I read an article today about a new diversity training course forced on cadets at the Air Force Academy. Part of the training is the "proper use of pronouns" so no one gets offended. This might be the single, most stupid "woke" agenda I've ever seen.
Besides the usual "they/them," non-gender specific pronouns, cadets are being instructed not to use pronouns like "mom and dad." The reason? There are fellow cadets who may not have had both parents and they could be offended or hurt by these words that could make them feel excluded.
I'm sorry... (not really)... that's just stupid. A grown adult who gets their feelings hurt because someone else had both parents and they didn't has no business in military service. Imagine one of these pampered snowflakes being captured by the enemy. All their captors will have to do is tell them "You didn't have a mommy (or daddy)" and they will be spilling information freely. Why? Because that's how they were allowed to react at the Academy. They're being taught that their feelings matter, even in the military. What a crock.
I was stationed at the Air Force Academy for four years when I was in the Air Force. I wasn't a cadet but a medic at the base hospital. I was there in 1979, the last class to graduate all men. LCWB (Last Class With Balls) became the unofficial class motto. Sexist? Yep. Disrespectful? Probably. But you know what? No one got really upset about it. There were no diversity classes, no crying rooms or puppies. Seniors were told to keep their mouths shut about it. So they did... publicly.
The way the Academy is today makes me wonder if crying rooms and puppies have infiltrated the campus. Will our future pilots be trained how to resist the wrong pronouns in survival training? Let's just hope our enemies aren't paying attention to our ridiculous demands for them.
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