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In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s quest to nix all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) content, some photos on the Pentagon’s website and online posts appear to be marked for deletion just because they include the word “gay”—regardless of what the context is.

One such case, the Associated Press reported, is a photograph of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945. In the picture, pilot Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. poses in front of the plane, which was named after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 41 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These people are idiots voted in by idiots. Mike Judge must be a descendant of Nostradamus.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Except those characters saw an issue and brought in the smartest person they could find to help figure out their situation.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also the whole thesis of the movie is flawed, it assumes smart people only have smart kids and dumb people only have dumb kids, ignoring the influence education has.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No need to beat around the bush: the movie's core premise is that "eugenics good". It's really a shame that people (who probably haven't watched it at all or in a long time) hold it in such high regard.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago

Next week on The USA: Hegseth jettisons the nuclear arsenal into the ocean — says “arse” sounds kinda gay

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

One million percent this guy walking around with a jumbo sized plug up his butt hole, ‘large masculine insertions’ open in 175 tabs at all times

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

They're all dick shaped easy for conservatives to get arous... er confused

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Fucken idiot

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago

I was about to joke about the Enola Gay. Reality had me beat yet again

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Stupid f****t plane!" Hegseth said, between lunchtime kamikaze shots. He then led the office in a sing-song chant of "Delete! Delete!" while performing a kind of russian kick-step.

Sources who spoke on the condition of bronymity said he then jammed his foot against the nearby cubicle wall and got it stuck between it and the wall. "Cheap ass c*********g cubic- g's**t! I'll f**king sue!" he said laughingly according to video posted to X.

While waiting for maintenance workers to free his foot, he fired one of them for "looking f**king gay". "Jerry! Beer me!" he called to Undersecretary for National Defense Strategies, Jerry O'Brien, while the remaining maintenance worker prepared a power grinder tool.

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I’m waiting for high-ranking military personnel to start slapping the shit out of these people.

I hope they don't find out about the Humpback whales lol....