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Newspaper: 'Wokeness' could threaten U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
WND ^ | 05/28/2022 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 05/29/2022 4:54:37 AM PDT by DFG

You probably can expect a "woke" campaign that will demand the U.S. Air Force rename its Thunderbirds exhibition flying team, those pilots who take America's jets into the skies and fly wingtip to wingtip at hundreds of miles per hour to promote the nation's military expertise.

That's according to an editorial in the Denver Gazette, which recently highlighted the fact that the Thunderbirds were providing an aerial demonstration flyover, as they usually do, at the graduation at the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs.

It explains that Colorado has created a commission to banish such names from the state. And pointing at that commission, which admittedly "has no authority over the Air Force and its Thunderbirds squadron," it still notes it remains "easy to see" where the movement is heading.

The editorial explains the lawmaker-approved "Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs," has been assigned to "prohibit American Indian mascots" in schools across the state.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: airforce; colorado; mascot; thunderbirds; whatstheword
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1 posted on 05/29/2022 4:54:37 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Thunderbirds are no go!


2 posted on 05/29/2022 4:57:09 AM PDT by Cowman
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To: DFG

Remember these two words: Rome Fell.


3 posted on 05/29/2022 4:58:07 AM PDT by cranked
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To: DFG

The editorial explains the lawmaker-approved “Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs,” has been assigned to “prohibit American Indian mascots” in schools across the state.

The state-sanctioned erasure of American Indian culture from the consciousness of the American people continues.


4 posted on 05/29/2022 4:58:39 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: cranked

It would interesting to be around in 500 or so years to see what historians cite as the reasons America fell.


5 posted on 05/29/2022 5:00:43 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: DFG

Their new name: planes that fly.


6 posted on 05/29/2022 5:01:19 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Cowman

Let’s get rid of the Blue Angels while we are at it, Angels could be associated with religious figures, which is a no go in our secular society.


7 posted on 05/29/2022 5:03:22 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: DFG

Gallo used to produce a brown bag wine for winos called Thunderbird when I was a kid. Wino cultural appropriation, I guess. And, no doubt Ford will follow and diss the T Bird model in favor of the Dodo bird, which no victim identity group has seen fit to adopt as a mascot.


8 posted on 05/29/2022 5:05:40 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: chuckee

What’s the word?
Thunderbird.

What’s the price?
Mighty nice.


9 posted on 05/29/2022 5:18:36 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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To: DFG

Ahhhh, yes. The Diverse, Inclusive, Equitable left methodically erasing all trace of Native American heritage from American culture.


10 posted on 05/29/2022 5:31:46 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: chuckee
"Ford will follow and diss the T Bird model in favor of the Dodo bird, which no victim"

Ford pretty much took care of that with the last incarnation of the Thunderbird, which was really more of a turkey.

11 posted on 05/29/2022 5:36:57 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: DFG

ThunderBro’s. Require that over 50% are POC, just like on commercials.


12 posted on 05/29/2022 5:43:56 AM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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13 posted on 05/29/2022 5:47:37 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: ealgeone

Try 100 years.


14 posted on 05/29/2022 5:48:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

that’s a possibility. no doubt.


15 posted on 05/29/2022 5:54:51 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
It would interesting to be around in 500 or so years to see what historians cite as the reasons America fell.

500 years? You mean 50 years don't you?

By 2070, spanish will be the official language, the flag with be pink, Churches and guns will be banned, and soylent green will be served daily.

Living in a family unit will be banned, and children will be raised by the state.

Ukraine will be the last free nation on earth, and they will be fighting with swords and hammers.

Too dark?

16 posted on 05/29/2022 5:55:58 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: DFG

Never thought much of those fabulous Thunderbirds. I’m more of a Blue Angels type myself.


17 posted on 05/29/2022 5:56:00 AM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: Flick Lives

“The state-sanctioned erasure of American Indian culture from the consciousness of the American people continues.”

... but the promotion of African culture is pushed in our faces 24x7.


18 posted on 05/29/2022 5:56:08 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: DFG
Dear God in Heaven!

What about the Oklahoma National Guard 45th Infantry Brigade, formerly the 45th Infantry Division, that fought all the way from Anzio to Auschwitz - the THUNDERBIRD Division?

This is just too sick.

19 posted on 05/29/2022 5:58:00 AM PDT by OKSooner (So high gasoline prices are part of a plan? I thought that it was Putin's fault. WTAF?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; ealgeone
Try 100 years.

Try 25 years.

20 posted on 05/29/2022 5:59:38 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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