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Home Front: Culture Wars
High School on the Hudson: Your 'raised fist' tax dollars at work
2016-05-06
[Wash Times] The United States Military Academy at West Point said Wednesday that an investigation is underway regarding a photograph that shows 16 black cadets in uniform posing with their fists in the air.

"We can confirm that the cadets in this photo are members of the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2016," West Point’s director of public affairs, Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker, told Army Times on Wednesday. "Academy officials are conducting an inquiry into the matter.

John Burk, an Army veteran who served in the Iraq War before launching a popular fitness website, accused the 16 female cadets photographed in the picture of aligning themselves with the Black Lives Matter movement by posing with their fists raised -- a gesture that indeed has been adopted by the protest movement, as well as other, unrelated groups for centuries.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  I dunno, looks like your basic sorority pic, bet there are others.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-06 15:35  

#4  "....dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

Equal in the eyes of the law regardless of birth or status, not equal in innate ability, drive, or opportunity. Those who demand equality of outcome require inequality in the eyes of the law, ignoring individual ability and effort.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-05-06 10:23  

#3  "....dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

The famous author did not use the word 'fact, he used the word 'proposition' which is a statement or assertion that expresses a notion, a judgment or opinion.

The notion is flawed, and I can easily use my own humble human experience as evidence. The lie however, will be sustained and round pegs will continue to be placed in square holes, standards will be shunned, and playing fields lowered, all in the name of the egalitarian myth of fairness and equality.

The obvious upside, to overcome the system, a few within those not selected for preferential treatment will strive and achieve even greater accomplishment. Superior accomplishment however, will only serve as a salvation until the test sample is flooded with preferentials or the 'accomplished' begin to be viewed as the illegally privileged and are forced to go elsewhere.

These are indeed interesting times.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-05-06 06:49  

#2  IMO, if one were to check their scores---Besoeker, one'd find they shouldn't have been there in the first place.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-06 03:58  

#1  No worries LTC Kasker. While they should all be immediately expelled and barred from further military service, we know nothing will come of this. It is a very sad day for a proud institution.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-05-06 03:04  

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