Readers are encouraged to remember the fictional Forrest Gump character was a poor, simple, fatherless, southern boy from Alabama brought up by his single-parent mother. And whose book and movie life sparked reflection on America’s 1950,’60, and ‘70s political turmoil. He is back in that role, resurrected as an enlisted 2022 American soldier.
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Dear Mama,
After six months in the military, I thought I would write you a letter and let you know how things were going. First of all, when you come up North to visit do not be surprised when in front of my superiors, I call you my “birthing person”. Saying “mom or dad” is not encouraged on base. The military says these terms are divisive and would violate something called the doctrine of “gender neutrality”. And could be hurtful to others who were brought up differently from us regular Americans.
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It has taken a bit of time to get used to, but I now understand that being born a white man I have profited from “white privilege”. I know you worked two jobs bringing up the family by yourself. And, how when the school principal wanted to throw me out of school, you went to his house and convinced him to let me stay. It must have been hard to convince him because when you came out it almost looked like you had been in a fight. Your make-up was smeared, and your dress was all messed up. Even so, when the school principal came out to say goodbye, he had a big smile on his shiny face and seemed very happy with your convincing. I finished school and didn’t let you down. And I learned the value of good old fashion American hard work, but my sergeant says that just makes the point: If you were not born a white woman and instead were brought up in an unprivileged home, you probably would not have had the opportunities to work those two jobs and do what it took to bring me up and keep the family off of welfare.
I am working really hard and doing good in the classroom and on field tests. At first, I didn’t understand why others who did not do as good, including a colored soldier and a female soldier who for some reason wanted to be a man, were given leadership positions ahead of me. There is another soldier, who in the shower sure does look like a regular guy, but he dresses like a woman and if by accident any of us refer to that guy as “him” we get reprimanded. It is hard to keep it all straight, but I think I’m getting it because I now understand all those folks deserved a leg up and special treatment because of all the “white male privilege “I have had.
Many of the colored soldiers are talking about getting paid cash money because of America’s terrible history of promoting slavery. They say the government is always spending more than they have and something called the Federal Reserve can just print another trillion dollars and send it out to their people. I know our great, great, northern cousin died in the Civil War, fighting for the North to free the slaves, but the colored soldiers have told me that doesn’t matter, and because of something called” Systemic Racism”, our cousin’s family don’t deserve anything.
The Secretary of Defense is a colored man named Lloyd Austin, and everyone says it is a good thing President Biden nominated him because of the need for something called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the top of the military chain of command. The first thing Austin did was order the entire military to look for extremists in the ranks. I’m not sure why the investigators kept asking all the troops who voted for Donald Trump, but the word is they couldn’t find any extremists. Not finding any of these bad-guy extremists didn’t change much and it sure seems like the folks who voted for President Trump are being watched and treated differently from everybody else. That’s because Secretary Austin knows there are an awful lot of white privileged Trump voters in the service, and the Brass says they are racist.
Secretary Austin appointed a colored woman to be responsible for our education in Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. All of the officers were thrilled that another unprivileged minority person was getting authority over us privileged white people. It seemed odd she {It is ok to call her that because she dresses in a woman’s uniform?} sent out emails calling us white privileged folks” Karens”. I figured in today’s US army, being called a “Karen” should not be upsetting because Karen might be a man, and the whole thing could be a compliment. But some of the troops got really upset. The Department of Defense showed these upset soldiers immediate respect and quickly deleted any references to the incident, and we are to proceed as if it never happened.
The officers all say how fortunate I am to be part of the new military culture of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. They call it “Woke, “and they learned it at the military academies. They say with Biden as President, soon the whole country will be this way.
I heard our neighbors and everyone in town have stopped encouraging their children to sign up for military service. I hope, as my birthing parent, you would pass this letter along so they can see how great it is to be part of America’s new future.
Love you
Forrest
In early 2021 President Joe Biden made a commitment to nominating cabinet members not on merit but solely driven by Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. Retired General Lloyd Austin was nominated to be the Secretary of Defense and was confirmed by the Senate. His first action was to pause the military and search for and root out extremists. Many Americans felt this was really an attempt to identify and mark white Trump voters as extremists. In the end, Austin’s attempted purge found no significant evidence of extremism in the US military. In September 2022 Secretary Austin announced the formation of the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion {DACODAI} with the intent to transform the military culture to become more aligned with the progressive “Woke” religion.
Kelisa Wing was appointed head of the military’s education department on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. She is responsible for the worldwide DoD’s department of education and oversees all children K-12. Multiple Emails have surfaced exposing Ms. Wing as an anti-white fanatic who often refers to white Americans in a derogatory way, describing them as” Karens”, which is a known degrading anti-white term. Ms. Wing’s social media accounts have been made private, and the DoD has no comment.
The Air Force Academy has been exposed as becoming a “Woke” institution, now encouraging all cadets to no longer use the terms mom and dad.
The” Woke” armed services of America are unable to fill their recruitment needs despite its attempt to advertise and entice people with alternative lifestyles. The US military is now considering lowering its standards to try and fill the ranks.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on record that if the “Woke” influence continues to infect our armed services and is not reversed soon, our military’s ability to respond to world events will continue to degrade, and America will no longer be safe.
The “Woke” contagion is not only spreading in our military.
Our schools, colleges, and corporations have also been infected, eating away at the fabric that brings America together. Instead of uniting, dividing us, using race and gender. Turning their back on what makes America great. That we are “One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”.
There is only one way to defeat the “Woke” contagion, and it is not a vaccine.
November 8th is coming!
Vote like our country’s, and your family’s future depends on it!! Because it does!!!
