Liking a Facebook Post Could Get Service
Members Punished Under Pentagon 'Extremism' Policy
Townhall,
by
Spencer Brown
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
12/22/2021 2:02:41 AM
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby announced a new "extremism" policy being rolled out by the Pentagon under President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday that the Department of Defense says provides "increased clarity" on what amounts to "extremist activities" or "prohibited activity" by service members.While Kirby "emphasized" that "the Department is focused on prohibited activity, not on a particular ideology, thought or political orientation," the new guidelines create a broad definition for "active participation." (Tweet/Video)
Reply 1 - Posted by:
mifla 12/22/2021 4:26:34 AM (No. 1015159)
You vill do as you are told, verstehen sie?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DW626 12/22/2021 4:40:19 AM (No. 1015166)
Simple solution, don’t sign up for fakebook or any other social media, and if one is, delete it promptly. I quit it a year and a half ago and don’t miss it for a second. It was a nice novelty at first. However after getting in touch with long lost friends and acquaintances that wore off several years before I finally disabled my account.
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I just KNEW this was coming. I scrubbed my FB going all the way back to the beginning, erasing anything that the cultural warriors and SJWs might use to cancel me (get me fired). Yet, I still worry about all those political opinions that people posted that I "liked". Now I "like" nearly nothing, and it's sad, because I fear my friends and family may feel that I don't support them or worse that I support the opposing viewpoint. But, posters on the other side get to post whatever at will, because the tech oligopolies and mainstream media never participate in the canceling of own of their own.
I enjoy that meme that goes around every once in awhile that pictures a person in a lab coat stating "Studies have shown that opposing viewpoints cause no real harm." Wish society would re-embrace that concept!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
5 handicap 12/22/2021 6:30:00 AM (No. 1015242)
If the communist party USA can get an "Affirmative Action" toady appointed as Secy of Defense, then categorizing membership in the Catholic Church or the Republican Party or a Masonic Lodge as "Extremist Activity" should be a piece of cake.
18 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 12/22/2021 6:42:04 AM (No. 1015255)
I miss Rush. He'd be all over this for weeks.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NancyD 12/22/2021 6:52:56 AM (No. 1015261)
I don't like this "extremist" talk about our Military. Is it Real extremists or the leftists idea of extreme, AKA anyone with a conservative thought?
20 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rinktum 12/22/2021 7:20:07 AM (No. 1015279)
Biden has taken a wrecking ball to the military because he fears he could not control the warriors who took the oath to preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States. After all, their loyalty is to the Constitution, not the President. This is why we have seen the purge that Milley and Austin are enacting. Old Joe and his cabal must be assured that they have the complete loyalty of the military should they decide to go even more rogue or should the good citizens of this country stand up and say, no more. Joe needs Orcs and he is creating them.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 12/22/2021 7:27:13 AM (No. 1015286)
So much for The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
binar 12/22/2021 7:36:05 AM (No. 1015300)
DON'T BE A COWARD
fight back - we are losing!!!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 12/22/2021 7:37:43 AM (No. 1015302)
Just think... Nazi Germany is looking better and better by comparison.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 12/22/2021 7:42:59 AM (No. 1015309)
Achtung! vee are in the Fourth Reich. No more Wertschätzung for da Furher. He has none for you. (So true, #5, mein Gott how I miss Rush's insights and his hopefulness.) FJB and his entire schmutz entourage.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/22/2021 7:51:51 AM (No. 1015321)
“ not on a particular ideology, thought or political orientation”
Yeah, right. And I’m the queen of Romania.
“Extremism” means Republican, patriotic, MAGA, Christian, white, straight and especially male. “Extremist” does NOT mean BLM, Antifa, CPUSA, AOC supporter, POC or LGBTwhatever.
This is all part of the plan to destroy the country while Putin and Xi rub their hands in glee and move their armies around the game board.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 12/22/2021 7:55:24 AM (No. 1015330)
They're going to have to create a really big spy organization, along with 'justice' tribunals to enforce compliance. They will have to insert a political officer in every company. They may even have to insert one in every platoon if the definition of extremist becomes sufficiently wide to allow the political officer to take action every time a soldier denounces his comrade for even the slightest innuendo. Comments like "Bruce sure likes to put a good crease in his fatigues" could earn reduction in rank or even discharge if overheard by the right ears. Welcome to the new Soviet army!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Krause 12/22/2021 7:58:34 AM (No. 1015335)
I doubt there would be a post on facebook that most military personnel would like in the first place.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
smokincol 12/22/2021 8:06:40 AM (No. 1015349)
I guess we really don't have any "real" soldiers, sailors, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guardsmen in leadership positions, anymore.
they must all want to be like rump swab adm, kirby some day and never have to work another day of their lives
by the way, was the Space Force leadership included in that gang of fools?
2 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/22/2021 8:14:28 AM (No. 1015360)
Interesting. So now group think is lecturing the military what they are allowed to think and talk about. Biden the cheater and his thugs slowly but surely dismantling America.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Otis Gill 12/22/2021 8:21:57 AM (No. 1015370)
There are dark forces at work behind the scenes. Johnnie Kirby is a deep-state shill and a traitor who can't even manage a decent hair-dye.
Yesterday, a prominent Harvard professor was found guilty of lying about his ties to China. The CCP has their hand in everything. And apparently, McConnell's wife is a Chinese mole whose family are high ranking members of the CCP and own a shipping company. No wonder Mitch is worth 55 million, not bad on a Senator's salary. Too bad the FBI is corrupt and complicit. They have sold us out for 30 pieces of sliver.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 12/22/2021 8:37:47 AM (No. 1015378)
In my days in the military, going to a gathering of communists or homosexuals could result in a loss of any security clearance , or even a discharge......
Now both are mandatory.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Kafka2 12/22/2021 8:56:30 AM (No. 1015395)
The military leadership has not defined what they mean by “extremist activities” or “prohibited activities.” It would seem that this is anything that is not Woke Progressive dogma. General Miley’s promotion of CRT and condemnation of white rage are examples of what is acceptable. Although I have yet to hear the general apologies for being a systemic racist bigot.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Zigrid 12/22/2021 9:21:19 AM (No. 1015429)
No surprise...anything outrageous by this government's rule is expected....only validates what WE must do as a nation to unseat these tyrants...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Pontificator 12/22/2021 9:55:31 AM (No. 1015486)
Facebook is already scoring everything posted, and I'm sure recording who likes/comments on a post with the wrong score. Just a matter of cia? (purported real owners of FB) turning the report over to DoD. Dictator 101, purge the military, law enforcement, etc. of the good guys on and replace them with the criminal henchmen you've recruited.
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This is a military whose top General boasts that he promised to give a foreign adversary a heads up about American military plans. In Lloyd Austin's DOD freak show a Facebook "like" merits discipline but treason is A-OK
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Venturer 12/22/2021 10:17:22 AM (No. 1015528)
More destruction of our military when we need it the most.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Venturer 12/22/2021 10:27:48 AM (No. 1015536)
Anyone would have to be crazy to give up their Freedom of Speech to this level , and join the military.
4 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
EQKimball 12/22/2021 12:48:51 PM (No. 1015707)
I would agree with Admiral Kirby to the extent that if PFC John Jones wants to “like” a Proud Boys or Antifa site, he should not self-identify as a current member of the Armed Forces, any more than should he wear his uniform to candidate donor parties. What is concerning is that the military may be randomly searching through personal communications without probable cause.
1 person likes this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
NotaBene 12/22/2021 3:10:21 PM (No. 1015804)
Maybe Milley will get the Idi Amin medal for this.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
janjan 12/22/2021 3:42:23 PM (No. 1015832)
Social media has its place and of course people have every right to use it or not. I refuse to be cowed by these jackasses into giving up my 1st Amendment rights. Unfortunately the military do not fall under the Constitution but under the UCMJ. Do your committed time and get out.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 12/22/2021 7:48:56 PM (No. 1016028)
Freedom of speech and freedom of thought has been canceled.
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