So, yeah. Obvious bias here; Nate (Valhalla VFT) and I are good friends. I am good friends with a lot of the dudes that have been calling Tim out for years. I am good friends with a couple of his biggest apologists, too. We've discussed this extensively. I just want to clarify any potential bias, which I acknowledge. That being said...
I have been extremely involved in this whole TK thing since he showed up, unannounced, at HKIA and moved into the RQS team room, then used that for his own gain. A report is attached of his clownery and his real negative impact there, and there are nothing but completely corroborated anecdotal stories of a lot more.
Here is what I will say- TK lied. He's lied about his number of deployments- it's not 20, it's 3. He lied about his missions. He lied about his actions (killing women and children). He lied about getting wounded. He lied about his awards. He didn't "unintentionally" do shit. He lied, doubled down, and profited off those lies for a long time, and his vehicle to get there was Army SF.
Yes, @TLDR20 the Army willingly used him as a recruiting tool. When he was in the UFC, he used his name and likeness at will and the Army was all too happy to play up the "Captain America" role. If your question is to the degree of, "Did Army recruiting command pay Tim money or did he actively support Army recruiting initiatives or events?", I think that you might be a little out of the loop on how the DoD uses their influencers. I can give you first-hand experience of what that game is, but the bottom line is, yes, the Army used Tim for recruiting. Tim fostered that relationship by messaging for the Army at every opportunity; as long as he stayed on the good side of the Guard and the Army, he was granted a free pass to be himself and continue the grift, enriching himself to the tune of millions. When you make your job part of your identity and monetize it, people who do that job are going to feel some type of way about it.
His teammates tried for years to get him to walk it back. The guys in the command tried. Everyone tried. When given the opportunity, he doubled down and then gaslit everyone as if he were the victim of "haters". That was also a lie.
His "apology" was written by Sarah Verado- and she didn't write it. AI did. Screenshot attached.
If you look at how the apology was framed, it's as if stuff from 20 years old is surfacing now, and he's issued a mea culpa and has "grown". He wrote Scars and Stripes as a 45 year old MSG, and doubled down on all the nonsense and old videos you're seeing now.
I don't have a say as to what the SF community does or doesn't do with their tabs, their headgear, or who they PNG. People are calling for Tim's head, and it's super apparent why if you do 3 minutes of research.
Tim built a house of cards, and that house of cards is falling. It's quite obvious that Tim has been positioning himself for a role in politics or the political space; he needed to clear up this dirty laundry because all this is coming out in reaction to Tim showing up at the White House with wounded warriors, and placing himself in front of people in wheelchairs. That WH visit and photo op was the exact point the world had enough of ole 50 Grenade Timmy.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
I have been extremely involved in this whole TK thing since he showed up, unannounced, at HKIA and moved into the RQS team room, then used that for his own gain. A report is attached of his clownery and his real negative impact there, and there are nothing but completely corroborated anecdotal stories of a lot more.
Here is what I will say- TK lied. He's lied about his number of deployments- it's not 20, it's 3. He lied about his missions. He lied about his actions (killing women and children). He lied about getting wounded. He lied about his awards. He didn't "unintentionally" do shit. He lied, doubled down, and profited off those lies for a long time, and his vehicle to get there was Army SF.
Yes, @TLDR20 the Army willingly used him as a recruiting tool. When he was in the UFC, he used his name and likeness at will and the Army was all too happy to play up the "Captain America" role. If your question is to the degree of, "Did Army recruiting command pay Tim money or did he actively support Army recruiting initiatives or events?", I think that you might be a little out of the loop on how the DoD uses their influencers. I can give you first-hand experience of what that game is, but the bottom line is, yes, the Army used Tim for recruiting. Tim fostered that relationship by messaging for the Army at every opportunity; as long as he stayed on the good side of the Guard and the Army, he was granted a free pass to be himself and continue the grift, enriching himself to the tune of millions. When you make your job part of your identity and monetize it, people who do that job are going to feel some type of way about it.
His teammates tried for years to get him to walk it back. The guys in the command tried. Everyone tried. When given the opportunity, he doubled down and then gaslit everyone as if he were the victim of "haters". That was also a lie.
His "apology" was written by Sarah Verado- and she didn't write it. AI did. Screenshot attached.
If you look at how the apology was framed, it's as if stuff from 20 years old is surfacing now, and he's issued a mea culpa and has "grown". He wrote Scars and Stripes as a 45 year old MSG, and doubled down on all the nonsense and old videos you're seeing now.
I don't have a say as to what the SF community does or doesn't do with their tabs, their headgear, or who they PNG. People are calling for Tim's head, and it's super apparent why if you do 3 minutes of research.
Tim built a house of cards, and that house of cards is falling. It's quite obvious that Tim has been positioning himself for a role in politics or the political space; he needed to clear up this dirty laundry because all this is coming out in reaction to Tim showing up at the White House with wounded warriors, and placing himself in front of people in wheelchairs. That WH visit and photo op was the exact point the world had enough of ole 50 Grenade Timmy.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
