old salt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:23 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:20 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:15 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:12 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:58 pm
White Rage
...in the military, to boot.
Not sure what you are referring to?
If referring to Milley's comment, he was speaking specifically to wanting to understand the "white rage" expressed on Jan 6.
It was part of his testimony when he was defending the book under question on the CNO's recommended reading list.
Actually, he was asked whether he wanted to respond to the question put to Secretary Austin from Gaetz regarding the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the military, including West Point. He'd indicated a desire to speak to it, but Gaetz wouldn't let him speak. He was some ticked off. Ripped Gaetz pretty good as they say.
His comment about wanting to learn about 'white rage' was specific to Jan 6.
The quote's are in here.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your ... communism/
He was responding to a question from Rep Waltz (Green Beret Colonel) about "white rage" being discussed in a "voluntary talk" at West Point.
...let's see if White Rage is a new woke talking point.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/23/10095928 ... e-military
Actually, he was responding to Rep Houlahan asking him if he wanted to respond to the exchange Gaetz had with Austin. He'd wanted to speak then, but Gaetz claimed the time. Watch the actual exchange...this is what has the right wingers heads exploding. You cool with Carlson, Salty?
Edit: He did also address Rep Waltz and his additional questioning directly when he referred to Waltz' service as a fellow Green Beret.
Actual text of Milley:
The text doesn't do full justice to the tone...watch it.
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A lot of us have to get much smarter on whatever the theory is, but I do think it’s important, actually, for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read.
The United States Military Academy is a university. And it is important that we train, and we understand ― and I want to understand white rage. And I’m white, and I want to understand it.
So,
what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building, and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America? What caused that? I want to find that out.
I want to maintain an open mind here, and I do want to analyze it. It’s important that we understand that because our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians, they come from the American people. So it is important that the leaders, now and in the future, understand it.
I’ve read Mao Zedong. I’ve read ― I’ve read Karl Marx. I’ve read Lenin ― that doesn’t make me a communist.
So what is wrong with understanding, having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?
And I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, general officers, commissioned and noncommissioned officers of being quote ‘woke,’ or something else because we’re studying some theories that are out there.
That was started at Harvard Law School, years ago. And it proposed that there were laws in the United States, antebellum laws prior to the Civil War, that led to a power differential with African-Americans, that were three-quarters of a human being, when this country was formed.
And then we had a Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation to change it. And we brought it up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and it took another hundred years [of segregation] to change that. So look, I do want to know, and I respect your service ― and you and I are both Green Berets ― but I want to know.
And it matters to our military and the discipline, the cohesion of this military, and I thank you for the opportunity to make a comment on that.”