Hegseth intends to rename USNS Harvey Milk

[SuperDS77]

I'm afraid it would sink.

Would it include a working rudder?

 

[Tangmo]

So, the military should honor gay rights activism?

That's a MAGA hangup.

And nothing changes MAGAs.

MagaMericans are set in what they've always known you wanted. MAGAs are no lambs to be saved from the evil Trump. MAGAs are the same as Trump, since 2015. So this is nothing new.

 

[WorldWatcher]

I have this feeling that the whole thing is kinda arbitrary and Hegseth worrying about the name of a refueling vessel is simply culture war bullshit.

Ya think?

WW

 

[W_Heisenberg]

Let’s compare and contrast…

And let’s see how ridiculous MAGA-named ships would sound:

USNS Hegseth

USNS Gabbard

I also offer following names, not because they’d ever be put forward, but because we all know if these names would be put forward MAGA crowd would 100% accept them:

USNS Hannity

USNS Ingraham

USNS Giuliani

USNS Gorka

USNS Vance.

MAGA haven’t done a damn thing, don’t even deserve to be named after a ****ing life raft.

Imagine serving on ship named after a Russian stooge or a vapid, brain dead Talk show host who doesn’t believe in washing his hands after going to the bathroom, and put personnel in harms way through terrible handling of classified info. Imagine the hit to morale. Imagine serving on a ship named after a former disgraced mayor who tried to help overturn an election.

 

[MAGAnificent]

That's a MAGA hangup.

And nothing changes MAGAs.

MagaMericans are set in what they've always known you wanted. MAGAs are no lambs to be saved from the evil Trump. MAGAs are the same as Trump, since 2015. So this is nothing new.

Ultra-extreme TDS.

 

[coyote505]

Wrong.

"In 1955, he (Milk) resigned from the Navy at the rank of lieutenant, Junior Grade*, forced to accept an "other than honorable" discharge and leave the service rather than be court-martialed because of his homosexuality." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk

*(equivalent to a First Lieutenant in the Army).

Bottom line, he did nothing in military service to deserve a ship of any size be named after him. Nor IMO anything during his subsequent employment and political career.

SecDef Hegseth is simply doing what he has stated, i.e. seeking to make the Military an organization for War Fighters, not social justice warriors.

On the other hand, he seems to be oblivious to the maritime mythology that renaming a ship brings bad luck.

 

[Tangmo]

Ultra-extreme TDS.

Keep up the great work.

You must be sitting by the pool.

Because all your posts are doing is tinkering. Your posts mean nothing to you. It's playtime that's important.

 

[ncguy]

A highly localized figure maybe and even that is questionable. There’s a lot of revisionism that paints him as some kind of gay rights icon but the only ordinance he took the time to craft himself was the so-called “pooper scooper law” which required pet owners to clean up after their dogs. The ordinance to prohibit housing discrimination was proposed by somebody else and he just sponsored it. Truth is that all he was famed for at the time was getting on Dianne Feinstein’s nerves.

at the time the ship was named was he well known and respected as a civil rights figure? yes or no?

the more interesting point is the right wing obsession with gays and woke and dei etc. renaming a ship because they are snowflakes? lol

 

[MAGAnificent]

You must be sitting by the pool.

Actually, I do not keep a desktop computer by the pool. At the moment, I am inside the house enjoying air conditioning and a hot cup of coffee.

 

[Sidd Finch]

Ultra-extreme TDS.

Ultra-stupid MAGA bumper sticker bullshit.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I have this feeling that the whole thing is kinda arbitrary and Hegseth worrying about the name of a refueling vessel is simply culture war bullshit.

Watch that boat's morale and efficiency soar when Pete renames it "USNS MIGHTY ALPHA WARRIOR MALES NOT COMPENSATING FOR ANYTHING"

 

[Sidd Finch]

Watch that boat's morale and efficiency soar when Pete renames it "USNS MIGHTY ALPHA WARRIOR MALES NOT COMPENSATING FOR ANYTHING"

They'll install those stupid truck testicles for anchors.

 

[Lycanthrope]

They'll install those stupid truck testicles for anchors.

 

[W_Heisenberg]

Also, the whole point of having a military is to kill the enemy should the situation arise. There's nothing about being gay that prevents you from killing the enemy. Also, wasn't the greatest general in recorded human history gay?

 

[ncguy]

Also, the whole point of having a military is to kill the enemy should the situation arise. There's nothing about being gay that prevents you from killing the enemy. Also, wasn't the greatest general in recorded human history gay?

5 gay rulers from ancient history

Hadrian's most famous male lover, Antinous, was a Greek youth he met during one of his travels

www.history.co.uk

 

[Lycanthrope]

Also, the whole point of having a military is to kill the enemy should the situation arise. There's nothing about being gay that prevents you from killing the enemy. Also, wasn't the greatest general in recorded human history gay?

 

[Absentglare]

Apparently Secretary Hegseth is lactose intolerant.

More like homosexual intolerant.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Also, the whole point of having a military is to kill the enemy should the situation arise. There's nothing about being gay that prevents you from killing the enemy. Also, wasn't the greatest general in recorded human history gay?

 

[Buster Keaton]

He didn't get a honorable discharge because of conservative bigots.

Liberal bigots hate mainstream society.
They are constantly working to destroy it.
When the Progressive bigots get everything that they want it becomes a dystopian nightmare.
As we can all observe mainstream people fleeing from the Blue cities and states.
The crazy Left Wingers claim to be the open minded and tolerant side, but they hate a lot of people because of their race, religion, region, and economic class.
It is a huge myth that Liberals are tolerant people.

 

[Buster Keaton]

Milk did not receive a Dishonorable Discharge. Facing possible court martial simply for being gay, Milk accepted an Other Than Honorable discharge.

Harvey Milk: Veteran

This June the National Archives is commemorating National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month, which honors the important contributions that LGBTQ+ Americans have made to U.S…

prologue.blogs.archives.gov

It's About the same thing.

 

[Lursa]

For being a civil rights figure
In a class of ships named after civil rights figures

Reading is not a MAGA strong point.

 

[Buster Keaton]

Harvey Milk was denied the opportunity to complete his service by gay hating bigots.

Pete “Whiskeyleaks” Hegseth is choosing to dishonor Milk and all gays who serve during pride month to virtue signal to all the gay hating bigots still alive today.

But what is the whole story.
Was be hitting on straight men?
That is what gets a lot of Gays in trouble in the military.

 

[Questerr]

Liberal bigots hate mainstream society.
They are constantly working to destroy it.
When the Progressive bigots get everything that they want it becomes a dystopian nightmare.
As we can all observe mainstream people fleeing from the Blue cities and states.
The crazy Left Wingers claim to be the open minded and tolerant side, but they hate a lot of people because of their race, religion, region, and economic class.
It is a huge myth that Liberals are tolerant people.

Mainstream Nazi society was antisemitic. Was it wrong when liberals there opposed that mainstream society?

Do you believe gays should be oppressed and discriminated against?

 

[ncguy]

It's About the same thing.

only to homophobic right wingers.

 

[ncguy]

But what is the whole story.
Was be hitting on straight men?
That is what gets a lot of Gays in trouble in the military.

was he? do you have any evidence he was?
or are you just being a typical homophobic bigot?