over 53,000 "likes" and was set up to help promote a blog by the same name. Light said it reached over 1 million people. He told Examiner he believes the page was targeted by "fake conservative trolls":
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No further comment!
Perhaps we should just disband the U.S. Marines, since their uniforms and emblems seem to offend our enemies at home and abroad.
First, President Obama suggested that Marines not wear their uniforms in public - in America - in the wake of the recent Chattanooga terrorist attack, because he believes our warriors should hide rather than take the fight to Islamic domestic terrorists.
Now Facebook has taken down a popular pro-military page called "Locked and Loaded," telling administrators that a picture of the United States Marine Corps emblem with a ribbon marked "In Remembrance" violated Facebook's "community standards," Examiner.com reports.
Jason Light, a "Locked and Loaded" administrator from Atlanta, Georgia, told Examiner that the page was covering the funeral and burial of Marine Lance Corporal Skip Wells, who was murdered in Chattanooga. Administrator Robert Combs also received a three-day ban over the image of the Marine Corps logo. Combs told Examiner that he intends to replace the page:
"I am just speechless as to how this violates community standards," he said. The screenshot provided by Light did not indicate why the image was yanked, other than Facebook's claim that it violated their standards.
What, you didn't know Facebook had standards? Whatever they are, they aren't the same as the standards of most real-world communities across America, where the Marine Corps emblem is honored.
The Facebook page had collected over 53,000 "likes" and was set up to help promote a blog by the same name. Light said it reached over 1 million people. He told Examiner he believes the page was targeted by "fake conservative trolls":
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