--- title: "Own your life, says man who owns Osama Bin Laden’s" date: "2020-07-13" modified: "2020-07-13" authors: - name: "Jared Keller" job_title: "Former Managing Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/robert-oneill-twitter-video-own-your-life/" categories: - "Culture" - "Mandatory Fun" --- # Own your life, says man who owns Osama Bin Laden’s ![]() Robert O'Neill, the SEAL Team 6 veteran who gained fame for [claiming he killed Osama bin Laden](), has a message for Americans everywhere: Go own your life. "Well, I kinda getting sick of this, and I hope you are too," O'Neill said in a video posted to Twitter. "I'm tired of the angry mob telling us how to do what we're going to do." "Go ahead and go buy yourself a flag, go hang it on your house, car, or truck," O'Neill continues, an American flag hanging from a flagpole over his shoulder. "Never be afraid to own it." The camera pans down to O'Neill's shirt: "Own your life." https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/1282711580166283264 That's it? The tweet includes a link to O'Neill's website, which I presume means he wants you to agree with his message and then buy shit from him. This is fine advice I suppose, but can anyone explain to me what the ever-loving fuck O'Neill is talking about? [And why wasn't this shot in the cab of a Ford F-150?]() ***Related: [6 types of dudes being mad in their cars on video]()*** ## Author Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [Facebook]() [LinkedIn]() [Instagram]()