Posted on 12/21/2021 5:15:51 AM PST by Red Badger
Pentagon targets extremism in the ranks with new rules https://t.co/YtmuIyBdwU pic.twitter.com/xo9SqK96Ev
— The Hill (@thehill) December 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning that extremism in the ranks is increasing, Pentagon officials issued detailed new rules Monday prohibiting service members from actively engaging in extremist activities.
According to the Pentagon, fewer than 100 military members are known to have been involved in substantiated cases of extremist activity in the past year. But they warn that the number may grow given recent spikes in domestic violent extremism, particularly among veterans.
Officials said the new policy doesn’t largely change what is prohibited but is more of an effort to make sure troops are clear on what they can and can’t do, while still protecting their First Amendment right to free speech. And for the first time, it is far more specific about social media.
The new policy lays out in detail the banned activities, which range from advocating terrorism or supporting the overthrow of the government to fundraising or rallying on behalf of an extremist group or “liking” or reposting extremist views on social media. The rules also specify that commanders must determine two things in order for someone to be held accountable: that the action was an extremist activity, as defined in the rules, and that the service member “actively participated” in that prohibited activity.
Previous policies banned extremist activities but didn’t go into such great detail, and also did not specify the two-step process to determine someone accountable.
What was wrong yesterday is still wrong today, said one senior defense official. But several officials said that as a study group spoke with service members this year they found that many wanted clearer definitions of what was not allowed. The officials provided additional details about the rules on condition of anonymity because they were not made public.
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https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-military-extremism-02c18e646805ede69802644e44aeb37a
Liking this meme might get you punished:
A liberal's idea about the First Amendment sounds a lot like the old saying from Ford, "You can have any color you like as long as it's black". Or should that be "Black"?
I'll bet you a good steak dinner and drinks that the only "extremism" they are targeting is perceived right-wing extremism.
I'll bet personnel are quite free to espouse and support all the most extreme woke ideas and ideals. Proselytize their fellow personnel on LGBTQ issues. Wear Che Guevara T shirts, even say nice things about socialism... But a MAGA hat will have you in front of the base commander, guaranteed.
Blindfolded and a cigarette...............
By FB FACT CHECKERS or fb opinionators:-)
Call it a hunch, but any ‘likes’ given to BLM, Antifa, ad nauseam are A-OK.
This is a requirement for Leftist ideological purity.
It is theocracy.
Chinese.......................
God bless America again
You must know the trouble that she’s in
Wash her pretty face
Dry her eyes and then
God bless America again
Beautiful song by Bobby Bare
Extremism in the ranks is at the Pentagon
I’d like to follow up on my Bobby Bare post. I got to meet Bobby Bare in Crossville, TN when he was there visiting his bud and another singer, Billy Parsons, who had a one hit wonder (All American Boy). Met both of them at the park a number of times.
This was back in the mid-fifties. I lived In Rockwood, TN and would thumb to Crossville, 25 miles away, because they had a State Park and State Parks is a fun place for teenagers.
Teens back then didn’t have cars and most of us didn’t have indoor toilets and our moms would cook on a wood burning stove.
Ahh, those were the days!
This is specifically prohibited in the Bill of Rights! This is a government organization preventing the right of free expression.
i wanna see the list... bet there’s no burnlootmurder restrictions
Exactly. Any thinking person can see just what is going on here, and will not like it.
It’s the rise of evil that is consuming people and blinding others. This is result of years of God being ignored.
What a load of communist BS. We are now the Red Army.
SMH
Zampolit billets coming.
Funny huh, When you finish boot camp in the Marines
all you get is the name Marine.
It’s enough.
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