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Military to Remove 'Enola Gay' Photos for Violating DEI Rules - Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)

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[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 31 points 1 month ago

This is stupid, yes.

But don’t let it distract you from the massive turncoat we just handed to Ukraine.

They are trying to flood the zone. They have learned to manipulate the 24 hour news cycle. Remember where our priorities are. Remember the country we aspire to be. Remember the fallen. Remember the heroes.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Okay, I remember. Now, what can I do about it?

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Put on a green hat and plunge the toilet

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

God damn if this just isn’t the perfect way of putting it.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Curse of eloquence. I always know how to phrase things trenchantly, but I'm deeply ineffectual

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

get out and make some noise. seriously - find a group (protest, town hall, whatever) and show up. repeatedly.

the wife and I are heading to another small protest in our very red town today. we have our banner, handouts and cowbells ready. going to get dirty looks (we dont give a fuck anymore) and supportive honks.

the more others see resistance, the more likely they are to agree that this is not normal.

alone you can do very little, but many yous can do a great deal.

edit: punctuation

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Are you showing up with a rifle, or just there with arts and crafts?

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 month ago

Are you meant to go to protests armed? What good would that bring? Are you expected to kill people at your protest?

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Only if you want to make change. Peaceful protests have a history of not working well. That's why you're encouraged to do them. People had to pay attention to the Black Panthers when they showed up. They didn't have to use the rifles, just have them. Until we're serious enough about it to carry rifles, we're simply not serious enough for people to care.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am saddened that you feel that the threat of killing is the only solution :(

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It is sad. I was really hoping someone like Bernie could be elected and we could things peacefully. Turns out, that's not going to work.

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

there with voices and visuals

opinions vary, but I dont think we are at the ammo box stage quite yet.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

So, still easily ignorable.

[-] BalderSion@real.lemmy.fan 2 points 1 month ago

A list of options has been previously catalogued.

I'll grant you it's easier to daydream about violence.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yep, that's a list of options of things that will be easily ignored. Let me know when you're serious about over throwing fascism.

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Step 1 is to talk about it. Recruit 5 more people to the cause. Get them to do so. Repeat.

We need to stir things up to a fever pitch. Then we can use that potential energy to make effect change.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Here's some reading material

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's a blast from the past.

[-] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

Pete Hegseth is truly one of the weakest people in the country. I guess we now know that words really do hurt him. Just say "gay, trans, LGBT, and diversity" and he'll probably go sit under his desk to suck on a bottle of Jack.

[-] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Or name a plane after your mother, if her middle name happens to be Gay then it's time to scrub the history of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb in ww2...

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago

You'd think the Military, of all branches, would know American history. "Gay" had a different meaning back then. This is just going to cause another Streisand Effect.

[-] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

'Enola Gay' was named after the pilot's mother, it was her first and middle name iirc

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 1 month ago

They can't be fucking serious.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

They are incredibly, abjectly stupid.

[-] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Stupid people are arguably worse than evil people https://youtu.be/53ZaXpIn2fg

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

FTFY

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

That's effing gay.

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