Posted on 03/10/2025 11:06:21 AM PDT by John Semmens
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's efforts to eliminate the racist and sexist Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies of his predecessor Lloyd Austin are being undermined by hold-over Biden Administration bureaucrats. Their strategy is "malicious compliance." Hegseth's intent is to elevate merit and competence over DEI's racial, ethnic, and gender quotas for hiring and promotion.
However, this intent has been twisted by a moronic effort to eliminate the word gay and African-Americans from all Department of Defense photos. Examples include photographs of the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima because "Enola Gay" appears on the nose of the plane, photos of troops where the name Gay appears on any shirt, and photos in which there are any Black servicemen.
Hegseth asserted that "any employee engaged in this sabotage is either too disloyal or too stupid to be employed by the DOD. We're going to identify the individuals responsible and separate them from their employment if they are civilians or separate them from the military if they are servicemen. Defending America from foreign threats is one of the most important functions of the federal government. Like the weapons we deploy, our personnel must be the best we can obtain. We shouldn't settle for sub-par performers just so we can fulfill arbitrary quotas."
Austin rejected Hegseth's "inhumane insistence on standards that would exclude persons of lesser abilities. A nation's armed forces should be comprised of persons from all walks of life. Not every American is highly intelligent, physically fit, or mentally stable. Former President Biden was allowed to be Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces even though he couldn't be said to have met any of these criteria. Why should those who serve in lesser roles be held to a higher standard? Those who serve in the government should resemble the American people. This is the goal that DEI is meant to achieve. We will regret throwing this goal away in a single-minded pursuit of excellence."
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pretty sure the people involved will get new assignments to a post in North Alaska or the new bases in Greenland, above the freeze line.
“Austin rejected Hegseth’s “inhumane insistence on standards that would exclude persons of lesser abilities. A nation’s armed forces should be comprised of persons from all walks of life. Not every American is highly intelligent, physically fit, or mentally stable.”
I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t want a bipolar transgender midget in my foxhole.
The civil servants doing this petty BS need to be GONE
Fortunately, there are a lot of new recruits since this baloney is finally going away.
Fortunately, there are a lot of new recruits since this baloney is finally going away.
DEI needs to DIE before more people DIE because of DEI!!!!!
Find these DEI terrorists in the DOD and publicly fire them before arresting and charging them with malfeasance, misfeasance, and/or nonfeasance. Publish videos of these people being perpwalked in handcuffs and leg irons to jail.
You’ve done (another) Freddie Freeman with this one !
This is the same BS school libraries pulled regarding the Bibles they claimed contained porn.
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