Posted on 06/24/2023 6:28:00 AM PDT by Twotone
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAC) is a nonprofit that "focuses on three main areas: nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies." The group now wants to apply queer theory to nukes.
In a June 15 article, titled, "Queering nuclear weapons: How LGBTQ+ inclusion strengthens security and reshapes disarmament," a BAC author makes the argument that "queer theory informs the struggle for nuclear justice and disarmament," among other points.
The BAC writing team includes "top policymakers, researchers, and opinion makers from more than 150 countries" regarding nuclear weapons. It was founded by Manhattan Project scientists in 1945.
In celebration of pride month, the BAC published an article saying they would like "readers to understand that the visible representation and meaningful participation of queer people matters for nuclear policy outcomes."
With a high focus on "[e]quity and inclusion for queer people," the BAC wrote that this is "essential for creating effective nuclear policy."
The article alleges that "nuclear facilities still have a reputation for being unwelcoming toward queer people and have failed to investigate allegations of homophobia and harassment." This is allegedly due to the "lack of diversity in the nuclear field."
In addition to the angle on "equity and inclusion," the article takes another tact and says that queer theory "informs theories that aim to change how officials, experts, and the public think about nuclear weapons."
One such argument had to do with "rejecting binary choices and zero-sum thinking." The choices given to compare to the 'gender binary' were the use of nuclear force or disarmament. Queer theory in this way "imagines alternatives that serve a broader range of interests” in the field of nuclear weaponry.
Stressing the time-sensitive matter of the application of queer theory to nuclear weapons, the article insists, "The time to do better is now.”
"As the nuclear field continues to reflect on its legacy of exclusion and homogeneity during this Pride Month, we as stakeholders, decision makers, and advocates for change should also realize our privilege of being able to openly discuss the challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community without fear of criminalization, retribution, or death," the article continued.
In conclusion, it stated, "[a]rguments to the contrary are as stagnant and outdated as those who voice them."
In the 60’s the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was a commie front organization. Probably still is...
I’ve always had a live and let live attitude towards these people but that stance is quickly disappearing as these degenerates demand more and more “inclusion” of their ideas. Now I’m starting to understand why these people were repressed in the first place.
They - The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists - is a Marxist outfit and always has been. They are a minority in the science community of “atomic” scientists and represent only themselves and THEIR political agendas.
Does the world need to be destroyed to end this nonsense?
Re-cleaning weapons.
Don’t these idiots have some airport suitcases to steal?
A non binary choice…. One or two won’t be that bad
LOL - good one!
If schoolkids can be cats, then everything is possible and nothing is possible and contradictions are true and false at the same time, and nothing is anything and anything is nothing.
There is a first principle of logic that must be accepted if you’re going to have a conversation with someone: A statement is either true or false. It is one or the other, and not both at the same time. There is no middle ground between true and false.
Yes or no. On or off. 1 = 1. 1 NOT = 0.
IOW, nuclear policy should be made be wierdos that dress up as women that steal luggage from airports.
I fail to see how “queer theory” in any way, shape, form or manner is applicable to the control of nuclear weapons, except as a tool, however ineffective, that may be chosen by those who are really not in favor of control of nuclear weapons in pursuit of peace and justice between nations.
“Queer theory” is about is about as useful as using broken sticks and twigs to inscribe a message on a block of granite. Or for ANY kind of messaging, for that matter. “Queer theory” is and remains an irrelevancy in this world.
Oh drat. I was hoping this article was about a plan to nuke San Francisco. That would finally clean that festering pesthole out. Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Agree.... I can tolerate homosexuals (even in my own family) but I do not have to accept them, their sexual tastes, or their social aspirations.
fail to see how “queer theory” in any way, shape, form or manner is applicable to the control of nuclear weapons, except as a tool, however ineffective, that may be chosen by those who are really not in favor of control of nuclear weapons in pursuit of peace and justice between nations.
If you only have a hammer, every job looks like a nail....
This is what happens when you have PhD in Queer Theory from an Ivy or Stanford
They really should rename it to BLAC - Bulletin of Leftard Atomic Scientists.
Note to self:
I need to come up with a way to apply “queer theory” to my reloading bench. Because it’s oh so relevant.
/sarc
It really takes “give them an inch and they take a mile” to a whole new level. With good hearts, we gave an inch. Now they want to take everything and destroy it.
Queer nukes? Must be true, it’s SCIENCE!
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