This man does NOT like Jocko...

[GOTWA]

Tim Kennedy has been fired by Staccato, USCCA, and FN. Hilarious.

Stolen valor will do that to you. Wonder how quickly he gets PNG'd from the political circles as well.

 

[AWP]

Stolen valor will do that to you. Wonder how quickly he gets PNG'd from the political circles as well.

No money, no clout, my guess is the uninformed will keep him? Or the rabid supporter types?

He created a brand based in part on public perception fueled by his stories. That same perception will kill his brand because the stories are proving to be false. He did this, not Youtubers looking for clicks or clout, Tim made his decisions. Podcast guys may have their own motivations, but those motivations don't control Tim's own words or actions. I think that's lost in the discussion.

This sadly dovetails with my poser thread. People want to believe their heroes, the facts be damned. Should you dare to question those "facts" then you are dragged through the mud.

 

[Jaknight]

Oh, Timmy, Timmy, did you really think no one was going to call you out on your stories? You should have quit while you were ahead.

 

[GOTWA]

No money, no clout, my guess is the uninformed will keep him? Or the rabid supporter types?

He created a brand based in part on public perception fueled by his stories. That same perception will kill his brand because the stories are proving to be false. He did this, not Youtubers looking for clicks or clout, Tim made his decisions. Podcast guys may have their own motivations, but those motivations don't control Tim's own words or actions. I think that's lost in the discussion.

This sadly dovetails with my poser thread. People want to believe their heroes, the facts be damned. Should you dare to question those "facts" then you are dragged through the mud.

I feel like the anti-hero guys came out of nowhere, but that's besides the point. They came with a pedigree to challenge his narrative and they came with receipts. I'm surprised Tim was able to make it through the Afghan pull out mess he created, but he won't make it out of this one. He'll be radioactive soon and anyone that touches it will pay the price as well. Drinkin Bros, Hard AF, BRCC, 5.11, etc, would be smart to part ways.

ETA... he has a relationship with SECDEF as well, so we'll see how long that lasts.

 

[Kaldak]

No money, no clout, my guess is the uninformed will keep him? Or the rabid supporter types?

He created a brand based in part on public perception fueled by his stories. That same perception will kill his brand because the stories are proving to be false. He did this, not Youtubers looking for clicks or clout, Tim made his decisions. Podcast guys may have their own motivations, but those motivations don't control Tim's own words or actions. I think that's lost in the discussion.

This sadly dovetails with my poser thread. People want to believe their heroes, the facts be damned. Should you dare to question those "facts" then you are dragged through the mud.

Is there a cliff notes of what happened? I don't know any of his backstory other than he was SF active and guard and also ran a profitable shooting academy/school/center.

 

[TLDR20]

Is there a cliff notes of what happened? I don't know any of his backstory other than he was SF active and guard and also ran a profitable shooting academy/school/center.

He wrote a book, with a lot of embellishments. He was called on it. Two sides truth is in the middle most likely. Dude made a lot of enemies in the SF regiment.

 

[Cookie_]

Is there a cliff notes of what happened? I don't know any of his backstory other than he was SF active and guard and also ran a profitable shooting academy/school/center.

Tim's book came out and he made a bunch of claims people pretty determined were false or exaggerated. Things like:

-Claiming distinguished honor grad at Ranger
-Claiming a Purple Heart
-Claiming he took (and used) 50 frags on a mission
-Claiming he was a leading member of JTF when he was an E6
-Claiming he dressed down his TF CO on mission
-Claiming he engaged in Hand to hand combat during the attack on Anaconda
-Claiming he was on a 100 vehicle convoy and lost double digit amounts of vehicles
-Claiming a BSM with V
-Using Mike Goble as the only witness to a bunch of stories.
- And so on and so on.

Some of those (Ranger, BSM, PH, dressing down his CO) have been proven false by records/the people involved. Others are just claims people say are highly unlikely/Tim admitting to war crimes.

ETA... he has a relationship with SECDEF as well, so we'll see how long that lasts.

I vaguely remember a post from Tim where he claimed he was supposed to serve some sort of role in the new administration and accused the Anto-Hero guys of coming after him because of "politics".

 

[Marauder06]

I just started watching this podcast, which includes Kennedy's responses to some of the allegations.