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The jury sided that Ventura's non-existent Navy SEAL reputation was damaged. Considering it's a fabrication, the verdict is an injustice. A real SEAL called him on it.
Not the same thing. One implied harrowing combat, the other implied a pretty easy tour of duty.
He has a reputation that is not only existent if he was a navy SEAL.
That "real SEAL" was not sued due to claiming Ventura wasn't a seal.
He was sued for lying about other things multiple times on national broadcasts and in his book, and making millions of dollars off of it while tarnishing Ventura's reputation with those lies.
Those lies included telling people there was a brawl and that he decked him, and also that Ventura thought more SEALS deserved to die.
Then there is this:
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Responding to the controversy, Governor Ventura's office confirmed that Ventura was a member of the UDT. His spokesman stated that Ventura has never tried to convince people otherwise. Ventura stated, "Today we refer to all of us as SEALs, that's all it is", and dismissed the accusations of lying about being a SEAL as "much ado about nothing".
Other "real SEALS" have said its bullshit to nitpick over a technicality in determining whether he is a seal or not.
This post was edited by cambovenzi on Jul 31 2014 09:34am