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Secretary of defense on diversity
X ^ | Pete hegseth

Posted on 02/07/2025 8:14:04 PM PST by datricker

Pete Hegseth: "The single dumbest phrase in military history is 'our diversity is our strength.' I think our strength is our unity. Our strength is our shared purpose."


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KEYWORDS: hegseth; military; pentagon; secofdefense; strength; unity
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What a breath of fresh air
1 posted on 02/07/2025 8:14:04 PM PST by datricker
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To: datricker

Diversity is literally the direct opposite of unity


2 posted on 02/07/2025 8:15:23 PM PST by This_Dude
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To: This_Dude

It depends on if the diversity comes first in those people’s lives.

I grew up in NYC in a time when various ethnic groups were just starting to leave their cliques and hang around with others.

Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, even some kids with spanish backgrounds started to hang in a group.

All of us were/are Americans but with diverse recent ancestry.

We all loved our country and we were all solid friends soon enough.

PUSHING diversity instead of letting diverse groups naturally get friendly and then close is ridiculous.

No one FORCED US to hang together.

Nothing wrong with people with diverse backgrounds working and/or playing together.

But their core beliefs and purposes must be the same.

Dems don’t want that...or they want it to be their believes and purposes.

Which are always nefarious.


3 posted on 02/07/2025 8:20:34 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: datricker

Our strength is our firepower, readiness, supply chain, trained and capable personnel, and willingness to use it all to defend our country.


4 posted on 02/07/2025 8:23:42 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Nitzy: New and Improved! Now with only 66% anti-semitic posts!)
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To: datricker
(Pete Hegseth: "The single dumbest phrase in military history is 'our diversity is our strength.' I think our strength is our unity. Our strength is our shared purpose.")

EXCELLENT!!!


5 posted on 02/07/2025 8:25:25 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dp0622

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw&pp=ygUMTWUgYW5kIGp1bGlv


6 posted on 02/07/2025 8:28:30 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: dp0622

“their core beliefs and purposes must be the same.”

And therein lies the aforementioned unity.


7 posted on 02/07/2025 8:29:34 PM PST by This_Dude
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To: datricker

Clarity of thought!


8 posted on 02/07/2025 8:33:41 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: dp0622

What unites people is shared values.


9 posted on 02/07/2025 8:36:17 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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To: gundog

Thanks.

Never saw nor heard that before.

A lot to think about / down by the schoolyard.


10 posted on 02/07/2025 8:36:19 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: This_Dude
Diversity is literally the direct opposite of unity

I agree wholeheartedly with your statement.

Also, what kinda 20th century website requires me to know HTML in order to compose this response. It's so stupid.

I think I need to try to buyout the owners cause they are totally neglecting this resource of the conservative movement by letting it waste away.
11 posted on 02/07/2025 8:36:23 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: This_Dude

Eric Arthur Blair:
DIVERSITY IS UNITY


12 posted on 02/07/2025 8:41:12 PM PST by A strike ("We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files ..)
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To: dp0622

Excellent post Sir


13 posted on 02/07/2025 8:52:48 PM PST by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: datricker

the truth is breathtaking in its simplicity.


14 posted on 02/07/2025 8:55:08 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead

Got 10 million bucks?


15 posted on 02/07/2025 8:57:50 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I’ll respond privately.


16 posted on 02/07/2025 9:05:18 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: lightman
You’re welcome. Paul Simon liked that a lot could be read into it.
17 posted on 02/07/2025 9:08:33 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: datricker

Pete is doing great at Defense.


18 posted on 02/07/2025 9:12:46 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: aquila48

What shared values do the majority of people in America have?

What imparts those values to them?


19 posted on 02/07/2025 9:14:51 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead

I learned not to bother with HTMLs. I just use quotes to quote people. We shouldn’t have to type a bunch of crap to post pictures either. Should just be a tab saying “ post photo.”

A like button wouldn’t hurt either, along with an edit post option. Autocorrect is a bastard and I see it screw everybody over all the time


20 posted on 02/07/2025 9:17:20 PM PST by This_Dude
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