Road to the Fecal Four: Wilson v. Diliberto

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Who will be the third of our Fecal Four?

As an aside:  This one exemplifies the differences in voting, and I sort of expect some heated exchanges in the comments, so I wanted to put in a brief statement if you will allow me.  This isn’t to alter how anyone votes, because I honestly don’t care.  We have here two guys from the different fields of Stolen Valor.  I’ve in the past considered advising principles on how to vote, and immediately abandoned it, because this is in essence a personal decision.  Wilson and Diliberto are both wretched people for different reasons.  Some will find Wilson the more worthy recipient because he’s just so jacked up.  Others will vote Diliberto on the theory he does more damage to actual veterans.  Vote however you wish, but bear in mind that the idea here is two-fold: to have some fun, and expose how widespread a problem this actually is.  Let’s not get too heated about folks who vote under either theory, remember, the “winner” doesn’t actually get anything.

8 Mike “Goth Special Forces” Wilson v.
2 Jake “I rethunk whether I was in Astan” Diliberto

WILSON

Tale of the Stolen Valor Tape: 2LT wearing the electric strawberry patch but who was also secretely SF:  “Classified · 2006 to 2012 · Needles, California- I can’t talk about my job discription. All I can say is that I was special forces.”

Actual: UNKNOWN, but apparently simultaneous to the military service, he was also “Goth To The MAX!” per his photo album of the same name.

Intangibles: Wilson nods to his ancient ancestors through his use of eyeliner.  Although it subjects him to the constant approbation of his peers who reject him as a “Nancy boy who looks utterly douchetastic” and “You look like the midget version of the bad guy in that movie 300” and “Dude, you look like a total phag” I think clearly he was paying homage to his Egyptian ancestors.

According to a history of eyeliner:

A prominent characteristic of the Egyptian façade for both men and women was the heavily lined eye. Ancient Egyptians used kohl eyeliners produced with a variety of materials including lead, copper ore and antimony, a toxic metallic element. The elements were ground into a paste and applied with rounded sticks of wood, bronze, or glass created for the purpose. Kohl pots were common and used to crush and serve as cosmetic containers for the eye makeup.

Wilson is also a Goth.  While Got chicks can be hot (c.f. chick from NCIS and Rose McGowan in a chain mail bikini) the paradox is that Goth dudes have no shot with them, because they are losers.

As Baudelaire noted in his preface to Flowers of Evil:

It is Boredom! — an eye brimming with an involuntary tear,
He dreams of the gallows while smoking his water-pipe.
You know him, reader, this fragile monster,
Hypocrite reader,—my twin,—my brother!

I would posit he is fragile from compulsive masturbation, and the realization that he’s a disappointment to his parents and his twin, who probably whipped his ass repeatedly when they were kids.

Regardless, if this dude is SF, then Jonn is actually Gabby Douglas.

DILIBERTO

Tale of the Stolen Valor Tape: US Marine with service in Iraq and Afghanistan.  A political scientist and Christian Theologian, Diliberto is also the cofounder of Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan.

Actual: Proverbs 19:9, “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”

Yeah, not so much on his claims.  Christian Theologian Diliberto never made it into either Iraq or Afghanistan. 

The unit deployed immediately after 9-11 by ship. his leaders put him on duty in the kitchen of the ship where he intentionally lanced his hand to get out of working there. When they got to Pakistan prior to their deployment into Afghanistan, Diliberto locked and loaded his weapon and threatened his corporal which resulted in the unit giving him another NJP action and included a bust to Private. His unit went on to Afghanistan while Diliberto went back to working in the ship’s kitchen.

Intangibles: Nothing pisses me off like a turd like Diliberto claiming refuge in the Christian faith.  Seriously.  Granted a cornerstone is redemption, grace etc, but Diliberto would first have to actually atone for his mistakes, not just compound and obfuscate them.  Take for example this comment left by someone from his unit.  Now, granted it is hearsay.  But assume that this was about you, and that you were a divinity student, wouldn’t you come out and address it?

in reference to the altercation he was involved in inside the barracks, he was bullying a smaller older marine, and when someone his size came calling, it got ugly. He got his ass whooped like the punk he his. he’s a liar, i was actually decent to him, more so than he ever deserved, because i thought i could turn him into a decent marine. His ego and his bs are too much. he can’t be helped. it’s a real tragedy that a news station would put this moron on alongside people who create and change military strategy. he isn’t a combat vet. If larry king ever does a special on midnight firewatch, or njp, that would be the only good time to have this idiot on.

Does that strike you as the kind of person you would want representing either a religious persuasion or a movement?

Revelation 21:8, “…and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:”

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up, I think I’m cracking up
Am I just paranoid?  Now I’ll go vote.

Category: Politics