Sgt. Gary Stein, who has been a Marine for nine years in facing suspension for creating a facebook page called " Armed Forces Tea Party". His attempt to exercise his freedom of speech is threaten to end his career. His attorney and Freedom of Speech Activist on one side are fighting to defend his constitutional rights and to keep his job; on the other side however, there is a pentagon policy barring troops from political activities. The consequences that carries the violation of this policy is the immediate discharge from the Armed Forces. We all know that the Armed Forces are sometimes ruled by more stringent rules and that they are held to a higher standard; it makes make wonder if he did not know about this rule when he enlisted the troops or he simply decided to ignore it and use facebook to express his political views.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/04/11021399-free-speech-groups-line-up-to-back-tea-party-marine?lite
Facebook has made it easy to to read what people are saying, because the reading is all in one place and other are also printing their own opinions, so it is make it a two or more way conversations. I think that one has a right to give an opinion as long as it does not interfere with the government and put others in harms way.
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