Pete Hegseth orders Navy to strip name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from ship in time for Pride Month
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/40120300
Defense secretary’s memo says stripping the name of the Navy veteran is part of an effort to reestablish ‘warrior culture’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-harvey-milk-ship-pride-month-b2763020.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca273
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Hey, remember when he used insecure Signal to communicate highly classified information? Whatever happened with that?
No, really, why did that story fade?
Because they're nazis and waving signs and tacos at them doesn't make them stop ?
OPSEC is clean.
To clarify: Signal is secure as far as we know, but these fools used a Signal knockoff that is basically a very insecure wrapper around Signal that totally undermines it.
I was actually surprised they were using it, because it keeps a record of communication (which the government officials are required to keep).
So it was a weird mix of irresponsible and responsible behavior.
Because Americans have brains roughly the size of hamsters so they can't fit much else beyond Dancing With The Stars and Real Wives of Whatever in there at any given time.
Also, we wake up to some new embarrassment from this administration every. single. day. So our timeline is pretty extreme right now.
That’s right, jimmy! People easily forget due to Firehose tactics as well as Bread and Circuses.
Nothing says "warrior culture" than being terrified of natural phenomenon.
Let me guess... to be replaced with Confederate soldier names?
Or, maybe, USS Jim Beam.
Lots of possibilities there!
Jim Beam
Jack Daniels
Henry Weinhard
Got a feeling his favorite Whiskey brand is Phillips.
I dunno, consider the owners...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Phillips
U.S.S. Hennessy
USS Gatorade
Why not Harvey Weinstein or Jeffrey Epstein?
or
S.S. 1488
How long until they just start naming things after Trump?
You kid buuut...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-bill-name-dc-metro-trump-train-part-ridiculous-pattern-rcna209970
Oh right, I forgot there is no bottom...
Ah yes, famous coward Harvey Milk /s
I'm not really convinced that homosexuality and "warrior culture" are at odds with one another.
Hercules
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Male_lovers_of_Heracles
Sacred Band of Thebes
Samurai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_Japan#Samurai_shud%C5%8D
Clearly the most important thing a war minister could be doing
No . Because ships do need designations. It's part of the normal course of things to name ships. It takes extra effort to go back and rename an existing thing though. And when it's done for no good reason it's just silly.
Fucking nazi asshole.
Harvey Milk took a bullet for his cause. Can Pete Hegseth say the same?
It's not too late!!!
Only after six million gallons of whiskey.
Naming military equipment after citizens who have contributed to the good of democracy reminds us that the military is controlled by the citizens, and reminds us of the values we ostensibly fight for. That’s a good thing.
The current administration is motivated by greed and spite. It has no interest in doing good things for the country. It considers its business to be mainly hurting people, when it's not stealing wealth.
Harvey Milk isn't just a citizen though, he's a military veteran.
The US regularly names vessels after politicians who are also military vets. Presidents often get something big, like an aircraft carrier named after them, lower level public servants tend to get smaller ships.
All that is to say, this isn't just some special case, this is just how we do things. This wasn't DEI, it was the normal state of affairs. So with that in mind, to go out of your way to change this name is so disrespectful... I have trouble describing it.
I didn’t know that thanks for clarifying
Remember when dipshit conservative voters thought this admin was going to increase the quality of their lives by addressing the cost of living and corruption and waste in our government?
Instead, they elected people like themselves; children trapped in adult bodies. So this is what they get. Something that in no way makes their lives easier.
Hegseth is a waste of oxygen, but the bottom line is the majority of voting Americans are too, and that's why he's where he is. Our culture is rotten. Things aren't going to get better any time soon. America is too stupid for that.
Yes, but they are PWNING TEH LIBZ!
Why can't you see how that makes everything better?
Seriously, I was talking to one of the cons I know this weekend and he's balls-deep in the MAGA Cinematic Universe. This is someone that thinks we were living under tyranny under Obama and under Biden, and now that we have "freedom", he looks forward to the economy being so much more beautiful (he also idiotically thinks that the economy under Biden - and which was the envy of the world was just terrible - though to be fair, I keep hearing centrists, and quite a few so-called "leftists" say the exact same dopey thing in spite of all the evidence of my eyes).
Alcoholic Pete falls down the stairs.
Pete uses a lot of product. Just sayin.
Pete is more product than warrior on any given day
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Pete Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip
Aw, the ship looks really bummed about it, too
Lol - that is one melancholy-looking ship face!
Oh thank goodness these asshats are doing some performative bullshit to distract from their destruction of so many other things. I am still paying $4 a gallon for gas, but at least I can say that donvict is "owning the libs" or whatever the fuck.
I wonder if the Americans are tired of winning yet.
Weird way to celebrate
From Wikipedia
Why not?
Because he was shot in the face while doing his democratically elected duty for being gay. He has become an icon and a hero and deserves recognition and honoring.