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Delta Did Not Ban Navy SEAL Due To A Tweet…

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 24, 2020August 24, 2020 120 Comments

Delta Mask Ban Policy

The idea that Delta banned former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill due to one tweet is suspect at best. Delta may be strict, but doesn’t invoke a “one strike and you are out” policy.

The Real Reason Delta Banned Controversial Navy SEAL?

Robert O’Neill, the man who claims to have killed Osama Bin Laden (and the more he insists upon that, the more I question it…just ask Matt Bissonnete), tweeted a picture of himself without a mask on a Delta flight, along with a childish statement dismissing masks. He frequently tweets stories or comments skeptical of masks.

After his picture went somewhat viral, he deleted it. Still, he followed up Friday announcing Delta had banned him. He blamed the picture.

I just got banned from @Delta for posting a picture. Wow.

— Robert J. O’Neill (@mchooyah) August 20, 2020

He later tweeted:

Thank God it wasn’t @Delta flying us in when we killed bin Laden… we weren’t wearing masks…

Then deleted that one too.

Over the weekend, he went on Fox News seeking to clarify the incident, but wound up digging himself in a deeper hole.


> Read More: Navy SEAL Banned For Not Wearing A Mask Wants A Meeting With Delta CEO


A Pattern Of Behavior?

Take this with a grain of salt, but it certainly sounds logical to me. A Delta flight attendant reached out to me and explained Delta’s policy for banning non-compliant passengers. It is substantially similar to the United policy outlined here. Passengers are warned and given a chance to correct themselves. Before an incident report is even filled, a passenger will be given a chance to put his mask on. Passengers must show not just a disregard for masks rules, but a continued disregard in order to banned. The flight attendant specifically asserted that the O’Neill occurrence was not a one-off.

So was O’Neill banned from Delta for one selfie? Highly unlikely.

Remember, O’Neill told Fox News that he had over a million Delta miles. Unless that was all through credit card spending, that means he spends a lot of time on Delta. Therefore, his tweet and general attitude concerning masks should give us a clue as to other incidents on Delta.

O’Neill says he had three masks in his pocket and three masks in his bag on the Delta flight in question. I don’t doubt that; I carry a surplus of masks as well. But there’s a difference between carrying masks and actually wearing them.

CONCLUSION

I really don’t have an axe to grind against O’Neill. As a former Air Force Reservist, I am thankful to O’Neill for the service he gave to his country. Furthermore, I went out of my way to somewhat defend him when news first broke about the incident. But as I put the pieces together and use a little syllogistic reasoning, it seems that O’Neill simply does not believe in wearing masks on airplanes. As such, he should man up, admit it, and understand that he will forfeit his privilege of traveling commercially if he insists upon that. It appears that private jet owners have stepped up and O’Neill may be able to travel private going forward. Fine. But Mr. O’Neill: don’t insult our intelligence by insinuating that you were banned for one photo. If this was a pattern, not a one-off incident, just step forward and admit it…please.

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120 Comments

  1. rjb Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    if you could be banned for one tweet at Delta i would have been banned long ago.

    • Robert O’Neil Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 6:24 pm

      What the heck did you just frickin’ say about me, you little whiner? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills.

      I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the frick out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my frickin’ words. You think you can get away with saying that crap to me over the Internet?

      Think again, buddy. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, buddy.

      The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re frickin dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands.

      Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable butt off the face of the continent, you little poopy-head.

      If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your stinking tongue.

      But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you big jerk. I will rain fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re in frickin’ trouble, mister.

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 6:28 pm

        Two Ls in your last name, sir.

        And it’s “guerrilla” warfare…

        • John David Corsi Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 6:36 pm

          Lol….air force…..Lololol air force reservist

          • Jay
            August 24, 2020 at 8:23 pm

            This is great. Comments did not disappoint.

          • jusagile
            August 25, 2020 at 1:14 am

            You are a nobody, buddy. But I understand you spend your time dreaming about all those lunacies you are writing about. You need a lot of help. Urgently. Go to talk to a shrink Now!, before you actually kill 1000 confirmed deaths with this warfare kind of virus!

          • Jose johnson
            August 25, 2020 at 7:44 pm

            FYI to the twat that wrote this those comments you act like are from him are not! Im sure you wrote it or one of the guys who warm you at night! He was not in the marines he was in the Navy hence the term Navy seals! My suggestion would be not to provoke something your glam squad cant help you out of!

          • Matthew Klint
            August 25, 2020 at 7:53 pm

            Sure amigo. Thanks for your advice.

          • O'Neil Bin Laden
            August 26, 2020 at 7:26 am

            It’s a copy paste from Reddit. Anyone who knows internet culture knows how funny this is. It was a perfect opportunity to use that line and it got very little attention.

        • Larry B Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 6:37 pm

          LMAO

          • josh
            August 25, 2020 at 2:41 am

            Come on. The guy is a fake seal. Does not know the mos tbasic principles of covert ops. IF he took the training he said he did, the least he would know should be how to spell the name of the training right.

        • Tim Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 7:25 pm

          Your article wasn’t very informative, but your response to fake guy was hilarious!

          • Karen Hitch
            August 25, 2020 at 7:21 am

            Was that a fake account (Roberts) or was that real?

        • Robert O’Neil (last l is optional) Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 7:44 pm

          If you were unaware its the Navy Seal copypasta from the internet

          • Scott Kuechenmeister
            August 25, 2020 at 2:41 pm

            I’m an ex SF 18E type did some time with the CIA doing security at safe houses in Iraq and the Stan. My impression of most Seal types was that they grew up not doing well playong with the other kids. Some good people out there but way too much credibility for guys with mediocre academic capabilities when the mission in life is not about blowing some sh*t up.

            Also, the Air Force is not really the military. Just saying.

          • David Trammel
            August 26, 2020 at 11:22 am

            Well well well the author was an AIR FORCE RESERVIST. That is really impressive. Even more impressive than a combat veteran navy Seal you got to be kidding me. Where in this universe or any other does a flyby reservist get the crotch stones to compare that to a boots on the ground navy SEAL. NOT ALL MILITARY MEN ARD CREATED EQUAL. If you want to see just how special these men are join back up and get in the seal program. I have seen these men train, train train. I have also been on the SBU UNITS that extract these men after they have done what few on the planet could. Get your reservist air force butt up and go become a SEAL. ITS SIMPLE put in request to get into the seal pipeline. Pass the physical, pass the entrance pft and hang in there for the next up to 2 years. I doubt you would qualify. Hey if I am wrong I will gladly retract my post and give you the credit a navy SEAL DESERVES. GOOD LUCK WITH SERE SCHOOL.

        • Bob M Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 8:05 pm

          Fake news by you…not the American hero

          • TC
            August 25, 2020 at 5:57 pm

            So, you have nothing really but your opinion that it had to be more. Why was this in my news feed? Google fail.

        • Erik V Hoyer Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 3:24 am

          He won’t have to do it to you you little liberal geek .
          There are plenty of us that will for him.

        • Assle Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 3:27 am

          Dude just stfu

        • Optimus Gravey Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 11:35 am

          Where does one get “gorilla” training? The zoo?

        • Clint Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 8:33 pm

          Those missions are Secret. If he was a real soldier, he would have complied and not start a scene. Typical case of STOLEN VALOR

        • Shelly Frost Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 8:52 pm

          Forget the article..this imposter stuff is captivating. I’m going to stay he is a high school student 11th 12th grade and maybe has taken a few drama classes?

        • David Trammel Reply
          August 26, 2020 at 11:19 am

          Well well well the author was an AIR FORCE RESERVIST. That is really impressive. Even more impressive than a combat veteran navy Seal you got to be kidding me. Where in this universe or any other does a flyby reservist get the crotch stones to compare that to a boots on the ground navy SEAL. NOT ALL MILITARY MEN ARD CREATED EQUAL. If you want to see just how special these men are join back up and get in the seal program. I have seen these men train, train train. I have also been on the SBU UNITS that extract these men after they have done what few on the planet could. Get your reservist air force butt up and go become a SEAL. ITS SIMPLE put in request to get into the seal pipeline. Pass the physical, pass the entrance pft and hang in there for the next up to 2 years. I doubt you would qualify. Hey if I am wrong I will gladly retract my post and give you the credit a navy SEAL DESERVES. GOOD LUCK WITH SERE SCHOOL.

      • J. Brosky Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 8:11 pm

        After all the BS and miserable news that is forced upon us, this reply has been an enlightenment. No offense to originating author of article, who should switch to writing beach novels.

      • Assled Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 3:29 am

        No one cares about you or what you did

      • JBar Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 10:05 am

        Come on. I appreciate the baiting, but some people here may think you’re real.

      • Thomas Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 1:05 pm

        Nice try, but I’m pretty sure he would know how to spell his own name, not violate OPSEC, and would know how to spell “guerilla warfare”

        • David Paul Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 1:19 pm

          Absolutely. I was in SPECOPS in the Middle East, had a number of buddies in SEAL Team 6 when I was there and since. One of the guys even ended up in a psych facility a while after discharge. None of us would’ve ranted on like that, the Twitterverse doesnt have the need to know. OPSEC and professionalism are forever.

        • Moody Reply
          August 26, 2020 at 12:56 am

          The author of this article is an imbecile. I have read a lot of trash and this article is at the top of the trash pile.

          • Moe Weinstein
            August 26, 2020 at 1:11 am

            Aw, little Moody is just a little moody that his alternate reality was called into question by a discerning young man. What’s the matter, did your mother catch you watching Belami again? I mean, really, you’re 45 now. Time to get out of her basement and stop pulling on it! Time to make America great again.

            Bwahahahaha.

      • Bob Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 4:55 pm

        How many gorillas have you killed??

      • Frank Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 11:38 pm

        This guy is not the real Robert O’Neill. If he was the real Robert O’Neill, he would know better than to talk this way to someone on the internet. Also this fake has no concept of the S.E.A.L.s, how they train, and mission sets they do. Also everyone knows that Robert O’Neill isnt the best sniper out of the S.E.A.L. Teams. Also the IQ of these operatives are very high. The person who wrote that post has a very low IQ. I honestly think the fake person wasnt even in the military, and has been watching to many movies, and not reading enough books. Lol. Anyways it’s sad that someone would pretend to be someone else to get attention, and it is sad that this fake guy sounds so uneducated.

      • Cas Reply
        August 26, 2020 at 9:02 am

        I was in the military for 26yrs and you have really forgotten the oath you took to protect and serve the people of the United States of America from all threats foreign and domestic.

      • Senior Chief Reply
        August 26, 2020 at 10:59 am

        Aren’t you the SPECIAL ONE and ONLY!
        Praise be to to you.

    • Robert Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 9:18 pm

      The title should have been, “An Airforce Reservist is jealous of a Seal Team badass.”

      Please correct.

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 9:18 pm

        Lol

      • Dmolle Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 4:34 pm

        Agreed , O’Neil is a world HERO and delta thought they could stand on his banning to show how right ( they think they are) and the writer USA jealous little b*tch

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 4:36 pm

          Two L’s, sweetheart.

        • Sven Reply
          August 27, 2020 at 11:59 am

          If O’Neil (or O’Neill) killed the real war criminals Bush and Cheney instead, he might be a real hero

      • Larry E Wilson Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 8:22 pm

        Nam – ’67-69, AF FAC. Try it it open your mind. Lot of my buddies didn’t make it back. Look it up.

    • Mike Hammond Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 12:29 pm

      airline spokesman Anthony Black reiterated in a statement to USA TODAY. “Failure to comply with our mask-wearing mandate can result in losing the ability to fly Delta in the future.” in response to report they had banned passenger for removing his mask

      • Ric Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 9:19 pm

        Delta sucks and so do Anti-American BETA globetrotters.

  2. WR2 Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    All we know is that he was not banned on the flight, he was not given a warning, and he did not disregard FA commands. He claimed he only removed it temporarily to eat and take a quick picture. He was only banned well after the bad publicity for Delta from the tweet. He did not, as you say, get a chance to correct himself. You claiming he must have had repeated offenses before is pure conjecture. Do you have any evidence?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 1:46 pm

      Again, there are privacy issues that keep the FA from going on the record, but I was informed from a very reliable source that there is more to the story than he is telling, including prior incidents. Do what you want with that information, but didn’t it strike you as rather odd that Delta would ban a person based upon only one photo, especially if he was eating? I’m not looking to attack this guy. I am looking to explain why he got banned…

      • Mike Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 2:54 pm

        Of course they did…the push by the left is over reaction to anything they can label. Moral Superiority is a disease of the mind….no add to that what Goodyear tried to pull and Marxist BLM which is now responsibile for up to 30 or more deaths even though they are a front for ACTBLUE which donates to crooked DNC. You were the same guy that advocated for LT(kernel) Vindmann in the fake impeachment sham. Just waiting on you to write about how ballot box stuffing should be allowed because you want to turn away while fake ballots are being mailed anonymously…by who knows whom…. certainly not by people who didn’t request them in the first place. “Claims to have killed Obama”?? Does that mean he was actually there? Of course it does and that’s good enough for anybody, even the pilots who flew the mission. Block Chain patent by USPS in early 2019 will shred the push by fake ass moderates and unhinged Dems to “paper ballot” what’s even more funny is if Trump does change VP’s(his right) none of those prefilled ballots will count.

        • WILLIAM D HOWE Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 4:53 pm

          Agree 100%

        • MEAL LEN Reply
          August 26, 2020 at 10:21 am

          Ridiculous, unfounded, brainwashed claims are so juvenile. A complete waste of keystrokes. Get with reality man.

          • Elle
            August 28, 2020 at 2:27 am

            Wow people really do believe everything they read on the internet. This is a fake profile people

      • WR2 Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 2:56 pm

        You didn’t mention anything in the post about a FA sharing specific evidence about this case, only a FA sharing the standard procedure for banning someone. Are you contending that simply because banning a passenger over a tweet is not consistent with the standard procedure, that there must have been repeated violations? That’s a stretch. Or did the FA share specific information with you about this case? If so, why didn’t you mention that in the post?

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 2:57 pm

          For the avoidance of doubt, I received information specific to this case. I thought that was clear in the post itself.

          • WR2
            August 24, 2020 at 4:10 pm

            I don’t see anything in the post claiming specific inside info, only the FA telling you their policy.

          • James T.
            August 25, 2020 at 7:16 am

            Masks save other people in the event you are unknowingly spreading the virus. They also afford some protection to the wearer. It’s not about your right to do what you want, and to help with everyone else. On the other hand, if you spread it unknowingly, it wouldn’t add to your total kill count, would it?

      • James Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 6:57 pm

        At first I thought the author of this article just had a hard on against this seal because… Well because his whole life up to now is a meaningless waste who couldn’t even carry O’neill’s Jock Strap. Boy was I wrong. It turns out the author was in the Airforce Reserve.

        Your article is pig sh*t and all your doing is using this American Hero’s name so finally an article you wrote will get some views. Stop trying to tarnish this man with your Mickey Mouse investigative writing and go back to re living your days in the Airforce Reserve, you Bad Ass.

        • Larry B Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 8:35 pm

          You seem to know O’Neill”s jock quite well. Is it named Jacques Estrop, perhaps?
          The only one tarnishing the “man” is he himself. If he’d shut up, stop posing for the rest of the easily triggered hordes of snowflakes, this would have been forgotten already.
          Remember, it wasn’t Matthew Klint nor Ed Bastian who showed their pathetic, flip-flopping mugs on Fox over the w/e…

          • 805
            August 25, 2020 at 1:56 pm

            Just wear a mask stupid!

        • Charlie Mike Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 7:18 am

          Guys,
          Is this what social media has reduced us (men) to?? We all know personal responsibility and that we have to live with our decisions, Mr O’Neill is no different. Let’s not let an article goad us into acting like Jr High Schoolers. None of us were there, heresay is for losers.

    • Joshua R Olson Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 3:05 pm

      Everything you are saying is pure conjecture too. were you sitting next to him? How do you really know? How do you know if he is had or does not have a pass with Delta on not behaving? Only Delta and this mr. O’Neill guy should have an opinion on the subject oh, everyone else should just shut the hell up. 🙂

  3. Janus Kane Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    If you don’t have any proof, don’t shred a soldier’s honor.
    I don’t care about your stance on public mask use, it’s irrelevant when you lead with throwing doubt on the CREDITED killer of Osama Bin Laden

    Just… Shame on you, and the other authors I see using this same shameful tactic, article after article.
    Show proof, or stay shamed.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 1:40 pm

      He credited himself with being the killer…Matt Bissonnete, another Navy SEAL on the same team, disputes it. Which soldier’s honor should we call into question?

      • Joe Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 7:13 pm

        You’re digging yourself a deeper hole. Let it rest

        • Matthew Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 12:40 pm

          If you weren’t looking to attack O’Neill then you would have left off the comment questioning whether he, in fact, fired the shot that killed Bin Laden. You make claims like that and then proceed to play the ” I served too” card to try and suppress backlash. The article had multiple attempts to discredit O’Neill, about multiple points, so stand by it and dont back track like a weiner.

          • Matthew Klint
            August 25, 2020 at 12:43 pm

            Sorry, but I stand by my comments. And I mention my service only because we look down on those who use their service to country to profiteer. There’s no “I” in teamwork…

      • Chris Surprenant Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 7:15 pm

        Didn’t Matt Bissonnete withdraw his claim?

        A problem here is an Air Force reservist questioning the service of a tier one operator on the most leathal team that we have.

        Anything you have to say after “As an Air Force reservist…” is laughable in this context.

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 7:26 pm

          In the Air Force, we committed to three core values: integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do (in uniform and out of uniform). It might be helpful for Mr. O’Neill to reflect upon such core values…

          • Reservist
            August 25, 2020 at 9:17 pm

            You put up with a lot of guff, Matthew (and pretty gracefully). I chuckled at the idea… How dare you question a decorated SEAL? Who are you to make questionable comments about the Man Who Killed Bin Laden? Mere mortals like us have no right – we should just quietly count our blessings at being allowed to read His tweets.

      • Tim Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 7:59 pm

        While some of the Team six guys are backing Rob, and some are not, from what I’ve read there is no question that Bissonette was not the shooter. His shadiness has caused him a bunch of legal trouble. I believe he’s being investigated now for doing consulting while on active duty. No one disputes Rob was second in the stack, not even Rob himself. The story is the point man entered, came into contact with and restrained two females, while Rob as #2 put rounds into bin Laden. Point man has said he shot at bin Laden as they were coming up the stairs, when he poked his head out of the door, and he thinks he hit him, but that’s where the confusion lies

        • Larry B Reply
          August 24, 2020 at 8:36 pm

          Yet there’s only one person demanding sole credit for the execution of the OP!!!

      • Paul Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 8:32 am

        Of course Admiral Bill Mcraven said in his book “Sea Stories” that Rob O’Neil was the trigger man. I’d consider the matter closed.

    • Christopher Schuster Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 5:21 pm

      Self credited, not credited.

      He’s a sailor, not a soldier.

      • Larry B Reply
        August 24, 2020 at 6:39 pm

        HEAR, HEAR!!!!!

    • 747always Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 12:44 am

      Typical right wing “don’t insult the soldiers” when it’s the right wing that does all it can to screw over veterans.
      Kinda like how “it’s a baby from the moment or conception” till it becomes time to distribute Covid related benefits. Then it’s schrodibgers baby. Simultaneously one, yet not one.

    • Brian Brookes Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 8:03 am

      A hero ain’t nothing but a sandwich….go ahead and feel brave while killing defenseless, innocent women and children like “real men” . The fires of hell are real and he’ll have a front row seat along with Trump.

      • Kimberly Reply
        August 26, 2020 at 12:09 am

        I liked your article Matthew.
        If I didn’t, I would be a kind human being and simply move on.
        I was taught by my parents that if you don’t have something nice to say, keep quiet.
        Some people’s kids…..

    • Sven Reply
      August 27, 2020 at 12:05 pm

      Soldiers are nothing else than state sanctioned murderers, so don’t tell me anything about honour

  4. Kimberly Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 1:41 pm

    This guy is getting on my nerves, super job now get over it taliking about bin boy. We all know who you are as i am sure they do by now never thought that a navy seal would put themselve out there so much as this guy, again good job!!!

  5. Cloudsley Falconbridge Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    Just because he killed Bin Laden, (who was already sick, mind you) doesn’t mean he can potentially kill somebody’s grandma with his ignorance. Plus, he couldn’t own up to it, and was trying to backpedal all the way. Saying “I really had my mask on my lap. I just took it off to eat.” I call BS. You see, I defended him in the beginning, saying what he said, because I thought it was directed @ Marines; in a bit of armed forces ribbing humour, but after it became a ‘mask’ thing, I couldn’t stick around anymore. Fugg’em

  6. Michael Brown Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    Well I happen to know this man and I know his personality, etc. I know he’s not the type to want to kill someone’s grandma. Really?? Been out lately?? There’s thousands upon thousands of these ” grandma’s” at every store there is wearing masks improperly and basically being a nuisance to everyone else yet McHooyah is out there trying to kill innocent grandma’s. You and the author need to bang each other or something

  7. Hoc Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    It’s pretty clear from his photo and his multiple changing comments, that 1. He wasn’t banned for a single photo; 2. He did not just take his mask off to eat. He was making a point — though an ignorant, stupid point, and he got what he deserved.

  8. Steve Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    This article was a complete waste of time. All narrative and speculation with virtually no facts. I would like to ban it from my phone. Delta’s mask policy is merely for appearance. There is no fit test or quality of the mask inspection taking place. Tell an ICU nurse walking into a room with a potential Covid person that a bandanna around their face or loose fitting mask with gaps is better than nothing and complies with “policy.”

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 2:59 pm

      We’re all trying to process what happened and the further I dig, the more I see that this was not about a single photo. This discussion has nothing to do with the efficacy (or not) of masks.

      • WR2 Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 12:26 am

        Can you also please report on the travel blogger that wore a completely ineffective airline eye mask as a face mask, and bragged about it on his blog? Cancel him, leftists!

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 12:35 am

          I ‘fessed up and admitted my mistake. Honesty is the best policy.

        • 747always Reply
          August 25, 2020 at 5:25 am

          Can @WR2 report on why if masks are ineffective his Favourite Dictatir suddenly started wearing one?

    • Frank hanhisalo Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 7:26 pm

      I have only known a few people that I would classify as valiant . (I’m not getting into the definition of heroes ) One was a marine from ww11 and Korea . One was a navy seal . One was a merchant mariner .. these men were quiet and unassuming . And then we have this guy . Hmmmmm

  9. Jack Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    I will be clicking on do not get stories from this sight it’s a leftist attack against a American hero provided no facts just some secret thing he heard and can’t talk about I’m calling bull butter on this one

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 3:21 pm

      Your loss, Jack. Sorry you misinterpret the point of this post.

      • Genn Tomas Reply
        August 26, 2020 at 11:58 pm

        What was the point? An opinion piece void of the fact pattern concerning the incident?

        You did warn us to take your pablum with some sodium chloride, so i guess I’ll file this article in the appropriate round cabinet.

        You should write for NYT, CNN, and MSNBC. You fit in well there. Psssht!

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          August 27, 2020 at 1:15 am

          The point is that O’Neill’s actions raise more questions than answers.

  10. Joe Chivas Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    This guy’s behavior since the infamous tweet has been nothing short of bizarre. He shares one thing with Joe Biden, neither one is playing with a full deck.

    • Marty Brown Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 4:26 pm

      Kind of sounds like you DO have a problem with this Seal. Get off your high horse. I’ve heard of Rob O’Neill. I’ve never heard of you however. And I’d like to keep it this way.

      • 747always Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 5:27 am

        You sound like you have claim to support the constitution but will happily see it being eroded as long as said erosion is being done by your favourite political party. @Marty Brown

  11. Larry B Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 3:47 pm

    You’ve hit the big time, Matt!!!
    Every easily triggered RWNJ simpleton has found this particular post to vent/bloviate/support “heroes,” masks, lying scum former-SEALS and assorted other oddball whiners.
    At least the clicks count, right? 🙂

  12. Zenjin Shoten Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    Bro, opinions arnt fact. May want to learn that…

    You hack…

  13. Emanuel Cruz Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 3:53 pm

    Well. I’ve made up my mind. Oneill’s an unclassy jerk, and so are a lot of the commenters. This is what we live in, perpetual divisiveness, and folks will find a platform to perpetuate. The age of McCain is dead. Matt thanks for sharing what you’ve learned, hope it didn’t all fall on deaf ears.

    • josh Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 2:24 am

      Fully,completely, absolutely agreed. Thank you for saying that!!!.

  14. Too Many Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 4:15 pm

    Does anyone who supports the guy actually read the rest of the tweets he makes? His tweets indicate his lack of appreciation of masks in containing the pandemic, and a general sense of self importance that I find contrary to most people who have served.

    But then I suppose people only want to believe or see what they want, and facts won’t matter to them.

    While I thank him and anyone who has put on a uniform, I find his character/behavior below the standards as it relates to helping/caring for those in the pandemic.

  15. KD Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 4:31 pm

    The man made a tweet maskless on a flight and said he wasn’t a pussy but now yall are claiming this story is a leftist attack. He did it to himself. Not to mention he made other tweets that he deleted. I don’t care what he is. You play stupid games you win stupid prizes.

    • WR2 Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 12:23 am

      Sounds like you disagree with Matthew’s entire speculative premise, and you agree that the ban in fact was solely for the tweet?

      I don’t agree with his anti-mask attitude, but I also doubt he was disregarding the rules any more than those who take off the mask a few minutes to eat or drink. Mask Nazis are just as bad as anti-maskers.

      • UA-NYC Reply
        August 25, 2020 at 4:10 pm

        Classic right wing “many fine people on both sides” argument

  16. Walter Leiser Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 5:25 pm

    It’s very rare that I find an article that questions everything with reason. It seems that believing blindfold in media and social media BS have become the new norm. Will definitely add you as a source of information knowing that and can be rest assured that the constant questioning /devil’s advocate mentality is the way to finding out the truth about real facts. Thanks for posting… Will follow and share!

    • David Mills Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 7:22 pm

      Well Mathew clit, and yes I know I spelled your name wrong, but that was intentional, are you just trying to get a job with Delta, shouldn’t be hard for someone like you… They seem to hire trash every day.

  17. James Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    Lol you’re comparing yourself as an air force reservist to a navy seal.. #sad

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 6:09 pm

      Sure “James”…

  18. Tom Beard Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    WOW! A USAF Reservist, Dude, save some chicks for the rest of us. If you are Combat Specops, Purple Heart or a CMoH recipient. You shouldn’t have to wear a mask. PERIOD!!!

    • Comeflywithchris Reply
      August 24, 2020 at 8:24 pm

      Hey Matthew,

      Very sorry to see some many comments targeting you to even dare speak up for what might happened to the ban of Mr.O’Neill.

      As greatful as we are to all the service members out there, it does not give you a jail-free card. If you dont comply a rule or law, you will face the subsequent consequence.

  19. Jay Reply
    August 24, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    Kudos to you for your objectivity and attempt at sorting out what happened. This is a tiny issue but level-headed analysis is sorely missing these days. Don’t let the clowns push you around. Keep it up.

  20. TT28 Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 12:05 am

    He says he is an Air Force reservist . Like that gives you any credibility at all. That’s like calling yourself a chef while flipping burgers at Mc D’s.

    • William Haase Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 10:16 am

      Bro. You can’t threaten peoples lives ! Very unprofessional. I expected more from a Navy SEAL.

  21. Marlon Hemmingway Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 12:23 am

    Stop doing all that whining and crying! If Osama bin Laden took it like a man! Why can’t you? Before you killed Osama! Did he ask to meet with the Joint Chiefs of staff or the Pentagon? Take the L and fly on another airline.Making yourself look real weak!

  22. Anthony Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 9:37 am

    Never realized that there are so many bored, lonely, sad, douche people out there. It seems they have all come together to argue, fight and attempt to dismantle Mr. Klint. This is his opinion, but for you all to lose your insides just proves the far left/right middle who ever, has a group of people that need to get out and feel the sun, breath some fresh air and at the least get laid! Keep doing what you do best Mr. Klint, there are still many of us that enjoy reading your opinion pieces, but don’t need to call you or anyone else out. We’re called grown ups!

  23. JBar Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 10:02 am

    He did take it off momentarily. He took it off to jokingly make fun of the Marine in the background for being a p&$$? It’s common military talking smack. He even said so.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 10:46 am

      Actually, he said he didn’t even notice the Marine behind him. I’m not sure about that either.

  24. Palooka Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    Don’t be nieve. He never wrote this.
    Pay attention!

  25. JoEllen Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    Mr. Macho man needs less attention. Thinks he is above the rules and that everyone should cow-tow to him till perpetuity because he has “some” connection to the Bin Laden killing (if that is even true, or did he line up behind 20 other guys to have a shot)?

  26. Chris Locker Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    You don’t have anything against O’Neill, yet you write that he allegedly shot Bin Laden then post a link about a jealous seal who is on book #2. Grow a pair. Thanks for being a Air Force reservist

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      August 25, 2020 at 7:53 pm

      That he likely lied about this incident causes me to question his character for truthfulness.

  27. Clint Reply
    August 25, 2020 at 8:35 pm

    Those missions are Secret. If he was a real soldier, he would have complied and not start a scene. Typical case of STOLEN VALOR

  28. Mike Feliciano Reply
    August 26, 2020 at 6:37 am

    You just blew the element of surprise half the battle lost already…Fort Bragg,NC.

  29. Charles Reply
    August 26, 2020 at 11:04 am

    If people like you continue to conntrol the narrative or be in government we’ll be wearing a mask for the next 50 years. Nevermind that the mortality rate is dropping to close to 0.1% and that country’s like Sweden say masks don’t help and they never locked down and are much better off than pretty much anywhere in the world.
    So, I truly hate these type of attack articles from the left who stand up for the control over our freedoms by pushing the moral superior stance on masks which is questionable at best and the denigration of someone who sacrificed and lut his life on the line for freedom and continues to stand by those principles. You sir who wrote this, I don’t care what you did in the air force reserves because you are now propagating against freedom. We see the control of government over small businesses and even the complete violation of human rights with LA turning off someone’s utilities because they had a get together which is protected by our 1st amendment. Maybe talk about hydroxycloroquin which according to many doctors has saved many lives and specifically of those in high risk category! We could end this fake pandemic now! Talk about the complete and utter corruption of the democrat party with it’s mail in ballot laws! Talk about the BLM Marxist movement which is destroying our country with it’s partner the Chinese communist flu!

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