![]() ![]() ![]() Hartman while interviewing extras for the film. He wasn’t supposed to be in “Full Metal Jacket.”Įrmey was doing his job as technical advisor, reading the part of Sgt. That would be unfair.Coppola also hired him as the film’s technical advisor for all things military. Ermey’s GEICO commercial pulled would also take away any residual income the other actor in the spot would get. It diminishes FreedomWorks’ culpability, which is still a corporate-funded misinformation PAC out to warp the democratic process. If it isn’t, though, please don’t use this false equivalency. Ermey has since apologized for his inflammatory words in a written statement, as I did for my un-PC word choice on national television ( Fox News and CNN). (I will continue to donate regardless because they are a great organization). ![]() And I have a right to continue donating or not. But I also accept that they have a right to keep him or not. I actually give to Toys For Tots so I have a right to complain to them. Now, if he was representing GEICO when he made the statement and I was a GEICO customer, then I have a right to complain. GEICO shouldn’t have been put in that position before and it shouldn’t be in that position now. But even so, GEICO, Toys For Tots and even the company you work for/own/operate should be able to hire and fire based on laws and company policy – not because of political pressure. So, as you can see, the situations are quite different. ![]() My voicemail recording was intended to be heard by one group, but was posted on the internet with my phone number and followers of that group (FreedomWorks) were encouraged to harass myself and GEICO. Ermey intended for everyone to hear his statement. I was making a half-hearted sarcastic joke and used an un-PC phrase (one that is heard on “The Daily Show” and in other pop-culture venues frequently). Ermey was treading dangerously close to sedition (as some folks on Fox News tend to do). I made my statement on a voicemail system to one particular heinous group while not representing any company (I was not employed by GEICO at the time). Ermey made his statement publicly while representing an organization (which was not GEICO). Second, there is a false equivalency happening: I didn’t blame GEICO then and I defend GEICO now. I disagree.įirst, GEICO should be able to hire or fire whomever they want within the laws of the land and the desires of their stockholders. They refer to my Appletini Incident™ and equate what happened to me with what should happen to Mr. Lee Ermey also appears in a very funny GEICO commercial, people who disagree with his speech are asking GEICO to pull his ad. Whether Toys For Tots decides to do anything about it is (as it should be) solely at their discretion.īecause R. However, he was speaking on behalf of another organization (Toys For Tots) and crossed a line. Obviously I don’t agree with his speech, but I feel he has a right to speak his mind. They’re driving us into bankruptcy so that they can impose socialism on us, and that’s exactly what they’re doing, and I’m sick and damn tired of it and I know you are too. We should all rise up, and we should stop this administration from what they’re doing because they’re destroying this country. Ermey spoke to a military audience and advocated replacing their Commander-In-Chief. Lee Ermey for making i nappropriate remarks during a Toys For Tots fundraiser. Last week (end of 2010) I started receiving tweets mentioning my name and asking GEICO to fire R. ![]()
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