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Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren’t Enough White People Joining the Army (www.vice.com)

submitted 10 months ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Rep. Paul Gosar blamed the drop in white recruits on the army’s supposed “woke Marxist ideologies.”

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[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

From the Military.com reporting that the Vice article references:

"Another Army official pointed to partisan attacks from conservative lawmakers and media, which has an overwhelmingly white audience. Those groups have used the military as a partisan cudgel against the Biden administration, lambasting the services for being "woke," or so preoccupied with liberal values that they have abandoned their warfighting priorities. In most cases, those attacks have zeroed in on the services being more inclusive for women, service members from racial minority groups and LGBTQ+ troops."

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can only imagine how well a recruit would do if they joined with the goal of owning the libs and ending the woke agenda.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Hmm I wonder who would win. An ideolog with poorly thought out ideas working alone whose only weapon is his word or the ability of the US armed forces, largest employer on earth, to not embrace change.

[–] mazigoth@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish we could take all these shit talking politicians and draft them into active duty. They'd find out real fucking quick who the weak ones truly are, if they even survive long enough for their two brain cells to make that connection.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Maybe Heinlein was on to something. In the book the only way to be President was to have a career in both the main divisions of their military and the only way to hold any office was to hold a position in at least one.

I say this as a person who never served. So this wouldn't even really benefit me directly. Indirectly I would know that the people who rule us had at least once in their life not only do something for someone else but had a shit time of it