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Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren’t Enough White People Joining the Army (www.vice.com)

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Rep. Paul Gosar blamed the drop in white recruits on the army’s supposed “woke Marxist ideologies.”

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[-] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 15 points 5 months ago

Far-right commentators quickly pounced on those findings, and claimed they were “proof” that the armed forces had become overrun by “Marxists” who are forcing “wokeness” on its ranks—and, as a result, alienating prospective white recruits.

I may be reading this wrong, but the way that's worded would mean that anti-wokeness is white supremacy. I mean, I get that, that's what they've been quietly running on, but I hadn't noticed them swapping over to just flat out admitting something along the lines of "let's admit we're here for a race war".

[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

The best parody of real life is reality. It's crazy just how I'm your face they are and still not enough people care to oust them.

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