4 May 2023 11:21 am
Wokeness is also infecting our armed forces, where the ideology “undermines military readiness in various ways,” says Thomas Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation.
“It undermines cohesiveness by emphasizing differences based on race, ethnicity, and sex,” Spoehr said last year during a lecture. “It undermines leadership authority by introducing questions about whether promotion is based on merit or quota requirements. It leads to military personnel serving in specialties and areas for which they are not qualified or ready. And it takes time and resources away from training activities and weapons development that contribute to readiness.”In a Daily Caller article listing “The Top 7 Times The Military Went Woke In 2022,” reporter Micaela Burrow noted that our service academies teach critical race theory; the Marine Corps is “ditching male-centric training practices at” boot camps; the Pentagon has created a DEI committee; and it has also prioritized climate change.“Under the Biden administration, the Department of Defense (DOD) pushed through a raft of policies elevating racial and gender diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as fighting climate change, as a department priority,” says Burrow, “This ‘woke’ agenda, brought on by elected and appointed leaders, counteracts the military’s culture of merit and distracts from the DOD’s primary mission to defend the U.S. from external threats, critics argue.”Count us among those critics.Wokeness is winning because our institutions have become cowardly and complicit; businesses are afraid they will fall behind if they don’t score well on the Corporate Equality Index, which is a Maoist extortion racket that demands prescribed behavior from companies; and the average American is scared of being ostracized and canceled for not just uttering but even holding opinions the mob doesn’t like.Unless and until we overcome our fears, the malicious and depraved will continue their booted march through our culture and our economy. No one should be frightened to say that a system based on race, ethnicity, or gender over competence, intellect, and ability is dangerous. It is in fact mortally dangerous.
https://issuesinsights.com/2023/05/04/t ... are-death/
“It undermines cohesiveness by emphasizing differences based on race, ethnicity, and sex,” Spoehr said last year during a lecture. “It undermines leadership authority by introducing questions about whether promotion is based on merit or quota requirements. It leads to military personnel serving in specialties and areas for which they are not qualified or ready. And it takes time and resources away from training activities and weapons development that contribute to readiness.”In a Daily Caller article listing “The Top 7 Times The Military Went Woke In 2022,” reporter Micaela Burrow noted that our service academies teach critical race theory; the Marine Corps is “ditching male-centric training practices at” boot camps; the Pentagon has created a DEI committee; and it has also prioritized climate change.“Under the Biden administration, the Department of Defense (DOD) pushed through a raft of policies elevating racial and gender diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as fighting climate change, as a department priority,” says Burrow, “This ‘woke’ agenda, brought on by elected and appointed leaders, counteracts the military’s culture of merit and distracts from the DOD’s primary mission to defend the U.S. from external threats, critics argue.”Count us among those critics.Wokeness is winning because our institutions have become cowardly and complicit; businesses are afraid they will fall behind if they don’t score well on the Corporate Equality Index, which is a Maoist extortion racket that demands prescribed behavior from companies; and the average American is scared of being ostracized and canceled for not just uttering but even holding opinions the mob doesn’t like.Unless and until we overcome our fears, the malicious and depraved will continue their booted march through our culture and our economy. No one should be frightened to say that a system based on race, ethnicity, or gender over competence, intellect, and ability is dangerous. It is in fact mortally dangerous.
https://issuesinsights.com/2023/05/04/t ... are-death/