By plans to rename ships, Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is seeking the erasure of brave Americans like Harvey Milk, Harriet Tubman, Thurgood Marshall and Medgar Evans
This has nothing to do with DEI. It is simple and plain bigotry, misogyny, and racism. What happens when these hateful acts discourage people of color from enlisting? They are already having trouble making their quotas.
It does and doesn't at the same time. Keep in mind Hegseth has SIGNIFICANT disabilities and disorders-his alcoholism. Most of it is simple bigotry, misogyny, racism, ableism, etc. Keep in mind the Founding Fathers weren't all Christian, and some had disabilities. Don't let the trumpers realize that. I'd like to see what a 23 and me report would reveal about Hegseth's DNA. Odds are he's not the pure white he wants people to think.
Toddler Hegseth believes that if he cannot see these people they cease to exist. Clearly, he does not know of the old maritime superstition that re-naming a ship is bad luck. It is also an abomination, as he tries to wipe out courageous people. He needs to see their names everywhere he goes. What a small, petty man he is--one who knows that he will never demonstrate even a fraction of the courage that these people did.
To be clear, Harriet Tubman WAS a warrior! From the Smithsonian Ian website: “On June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman, under the command of Union Colonel James Montgomery, became the first woman to lead a major military operation in the United States when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 slaves in the Combahee Ferry Raid during the Civil War.”
Hegseth and others of his ilk believe that "warriors" are by definition white and male. It would take the rest of the month -- or maybe the year? -- to list all examples to the contrary.
I am so angry! I wrote something a few weeks ago about a case involving my Dad’s company that went to Scotus on appeal. I noted that Thurgood Marshall had voted ‘for Dad’. All of these ships were named for heroes! Something that neither Hegseth nor Trump will ever be.
We need to continually stand up to defend our history of legendary Americans. Just like we do in our sports world, our sports legends in the past we're ground breaking because of a turning point in history. We have an obligation to future generations to have an honest history of what truly was.
Thank you for tackling these subjects. They are hard to understand and even harder to realize fully. Each time someone like Hegseth takes a wrecking ball to our beautiful and honored traditions that affirm our deepest and healthiest and most generous affirmations concerning our fellow travelers, I die just a little. I want to curl up in a corner and face the wall, because the wall is blank. It is my monument to grief and courage and fear. It is non-accusatory, and it is open and ready for what could next be written. It can take the sorrow I project onto it and not allow it to remain. It is patient and understanding. It knows no evil. It is the one steadfast place to name my sadness. Grief doesn’t stick to it, neither does anger or hatred. It knows that what we will write on our collective wall of democracy next is really up to us. So I guess the final question is: Can we erase from the walls of our history and democracy what men like Pete Hegseth are writing?
In fact, it's worse: Bigotry with ignorance that is feigned, cynical, callous, small-minded and weak. If Hegseth wasn't so insecure, perhaps he'd recognize what it actually means to be a warrior.
Wait until someone reads the list of women for which ships have been named to Trump. He will rename them all: Sacagawea, Gabriella Giffords, Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, Mary Sears (her research enabled submarines to hide), Rear Admiral Grace Hooper, Eleanor (and Franklin) Roosevelt, Leah H. Sutcliffe Higbee ( US Navy Nurse).
In June 2020 during Trump 1.0, he said he would "veto the annual defense policy bill if it included language renaming any military bases named for Confederate generals after Union generals...". This was during the George Floyd protest period. My, my, what a difference 5-yrs makes!!! 🙄🤬🤬
They want to erase us all. Unless you are white straight male Maga the rest of us don’t exist. Don’t count. Don’t count us out though. We will fight for what is right and get our America back. Stand up and speak out.
Hegseth will gladly try to erase any white male who does not support the Trumpian agenda. You may recall that they have removed pictures of General Mark Milley from the Pentagon.
It's worse than you think. 1 has to be CIS, white, ABLED, KKKKristian, etc. Note that means no one with glasses/contacts. It's the Eugenics regime. Don't let them realize that first Eugenics happened when whites first came to the US.
Could this Sec Def be ANY more hateful? I can see why it's bad luck to rename a ship. Surprised the John McCain name is still there but lucky for him his gender & color was the right (white)one. Heaven help us. Thank you Steven
What a phenomenal waste of money and time, not to mention its effect on history. They are small minded evil people, they are out for themselves and never for We The People.
This has nothing to do with DEI. It is simple and plain bigotry, misogyny, and racism. What happens when these hateful acts discourage people of color from enlisting? They are already having trouble making their quotas.
But DEI *exists* because of "bigotry, misogyny, and racism." Of course there's a connection!
Trump would gladly institute a DRAFT
It does and doesn't at the same time. Keep in mind Hegseth has SIGNIFICANT disabilities and disorders-his alcoholism. Most of it is simple bigotry, misogyny, racism, ableism, etc. Keep in mind the Founding Fathers weren't all Christian, and some had disabilities. Don't let the trumpers realize that. I'd like to see what a 23 and me report would reveal about Hegseth's DNA. Odds are he's not the pure white he wants people to think.
Toddler Hegseth believes that if he cannot see these people they cease to exist. Clearly, he does not know of the old maritime superstition that re-naming a ship is bad luck. It is also an abomination, as he tries to wipe out courageous people. He needs to see their names everywhere he goes. What a small, petty man he is--one who knows that he will never demonstrate even a fraction of the courage that these people did.
I did not know that re-naming a ship is bad luck but it does make sense.
To be clear, Harriet Tubman WAS a warrior! From the Smithsonian Ian website: “On June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman, under the command of Union Colonel James Montgomery, became the first woman to lead a major military operation in the United States when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 slaves in the Combahee Ferry Raid during the Civil War.”
Right you are. Thanks.
Hegseth and others of his ilk believe that "warriors" are by definition white and male. It would take the rest of the month -- or maybe the year? -- to list all examples to the contrary.
I agree with you! It is a good thing trump does not read, he would have the Smithsonian take that down!
I am so angry! I wrote something a few weeks ago about a case involving my Dad’s company that went to Scotus on appeal. I noted that Thurgood Marshall had voted ‘for Dad’. All of these ships were named for heroes! Something that neither Hegseth nor Trump will ever be.
Heroes v losers.
Amen to that.
We need to continually stand up to defend our history of legendary Americans. Just like we do in our sports world, our sports legends in the past we're ground breaking because of a turning point in history. We have an obligation to future generations to have an honest history of what truly was.
We hold these courageous people in our memories and they will still be there long after Hegseth passes to oblivion.
Exactly.
“Only the weak are cruel.
Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. “ Leo Buscalia
Thank you for tackling these subjects. They are hard to understand and even harder to realize fully. Each time someone like Hegseth takes a wrecking ball to our beautiful and honored traditions that affirm our deepest and healthiest and most generous affirmations concerning our fellow travelers, I die just a little. I want to curl up in a corner and face the wall, because the wall is blank. It is my monument to grief and courage and fear. It is non-accusatory, and it is open and ready for what could next be written. It can take the sorrow I project onto it and not allow it to remain. It is patient and understanding. It knows no evil. It is the one steadfast place to name my sadness. Grief doesn’t stick to it, neither does anger or hatred. It knows that what we will write on our collective wall of democracy next is really up to us. So I guess the final question is: Can we erase from the walls of our history and democracy what men like Pete Hegseth are writing?
Hang in there. Remember the grief is only because you know there's a better America to get to...
Thank you.🙏
He is not actually a “man”.
He's a toxic piece of excrement.
Only if we have trials and put them in prison. He may not be a Haldeman/Erlichman yet, but we have time to get ALL the truth.
Bigotry coupled with ignorance. A toxic combination.
In fact, it's worse: Bigotry with ignorance that is feigned, cynical, callous, small-minded and weak. If Hegseth wasn't so insecure, perhaps he'd recognize what it actually means to be a warrior.
I really despise his continual use of the term “warfighters”.
Wait until someone reads the list of women for which ships have been named to Trump. He will rename them all: Sacagawea, Gabriella Giffords, Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, Mary Sears (her research enabled submarines to hide), Rear Admiral Grace Hooper, Eleanor (and Franklin) Roosevelt, Leah H. Sutcliffe Higbee ( US Navy Nurse).
In June 2020 during Trump 1.0, he said he would "veto the annual defense policy bill if it included language renaming any military bases named for Confederate generals after Union generals...". This was during the George Floyd protest period. My, my, what a difference 5-yrs makes!!! 🙄🤬🤬
They want to erase us all. Unless you are white straight male Maga the rest of us don’t exist. Don’t count. Don’t count us out though. We will fight for what is right and get our America back. Stand up and speak out.
Hegseth will gladly try to erase any white male who does not support the Trumpian agenda. You may recall that they have removed pictures of General Mark Milley from the Pentagon.
It's worse than you think. 1 has to be CIS, white, ABLED, KKKKristian, etc. Note that means no one with glasses/contacts. It's the Eugenics regime. Don't let them realize that first Eugenics happened when whites first came to the US.
So childlike.
Nothing that they will try will erase anything done before them, but their acts will stay also.
So childish and very, very PETTY.
Lol, totally !!!
"but no one was left to speak out for me" is getting closer and closer and closer.
Could this Sec Def be ANY more hateful? I can see why it's bad luck to rename a ship. Surprised the John McCain name is still there but lucky for him his gender & color was the right (white)one. Heaven help us. Thank you Steven
What a phenomenal waste of money and time, not to mention its effect on history. They are small minded evil people, they are out for themselves and never for We The People.