Apparently it really is the case that anyone who isn’t white is somehow unqualified.
Code Talkers are actual legends. Far beyond shameful to do this.
This is infuriatingly disrespectful… just fucking sickening.
They already scrubbed Ira Hayes.
What the fuck are they gonna do next, rename every Army helicopter?
They are all either officially named, or given an… official-unofficial name, after native tribes or chiefs as a sign of respect for their determination, tenacity and ferocity in combat.
Blackhawk.
Chinook.
Kiowa.
Little Bird.
Shawnee.
Choctaw.
Cheyenne.
… and the Commanche and Arapaho, though those never went into full scale production/adoption.
The Huey is actually named the Iroquois, it’s just that its original designation of UH-1 got … nickname-ized and became more prevalent.
…
Oh my fucking god.
https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/2404797/why-do-army-helicopters-have-native-american-names/
This was the page that described what I am talking about with helicopter naming conventions.
… they literally just affixed ‘dei’ to the page’s name, pointed the old page to redirect to this dei- affixed page, and are then manually refusing to serve anything with dei- affixed to it.
… anger noises …
If you wanna see a full list well I guess now you gotta go to wikipedia because Trump and Elon are racist fuck sticks.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._military_equipment_named_for_Native_Americana
We are losing so much more than we realize this very moment. This is the true moment, not the election, when we decide if we want to move forward to a world that celebrates our differences, or one that imprisons us because of them.
Chipmunk is technically an English word now. San Diego is considered a “white name and state” this is the cultural appropriation ppl where worried about. The white washing of other cultures to claim as they’re own.
The jbsa page you linked is now dead.
If they could feel shame they would be deeply upset by this
They’re nothing in the eyes of Bigly Chief Bone Spurs
Apparently it really is the case that anyone who isn’t white is somehow unqualified.
I mean DEI literally exists to remedy the problem of institutional white supremacy (amongst other related issues).
When someone is against DEI, that leaves the objective conclusion they’re either ignorant, and will change their mind when presented with reality, or they’re pro-white-supremacy—i.e. a Neo-Nazi fascist, with zero room for leeway.
The fight for equality is always the same no matter what new labels the fuckos put on their current theft of freedom.
Unfortunately, DEI also gave the white supremacists the perfect cover story for pushing white supremacism. Conservatives love their boogeymen and code worded hate speech, the concept of being “anti-DEI” provided the perfect cover for them that the corporate media can swallow without challenging.
Pete Hegeseth has an iron cross on his chest. That should Tell you everything you need to know.
It’s actually a Jerusalem cross, which is a separate thing but… equally suspect in this context. It’s a symbol of the crusaders, so it goes right along with his “deus vult” one
Well, we all know the Crusaders did nothing but spread kindness, friendship, and joy throughout the world, so it’s a good thing that he has that. Right?
…Right?
He is simply an avid Crusader Kings fan, there is nothing to worry about
Actually I think it might be worse if he was the kind of CK fan that would get “deus vult” tattooed on himself
Exactly. Though crusades have been broken on launch basically every time, so it’s possible he’s just trying to be transparent about his war planning capabilities.
Erdoğan is another fascistic fuckhead, so I guess we probably won’t have “remove kebab” as state policy at least.
Weird that I only ever hear about “Jerusalem crosses” from people trying not to look like neo-Nazis. Huh. Guess it’s like the apparently very well-known “Roman salute.”
I can’t imagine you have much daily contact with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem of th Catholic Church, but they use it. National flag of Georgia too
The Jerusalem cross has actual historical backing, such as coins from 1200s Jerusalem, unlike the Roman salute which was just invented by a French painter
But of course, it’s obvious that Hegseth has it because of the association with the Crusades, not the Catholics of modern day Jerusalem or the country in the Caucasus. Anyone that genuinely wants to depict themselves as a crusader today is probably a white supremacist
Yup. Jesus cross was used in burnings. Symbols change and how ppl use them changes with them.
Where to place gifts for him?
There is literally no way to define this anti-DEI craze except saying “anyone who wasn’t white and male never helped with anything”. There isn’t even a veneer on it. It’s pure racism, sexism… probably many other isms.
Fascisms
Priapisms
The only blasting I want to hear about him is if it involves fast moving projectiles.
Preferably if he himself is the projectile. “Out of a cannon, into the sun” style.
to shreds, you say?
We got so close…
As an veteran, I’d just like to offer an emphatic “fuck you” to anyone who thinks this is a good idea. If you served your country with honor, you deserve the same recognition as any other member of the Armed Forces that served alongside you. I don’t care about your race, ethnicity, orientation, creed, religion, or anything else. We’re all part of the same team.
The only people who think this is a good idea are racist bigots who think the only reason non-white people exist is to be slaves.
Thank you for your service. Thank you.
So making America great again clearly means a return to the era of rampant racism (did that ever really go away?). And sexism. And ableism. Only this time it’s going to be out in the wide open.
What’s next?
- Child labor?
- Slavery?
- Debtors’ prisons?
- Mental Institutions?
- Orphans for “deformed” children?
- Trail of Tears 2? (probably why he wants to annex Greenland and/or Canada)
This is gets more depressing as fuck every day.
Florida is on it already.
Florida considers bill to roll back child labor laws to fill jobs once held by undocumented migrants
They want minors to work night shifts and encourage people to home school their kids, so they can work more! Yay, progress.
Edit: Oh and they want to pay them below minimum wage!
Florida has been facing a steep shortage of workers. According to figures from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, there are about 53 available workers for every 100 open jobs in the state.
And yet people can still apply and get no response back for these supposed jobs?
It’s because they want things like decent wages and not be slaves.
Edit: Oh and they want to pay them below minimum wage!
Well obviously. Leave it to Republicans to encourage pushing children into the workforce to fill the gaps Republicans created, but then also insist that because children are poor workers they should be paid less.
He doesn’t care about America, simple as that. He is a Russian asset that is dismantling the Government, he is selling you all out whilst distracting you all with news like this.
The USA is dead.
So this is a Pinky and the Brain situation only very real and very terrifying
The goal is not to privatize America it’s to destroy it Care of Russia and China. They winning.
All those thimgs, and more, are on the agenda.
Your “Trail of Tears 2” reference? Consider this:
America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The average maximum security prison holds about 800-1200 people. The largest prison, in Angola, LA, holds about 8300, more than 7x larger than average.
Now the MAGA Nazis are building a facility in Guantanamo Bay, CUBA, that will house 30,000 people, which is almost 4x larger than Angola, which is already 7x larger than average.
Even the Torture Prison in El Salvador is smaller, at 20,000. The MAGA Nazis want to build the biggest nastiest prison in the Western Hemisphere on a black site in a hostile foreign nation, far from the prying eyes of the media or the courts.
Who do the MAGA Nazis plan on putting in a facility that large? They have already established that anyone who is designated a Terrorist can be detained without Due Process - no lawyer, no judge, no court appearances, no trial. You just get sent to anywhere in the world they feel like sending you.
And now they are saying that anyone who protests Tesla is a Terrorist. In the future, anyone who protests anything will be a terrorist. If you vocally oppose giant corporations, you are a Terrorist. If you support a boycott, you are a Terrorist. Write a critical post on social media, wear a t-shirt, demand your right to vote, defend yourself against MAGA Marauders, etc, and you will be designated a Terrorist. Even just living a life that they think is counter to their concept of an ideal society - gay, Liberal, non-Christian, educated, self-employed, etc. will eventually be given the Terrorist designation. Even just registering as anything but a Republican will get you designated as a Terrorist. Not that it matters, there won’t be any elections anyway.
In the future, they won’t care about crime, unless it is directed at the wealthy. Their primary law enforcement efforts will be against the 70% of Americans they will designate as Terrorists.
Veterans tend to vote republican. I’m guessing the numbers would be about the same for active members. Says a lot about our military doesn’t it? They approve of this.
Veterans tend to vote republican. I’m guessing the numbers would be about the same for active members.
No, I don’t think so.
I think it’s worth noting that “veterans” as a population skew heavily towards old white men. If you weight for age, gender, and race, does that veteran population support Republicans at higher rates than non-veterans of similar demographic profiles?
Here’s a 2023 Pew profile of veteran demographics that shows that:
- 11% were women, and 89% were men.
- 74% were non-Hispanic white.
- 28% were under 50 years old, 36% were between 50-69, and 37% were over 70.
I couldn’t find active duty polling for 2024, but the active duty vote leaned Biden in 2020.
I suspect if people actually broke out veteran preferences by age, gender, and race, you’d see that almost all of the veteran support for Republicans can be explained by their other demographics, not really anything special about being a veteran.
Time for a covariance matrix!
Yeah I would love to see 2024 polling for active military, but I couldn’t find any either.
Probably didn’t get their mail in votes counted, even if FVAP did their job and got them everything.
Wait until veterans learn that DOGE is planning to cut their pension and disability benefits. Their current plan is to only let you get one or the other, but not both.
I’ve spoken to vets about trump calling them ‘suckers and losers’, they don’t care and still support him. It’s sad and disappointing to say the least.
Ugh, I hate to say it but if they still support him after that then maybe he’s right?
Quad erad demonstrantum
I suspect that DEI is going to be one of the reasons why Dogey America would lose a civil war. Gay furry hackers DEI vs Hegseth DUI, there is no question about who has passion and competence. The only thing that Hegseth loves or knows is the bottle.
The one thing that might still save us is their virtuosic incompetence. Not just how stupid theyvare, but the fact that they’ve ejected ANYONE with competence, and replaced them with loyalists, no matter how stupid they are, or how terrible they are at their jobs.
But they’re stupider than that. The MAGA Nazis have given the gift of competence to their opposition. Now, all the American leadership with competence, intelligence, is now on the side of their enemy.
In addition, there are still many thousands of people still working in government who hate what is happening to them, their agencies, and their colleagues, and will be ripe and willing targets for espionage, sabotage, information, leaks, etc.
The MAGA Nazi government is surrounded by and filled with enemies and infiltrators, who far outnumber them.
The only thing that Hegseth loves or knows is the bottle.
Every single day it’s that fucker again. I’m from Europe, technically he shouldn’t have any direct impact on my life and be an occasional footnote about what’s going on on the other continent. And yet here we are, day after day wondering how much better the whole world could have been off if only one jerk had had slightly better aim.
As someone who is in most ways affect by Trump and Elon’s destroying of the federal government (on Social Security disability, on Medicaid, in HUD public housing – all federally funded) I HAVE to pay attention to this stuff thanks to my anxiety and not wanting to be surprised when I’m homeless or in some camp.
My therapist has to constantly remind me to not spend so much time looking at news but god damn this is fucking frightening. I wish I had the option to be able to tune this craziness out.
I hate how even the most “neutral” articles about the heinous shit being done to the US government right now still manage to have a headline that makes it sound like it’s the outrage that’s the issue and not the active attempts by government officials to erase any trace of non-white American history
“Blast” in an article title is a pretty good indicator that it’s just bait for people who are already outraged about something.
Like, yeah, this shit disgusts me, but I doubt someone “blasting” Trump is gonna do anything about it.
“Blast” can mean anything from a comdenatory final statement before someone imposes the maximum allowable sentence by law, to an anonymous poster on any social media site saying “I don’t like that”.
Bullshit phrase
I bet that if the internet existed in the 1930s the Nazi party would have scrubbed their official websites of any heroes who were not 100% aryan.
They did burn books so I would assume scrubbed of anything jewish, modern art and music, “jewish” science (quantum mechanics, relativity, etc)
It would include Hitler’s CO. The guy who recommended he get his medals and called him a brave soldier.
Nono, he’s “one of the good ones”
Nope. He escaped the holocaust by an inch simply because he knew some people in the SS who were mildly sympathetic to him personally. He was exiled from Germany to Belgium and he managed to immigrate to the US just before the Germans invaded.
He passed away in the early 1960s in San Diego. He was one of the fortunate ones. Being Hitler’s CO didn’t do him any favors.
It sounds like it did do him favors. He wasn’t just fortunate, his bootlicking is what allowed him to survive in exile and immigrate to the US.
I read his wiki. There wasn’t much bootlicking there. He was stripped of his citizenship right away along with everyone else and was harassed like all Jews were at the time. I don’t think Hitler gave a flying fuck about his old CO. It wasn’t like his family doctor who did his best to save Hitler’s mother (for free I might add) whom Hitler did personally intervene and allow to immigrate to the US.
Don’t Ever Improve!!!
That’s the DEI that they want!
they had unique special skills therefore dei /s
He’s such a racist ass.
