Nope, this isn’t satire.
Former Congressman Scott Taylor was recently sent an image of classes given to Army recruits at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. One of the classes was titled “Uniformed Perspectives: The Evolution of Cross-Dressing in the Military and Gender Norms.”
The United States Military Academy was founded on March 16, 1802. It’s a four-year college that “builds, educates, trains, and inspires the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to the Army Values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation,” its website states.
It’s long been respected as the premiere institution for military and academic training. Now however, I have a feeling that once pristine reputation – may be tarnished.
The class, taught by Morten Ender, Professor of Sociology and co-chair for Diversity & Inclusion Studies, is an obvious indicator that our military training strategies are going woke. Other than the cross-dressing/gender norms class, Ender also plans to hold one called “Do My Leaders ‘Get’ Me?: Unpacking the Importance of Representation in the Military.”
This was sent to me, classes at @WestPoint_USMA
Quite sure China and Russia are not teaching this nonsense to their officers.
Fix yourself. #dod #army pic.twitter.com/QrhEuG8nHb
— Scott Taylor (@Scotttaylorva) May 4, 2024
In response to Taylor’s post about the classes, users on X were pissed that THIS is what our U.S. Military is prioritizing.
“I expect China and Russia military schools have this up as a motivational poster, no longer fearing the U.S. military” one user wrote. Another user said, “For those that think the military will not be used against us, think again. This is not the military of old. This is the woke military.”
Others called the class “disgusting” and asked “what can we do?”
This isn’t the first indicator that the U.S. Military is heading down a path of wokeness.
Last month a member of our military posted a TikTok video in his camos shaking his booty for the camera. Last year the Navy appointed a drag queen for help in recruitment in order to attract a “talented” and “diverse workforce.” Similarly, oftentimes around pride month in June, multiple branches share their solidarity with LGBTQ people. In 2022 the U.S. Marines posted a helmet with rainbow pride bullets lodged in it, the U.S. Air Force wrote #CelebratePride in a post and the U.S. Space Force posted a graphic with the words “QUEER SPACE” on it and an astronaut holding a pride flag.
Thing is, when our foreign threats see things like these, see that our eventual troops are learning about queer crap and cross-dressing instead of how to protect our nation, those foreign threats are going to have no fears of coming in and demolishing us.
We need to facilitate a military of strong warriors, not woke social-justice warriors.