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Oh, So That's Why the Pentagon's Woke Czar Was Reassigned
Townhall ^ | 03/31/2021 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 03/31/2021 8:02:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

I admit that I sort of just rolled my eyes and didn’t care when Richard Torres-Estrada was tapped to be the Pentagon’s first diversity and inclusion chief. He’s a ‘woke’ czar—and he didn’t last long. I mean you cannot make this up. Days after his appointment, Torres-Estrada's social media history was revealed, and it was what you usually see from unhinged coastal liberals concerning Trump derangement syndrome. Yes, you bet Hitler comparisons were made. The inclusion director pretty much said our former president was a Nazi. Even though he’s no longer president, Trump is still finding a way to take out his enemies in the Biden administration. but the irony is thick here regarding the job title and Torres-Estrada’s eventual fate (via Fox News):

The Pentagon's new diversity chief has been "reassigned" amid an investigation of past social media posts including comparing former President Trump to Adolf Hitler, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has been investigating the social media activity of Richard Torres-Estrada, days after he was announced as their new head of diversity and inclusion. Torres-Estrada's Facebook account is currently blocked from public view, but it was still viewable in time for Fox News' Tucker Carlson to include images of some of his posts during his show on Friday.

A spokesman said Torres-Estrada has not been fired but rather "assigned to other duties pending the results of the investigation."

"The Commander has directed an investigation to look into the facts surrounding Mr. Torres-Estrada’s selection," said Ken McGraw, a spokesman for the US Special Operations Command. "It would be inappropriate to comment on specifics until the evaluation is complete."

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed the existence of the investigation during a Monday press briefing in response to a question about Torres-Estrada's past posts. One social media posting juxtaposed a picture of Trump holding a Bible next to an image of Hitler.

Oh, these people—I’m telling you. We may despise them and everything they stand for—the feeling is mutual—but they are exceptionally entertaining, especially when they get a face full of their own woke buckshot.

Comparing a former president to Hitler in such a position might end up with you getting reassigned for sure. Yet, let’s not shy away from the larger issues -- the ‘woke’ trainings our military is being subjected to, along with the political correctness nonsense -- both of which are extremely disturbing. Is our military more concerned about intersectionality or protecting us from foreign threats?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: czar; diversity; pentagon; woke
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1 posted on 03/31/2021 8:02:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So, is Dick’s MAIDEN NAME Torres?


2 posted on 03/31/2021 8:05:31 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

SOCOM folks are usually pretty busy. They ain’t got time for this shit.


3 posted on 03/31/2021 8:08:46 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: SeekAndFind
Richard Torres-Estrada was tapped to be the Pentagon’s first diversity and inclusion chief.

The real problem here is that the Pentagon has a position titled "Diversity and Inclusion Chief". Anyone who desires this position will be a committed leftist ideologue, and will have the same views as Richard Torres-Estrada. The Pentagon should be required to provide an explanation for why this position exists at all, and how it helps the military in any way. How has America's military managed to survive all previous military engagements without a Diversity and Inclusion Chief?
4 posted on 03/31/2021 8:08:53 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SeekAndFind

So he wasn’t ‘inclusive’ enough?....................


5 posted on 03/31/2021 8:16:27 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
I could do that job, easily.
I would just have all the ossifers put on a layer of heavy facial camouflage paint, show 'em a mirror and tell 'em "That's your race. That's your gender. Anyone who thinks they're anything else needs to have their resignation letters on my desk in an hour."

6 posted on 03/31/2021 8:19:49 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
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To: SeekAndFind

Who is Richard Torres-Estrada’s boyfriend who worked to get him assigned to that position?


7 posted on 03/31/2021 8:22:47 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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“How has America’s military managed to survive all previous military engagements without a Diversity and Inclusion Chief?”

I thought the whole point of Special Operations was to be exclusive.


8 posted on 03/31/2021 8:27:47 AM PDT by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: SeekAndFind

He is being “reassigned” for comparing President t?rump to Hitler? Isn’t that what the woke totalitarians doe for breakfast each morning?

What was the problem? Was he not hateful enough to suit them?


9 posted on 03/31/2021 9:02:25 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: SeekAndFind

It is completely hypocritical of the wokies to reassign him for doing what they all do 24/7, and it is hypocritical but predictable for Facebook to block his page.


10 posted on 03/31/2021 9:06:12 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: SeekAndFind

And we all know that he would never have gotten the position if his name were Richard Towers-Street.


11 posted on 03/31/2021 9:08:09 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: SeekAndFind

He is being “reassigned” for comparing President Trump to Hitler? Isn’t that what the woke totalitarians doe for breakfast each morning?

What was the problem? Was he not hateful enough to suit them?


12 posted on 03/31/2021 9:09:11 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I am struck by the irony of people who constantly comp[are President Trump to Hitler “reassigining” someone for comparing Presidnet Trump to Hitler.


13 posted on 03/31/2021 9:12:05 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

There is no group of people less diverse and less inclusive than the diversity and inclusion crowd.


14 posted on 03/31/2021 9:13:05 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: SeekAndFind

The military is a clownshow now. They decide to appoint the first diversity officer in SOCOM, and didn’t even vet his social media?

The military will have to get it’s ass handed to it by China before they can reform.


15 posted on 03/31/2021 9:17:36 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: SeekAndFind

This is utter incompetence at SOCOM along with the new woke lunacy.


16 posted on 03/31/2021 9:18:44 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: SeekAndFind

Not surprised.


17 posted on 03/31/2021 9:25:57 AM PDT by bgill
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To: SeekAndFind

They did not do the most basic look at his background. They saw Senior Executive credentials and grabbed him without looking. This is a joke, but this type of incompetence at SOCOM cannot help but filter downwards. We have already seen it in a few cases. The flying clowncar CH-47 reaction team in Afghanistan packed with SEALS as a substitute for sound military CAS and artillery support because of treasonous ROE, the SEALs murdering a SF soldier who was gonna rat out their dope deal. A SEAL turning tranny and SEAL leaders prosecuting a fighting SEAL. The existence of a secret SOCOM base being revealed in an exercise app heat map showing the soldiers workout routines!

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/apps/a15912407/strava-app-military-bases-fitbit-jogging/

It’s got to be awful for the dedicated SF and SEAL men to train well and stay alive on operations. But it is exceedingly difficult to have a first rate operation when the highest levels of those units are fully corrupted.

They have had some amazing successes in rescues and raids in the last few years, but their world is going to get bad soon. I feel bad for the good guys there. The best leaders have been hounded away and vetted out of the service.


18 posted on 03/31/2021 9:29:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: SeekAndFind

SOCOM and SEAL and SF used to be held in awe by Americans. I am convinced the appointment of a diversity officer was not for any real function. It was merely meant to degrade America’s confidence and pride in some of our very best men.


19 posted on 03/31/2021 9:31:19 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: SeekAndFind

The Divisive Agenda is a tactic used to divide and conquer. Creating warring factions diverts attention from the looting and pillaging of the Barbaríans within the gates.


20 posted on 03/31/2021 9:32:36 AM PDT by griswold3
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