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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly attempting to block four Army officers, two women and two Black men, from a military promotion list to become one-star generals – though his motivations are unclear.

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[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 81 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure his motivations are super clear,

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, definitely black and white...

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Now come on guys... it might not be racism this time... It could be good ol' nepotism.

Need to stack them ranks with yes men and sycophants. It worked so well for Putin.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 20 points 2 days ago

though his motivations are unclear.

No, no. It's pretty clear why.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Gotta love Sleepy Don in the corner of that photo.

One of these days, he'll fall asleep and won't wake up. And it'll be caught on camera, and it'll be glorious.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Makes you wonder how long it'll be before anyone notices.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Cholesterol can't work fast enough.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You just gave me something to hope for

ETA: think he'll be hot mic'd one of these meetings and we'll hear him snore?

[–] WandowsVista@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

to me, DEI was never about hiring women or people of color over others, but rather to ensure unqualified white men don't end up in charge.

looks like we're back to the status quo.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the bullshit I don't understand. When will they start looking into unqualified white men?

[–] WandowsVista@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

they did but unfortunately unqualified white men™ were in charge of the investigation and they found no fault by themselves.

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well considering his predisposition i would say his motivations are pretty clear, two don't have a penis and two are the wrong colour, it's like that episode from Family Guy where entry is based on colour and another example is Space King NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!!

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, you have it all wrong, it's that two have the wrong *color". Get out of here with those extra letters, you Euro weenie!

[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Gee, I wonder why he blocked the promotions for these 4 officers in particular........I guess we can never know

[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Hegseth is a sad little turd

[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

White Jesus loves you Mr. Most Supreme Secretary of War!!!

[–] nforminvasion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Show some respect. That's our Lord and Slaver Supply Side Jesus you're referring to.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Sounds like hegseth likes DEI after all, just for different skin tones and reproductive arrangements.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thats gotta be an amazing morale booster for everyone...

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think you meant morale, but I guess it works both ways.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I did, and it does!
I fixed it though, thank you

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

We'll take all the women and minority generals and they can have their anti-dei bootlicker generals.

[–] Pulsar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Who might have thought that MAGA DEI think was a excuse for open racism. 🤔