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Trump Blasted After Military Scrubs WWII Navajo Code Talkers From Websites Due To 'DEI' (www.comicsands.com)

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Apparently it really is the case that anyone who isn't white is somehow unqualified.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So making America great again clearly means a return to the era of rampant racism (did that ever really go away?). And sexism. And ableism. Only this time it's going to be out in the wide open.

What's next?

Child labor?
Slavery?
Debtors' prisons?
Mental Institutions?
Orphans for "deformed" children?
Trail of Tears 2? (probably why he wants to annex Greenland and/or Canada)

This is gets more depressing as fuck every day.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Florida is on it already.

Florida considers bill to roll back child labor laws to fill jobs once held by undocumented migrants

They want minors to work night shifts and encourage people to home school their kids, so they can work more! Yay, progress.

Edit: Oh and they want to pay them below minimum wage!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

He doesn't care about America, simple as that. He is a Russian asset that is dismantling the Government, he is selling you all out whilst distracting you all with news like this.

The USA is dead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

So this is a Pinky and the Brain situation only very real and very terrifying

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There is literally no way to define this anti-DEI craze except saying "anyone who wasn't white and male never helped with anything". There isn't even a veneer on it. It's pure racism, sexism... probably many other isms.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fascisms

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Priapisms

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don’t Ever Improve!!!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

That's the DEI that they want!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Dine*

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's crazy how DEI didn't even exist then yet his base will agree that these types of move are ok. The DOD excuse is just going to be "we used AI". That still has nothing to do with the fact that you're erasing things that have nothing to do with DEI drop the A

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Not according to my neighbor, Lincoln started DEI according to him.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Veterans tend to vote republican. I'm guessing the numbers would be about the same for active members. Says a lot about our military doesn't it? They approve of this.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/30/military-veterans-remain-a-republican-group-backing-trump-over-harris-by-wide-margin/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Veterans tend to vote republican. I'm guessing the numbers would be about the same for active members.

No, I don't think so.

I think it's worth noting that "veterans" as a population skew heavily towards old white men. If you weight for age, gender, and race, does that veteran population support Republicans at higher rates than non-veterans of similar demographic profiles?

Here's a 2023 Pew profile of veteran demographics that shows that:

11% were women, and 89% were men.
74% were non-Hispanic white.
28% were under 50 years old, 36% were between 50-69, and 37% were over 70.

I couldn't find active duty polling for 2024, but the active duty vote leaned Biden in 2020.

I suspect if people actually broke out veteran preferences by age, gender, and race, you'd see that almost all of the veteran support for Republicans can be explained by their other demographics, not really anything special about being a veteran.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Time for a covariance matrix!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I would love to see 2024 polling for active military, but I couldn't find any either.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've spoken to vets about trump calling them 'suckers and losers', they don't care and still support him. It's sad and disappointing to say the least.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Wait until veterans learn that DOGE is planning to cut their pension and disability benefits. Their current plan is to only let you get one or the other, but not both.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apparently it really is the case that anyone who isn't white is somehow unqualified.

I mean DEI literally exists to remedy the problem of institutional white supremacy (amongst other related issues).

When someone is against DEI, that leaves the objective conclusion they're either ignorant, and will change their mind when presented with reality, or they're pro-white-supremacy—i.e. a Neo-Nazi fascist, with zero room for leeway.

The fight for equality is always the same no matter what new labels the fuckos put on their current theft of freedom.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately, DEI also gave the white supremacists the perfect cover story for pushing white supremacism. Conservatives love their boogeymen and code worded hate speech, the concept of being "anti-DEI" provided the perfect cover for them that the corporate media can swallow without challenging.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why do people keep saying it’s because of “DEI”? Diversity, equity and inclusion aren’t driving this rather it's garden variety racism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s their little buzzword du jour that lets them be racist while blaming something else.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Just like affirmative action was the go-to word from the 90s to the 2010s.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Pathetic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

As directed by the guy who can't speak coherent English much less provide wartime comms.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (2 children)

As an veteran, I'd just like to offer an emphatic "fuck you" to anyone who thinks this is a good idea. If you served your country with honor, you deserve the same recognition as any other member of the Armed Forces that served alongside you. I don't care about your race, ethnicity, orientation, creed, religion, or anything else. We're all part of the same team.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Thank you for your service. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

The only people who think this is a good idea are racist bigots who think the only reason non-white people exist is to be slaves.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Every single day it's that fucker again. I'm from Europe, technically he shouldn't have any direct impact on my life and be an occasional footnote about what's going on on the other continent. And yet here we are, day after day wondering how much better the whole world could have been off if only one jerk had had slightly better aim.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As someone who is in most ways affect by Trump and Elon's destroying of the federal government (on Social Security disability, on Medicaid, in HUD public housing -- all federally funded) I HAVE to pay attention to this stuff thanks to my anxiety and not wanting to be surprised when I'm homeless or in some camp.

My therapist has to constantly remind me to not spend so much time looking at news but god damn this is fucking frightening. I wish I had the option to be able to tune this craziness out.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

only acceptable diversity hires are criminals, pedos and alcoholics

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Well, the white ones, anyway

[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Pete Hegeseth has an iron cross on his chest. That should Tell you everything you need to know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Where to place gifts for him?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's actually a Jerusalem cross, which is a separate thing but... equally suspect in this context. It's a symbol of the crusaders, so it goes right along with his "deus vult" one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Weird that I only ever hear about “Jerusalem crosses” from people trying not to look like neo-Nazis. Huh. Guess it’s like the apparently very well-known “Roman salute.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can't imagine you have much daily contact with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem of th Catholic Church, but they use it. National flag of Georgia too

The Jerusalem cross has actual historical backing, such as coins from 1200s Jerusalem, unlike the Roman salute which was just invented by a French painter

But of course, it's obvious that Hegseth has it because of the association with the Crusades, not the Catholics of modern day Jerusalem or the country in the Caucasus. Anyone that genuinely wants to depict themselves as a crusader today is probably a white supremacist

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, we all know the Crusaders did nothing but spread kindness, friendship, and joy throughout the world, so it’s a good thing that he has that. Right?

...Right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He is simply an avid Crusader Kings fan, there is nothing to worry about

Actually I think it might be worse if he was the kind of CK fan that would get "deus vult" tattooed on himself

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Exactly. Though crusades have been broken on launch basically every time, so it's possible he's just trying to be transparent about his war planning capabilities.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

they had unique special skills therefore dei /s

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The only blasting I want to hear about him is if it involves fast moving projectiles.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

We got so close...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Preferably if he himself is the projectile. "Out of a cannon, into the sun" style.

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[–] [email protected] 175 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Code Talkers are actual legends. Far beyond shameful to do this.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago (11 children)

This is infuriatingly disrespectful... just fucking sickening.

They already scrubbed Ira Hayes.

What the fuck are they gonna do next, rename every Army helicopter?

They are all either officially named, or given an... official-unofficial name, after native tribes or chiefs as a sign of respect for their determination, tenacity and ferocity in combat.

Blackhawk.

Chinook.

Kiowa.

Little Bird.

Shawnee.

Choctaw.

Cheyenne.

... and the Commanche and Arapaho, though those never went into full scale production/adoption.

The Huey is actually named the Iroquois, it's just that its original designation of UH-1 got ... nickname-ized and became more prevalent.

...

Oh my fucking god.

https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/2404797/why-do-army-helicopters-have-native-american-names/

This was the page that described what I am talking about with helicopter naming conventions.

... they literally just affixed 'dei' to the page's name, pointed the old page to redirect to this dei- affixed page, and are then manually refusing to serve anything with dei- affixed to it.

... anger noises ...

If you wanna see a full list well I guess now you gotta go to wikipedia because Trump and Elon are racist fuck sticks.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._military_equipment_named_for_Native_Americana

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

We are losing so much more than we realize this very moment. This is the true moment, not the election, when we decide if we want to move forward to a world that celebrates our differences, or one that imprisons us because of them.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

They're nothing in the eyes of Bigly Chief Bone Spurs

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

If they could feel shame they would be deeply upset by this

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