Posted on 03/10/2017 5:22:15 AM PST by markomalley
The Air Force fears that words like boy, girl, colonial and blacklist might offend people, according to an email sent to Airmen at Joint Base San Antonio.
An outraged Airman sent me a copy of the email – as evidence the military is still infected with Obama-era political correctness.
The email included an attachment that listed a number of words and phrases that might be construed as offensive.
Now, to be fair there were some legitimately offensive and racially charged words and phrases on the list. But also included on the list were the words boy and girl.
The email was written by a senior Air Force leader and was sent to an untold number of personnel at Lackland Air Force Base.
Airmen were advised to study a list of words and phrases that “may be construed offensive.”
Here’s a partial list of the dubious words and phrases deemed troublesome by the Air Force:
1. Boy
2. Girl
3. You People
4. Colonial
5. Blacklist
6. Blackmail
7. Blackball
8. Sounds Greek to me
9. Blondes have more fun
10. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians
“Please be cognizant that such conduct is 100 percent zero tolerance in or outside of the work climate,” the email read. “Let’s capitalize on our richly diverse climate, and help others seek assistance if they are struggling with compliance.”
Based on my interpretation of the email, it’s pretty clear that Airmen have been advised not to use those words in any sort of context – on or off base.
So I reached out the public affairs office at Lackland to find out why they had a problem with the words boy and girl. Was it true that the Air Force had banned those words?
“The Air Force has no list of prohibited terms,” a public affairs spokesperson told me. “It was sent out by an individual simply reminding Airmen to be respectful to others.”
Apparently, the words “100 percent zero tolerance” don’t have the same meaning in Air Force vernacular.
This is a case of the Air Force getting caught red-handed trying to advance a politically correct agenda. And now that I’ve got a copy of the evidence, they are attempting to whitewash the situation.
It’s time for Defense Secretary James Mattis to root out political correctness in the Armed Forces. We must never again allow the greatest fighting force on the planet to be used as a social engineering petri dish.
The Airmen I know are brave men and women who are devoted to their calling to protect our great nation. I sincerely doubt they give two hoots about political correctness.
That being said, there could be one or two folks in the military who contracted microaggressions that were triggered by someone uttering the words “boy” or “girl.”
Perhaps those individuals might consider seeking treatment for their affliction inside a designated safe space at a nearby public university – instead of Joint Base San Antonio.
Nice part about being a retiree...
If Mattis doesn’t root this out, Mattis and Trump own it.
This is the kind of thing that people are tired of, and this is the kind of thing that got Trump elected in the first place.
Horse Hockey!!
Time to cut the crap.
This word control is not part of their mission.
The Airmen I know are brave men and women...
Very soon they will exclide the words men and women from the vocabulary as offensive to feminists or transgenders.
My son is currently training at JB San Antonio. I’ll have to ask him if he’s seen this.
Some, not all, of those I would agree with.
And why would anyone use boy and girl when talking to, or directing men and women?
Some, not all, of those I would agree with.
And why would anyone use boy and girl when talking to, or directing men and women?
We will find out what “Mad Dog Mattis” really means in regards to how stuff like this is handled......
How things have changed. Back in 1976, when I went through BMTS at Lackland, what was emphasized to us was attention to detail that will make us better warfighters in case the Cold War ever went hot.
“If Mattis doesn’t root this out, Mattis and Trump own it.
This is the kind of thing that people are tired of, and this is the kind of thing that got Trump elected in the first place.”
Agree 100%!!
How about focusing on tactics rather than pussified BS?
Not going to be easy. This PC crap now has DEEP roots in the military.
Endless policies, and multiple departments and offices enforcing the PC line.
I just did some training for a civilian job at Ft Bragg and had at least 5 lectures on various versions of “Diversity”, tolerance, sexual harassment, etc etc etc. The “Diversity” staff there at the hospital were all black women, Latina’s and dykes.
If someone has a ding dong, they’re a boy. If they don’t, they’re a girl. Anything other than that is disrespectful of their chromosomes. Whomever sent this out is a girly-man and that’s more respect than they deserve.
I really want(ed) my 12 year old son to become involved in Civil Air Patrol. He wants to be an aeronautical engineer and he would love it. But I was really afraid of what he would be exposed to (he is homeschooled so not among the masses at public school) in the Obama-era military. I was really hoping that would change under a President Trump. I guess the jury is still out.
...And why would anyone use boy and girl when talking to, or directing men and women....
We will have to run this by the Base PC Officer.
Blacklist? From now on, when liberal professors and teachers of history and social science indoctrinate their students about the evils of “Joe McCarthy’s Hollywood blacklist,” they will have to come up with an alternate term.
No disrespect intended but McCarthy had no “Hollywood blacklist”. Please don’t perpetuate this lie.
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