11-25-2015, 15:01
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Asset
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College Campuses compared to the Army..
Oy.
To put political correctness on college campuses in some actual perspective—terrible scourge, or media hysteria?—it helps to look at another institution that houses and trains a lot of angry and hormonal 18- to 24-year-olds: the U.S. military.
While caring about 'feelings' strikes some as frivolous in a university setting, it seems, the Army thinks it’s mission critical.
https://newrepublic.com/article/1243...-look-military
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11-25-2015, 15:12
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RIP Quiet Professional
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lol
From the piece:
"The Army even asks leaders to care when soldiers are offended for no good reason, saying they should be careful with metaphors “even when the expressions originally had nothing to do with race, for example ‘blackballed,’ or ‘white lie,’ or ‘white wash.’"
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Absurd. "Hey, I didn't micro-offend you when I told you to fall out in Dress Whites, did I, Sar'nt?"
(I realize they probably did away with dress whites-I don't keep up with anything the military does, anymore.)
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11-25-2015, 15:13
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The Army has this fantastic thing called a chapter.. If you're an emotional freak, it can be activated in as little as 1 month!
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11-25-2015, 15:34
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If one joins the military because "all of his friends were doing it" and then realizes he can't embrace the suck...then let him out...because I wouldn't want him next to me.
But...college campuses embrace that mindset...whereas the military tries to rid itself of them.
At least for now they somewhat do, but, I see that mindset slowly eroding away!
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11-25-2015, 15:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marlboro
The Army has this fantastic thing called a chapter.. If you're an emotional freak, it can be activated in as little as 1 month!
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I think I set record while at Fort Carson. Had a dude chaptered from initiation to out the door in 48 hours. Whack job. Greased the skids and away he went....
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11-25-2015, 20:47
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I litterally quit reading after the sub title. Don't think combat soldiers tell or want to hear bigoted jokes? Get fricken real. If you can't hang, you're probably a fag.
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11-25-2015, 22:04
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Geez Louise! When I was on Okinawa, we had 2 guys, one Polish and one Italian, who had loose leaf notebooks full of Wop and Pollock jokes. Those two guys were the best entertainment EVER! We'd just sit in the bay and listen to them insult each other for hours.
What has this country come to when you can't even insult your best friend for a laugh?
And no, youngsters, pink font is not necessary. We weren't so thin-skinned back then. (How do you sharpen a knife?)
Pat
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11-26-2015, 09:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JimP
I think I set record while at Fort Carson. Had a dude chaptered from initiation to out the door in 48 hours. Whack job. Greased the skids and away he went....
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Same here.
The kid typed up his clearing papers Thursday morning, and was out by 1600 Friday.
That boy loved his weed more than being a soldier.
TR
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11-26-2015, 10:45
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I had a 1SG that kept a stack of Burger King applications. He told me he was on a mission to get rid of as many crappy soldiers that he could! He had it down pretty good! 
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