Posted on 05/18/2021 5:20:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
Lohmeier contends he was speaking out against extremist ideologies, based on a reported February memo from Secretary Austin.
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A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Space Force who was relieved of his command told Fox News Digital on Monday he is being "misportrayed" online in regards to the comments about Marxism he made on a podcast earlier this month – and that he has received a private outpouring of support from fellow servicemembers.
Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, formerly the commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora Colo., was ousted from his position last week; a development first reported by Military.com.
Lohmeier told Fox News he still retains his rank but has been reassigned within the Space Force. The controversy came following Lohmeier's appearance on the "Information Operation" podcast, wherein he promoted his new book, "Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military."
Lohmeier said there is an ongoing investigation into whether his remarks or actions have been politically partisan – a claim he fervently denies.
"I don’t believe I was being partisan. It is not politically partisan to expose or attack critical race theory or Marxism," Lohmeier told Fox News Monday.
"The reason I say that is because Critical Race Theory and Marxism are antithetical to American values. Critical race theory fuels narratives that attack America's founding documents."
In that regard, Lohmeier said he is and was not attacking any political party or official.
"I'm being misportrayed online – I don't criticize any leader, or any person in the DoD (Department of Defense) or any elected officials – but I try to tee up ideas that I think are toxic," he said.
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― Kevin Alfred Strom
With ALL due respect, being ‘ruled over’ is about who you are willing to let rule over you - and what consequences you are willing to accept in refusing to be ruled. That’s what the American Revolution was all about.
Hopefully he is as he portrays himself.
Also, there should be NO “space force”.
There should ONLY BE Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves.
A Space Force was inevitable and necessary....................
Today’s Americans aren’t the Americans of yesteryear.......................
I disagree. Outer space is a unique environment requiring unique vehicles, equipment, and skills—the Space Force is necessary and proper.
Apparently we are ruled over by perverts, Communists, and black racists.
That’s just the beginning....................
This dude is already cucking himself. He’s attempting to apologize for saying out loud what normal people know already, that Marxism is terrible and anti American.
The purging of our military by the Harris/Biden administration begins, and takes up where the Obama military purge ended.
Nope, all those capabilities should be via NASA and all the other preexisting branches of the military. Not taken over from each of them/nor controlled by “space force”.
Like I just said to someone else:
Nope, all those capabilities should be via NASA and all the other preexisting branches of the military. Not taken over from each of them/nor controlled by “space force”.
A so called “space force”
NASA should be disbanded and sold to civilians ......................
The federal government made NASA weak/etc. on purpose to discredit, limit/etc. NASA on purpose.
Here is a Babylon Bee headline we might see soon:
Gulag Archipelago, Absent from Russia for 35 Years, Sited in USA ...
I don’t doubt that. NASA will eventually be supplanted by civilian corporations like Space-Ex and others, now in their fledgling stages.
Space will be conquered by Capitalists, not Communists................
We're at the point if a person speaks against commie thugs - commie totalitarians - they can lose their job. That's NOT America...
Stand up to the commies... their numbers are smaller and we're aware of them .... before they were ready for us to be aware. That said, document everything and hold your cards close to your chest... they're looking for us.
KYPD...........................
Yes the Space Force is required....NASA is long gone to social quotas....besides glow bull warming is their current area of study...however when they drive the patriotic commanders out of the Space Force it will turn into NASA 2.0
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