They erased Ira Hayes. If Johnny Cash were alive to see this, he’d punch Pete Hegseth in the mouth. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... - ThreadSky

radleybalko.bsky.social • 1 day ago

They erased Ira Hayes. If Johnny Cash were alive to see this, he’d punch Pete Hegseth in the mouth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/03/17/pentagon-dei-native-american-iwo-jima/

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itsdebatable.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Merit: worthiness,excellence or a quality deserving praise or reward.

Bias: prejudice in favor of or against one thing,person or group compared with another.

Words have meaning. Tell me biasocracy or meritocracy

ejkdc.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I, for one, support resurrecting Johnny Cash for that sole purpose.

ikbennijntje.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Which of these 3 departments was responsible for the removal? Glavlit (Главлит), NKVD (НКВД) – or Agitprop (Agitation and Propaganda) ?

gazv.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They don't just want to be racist, they have to tell everyone that they are racist.

americanwoman54.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Am surprised Hegseth doesn't just replace that iconic historical photo with this one!

goodearl56.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I'd accept a Johnny Cash impersonator punching Hesgeth in the mouth.

bigdaddy221501.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Johnny would have a helluva time punching DUI hire in the mouth since it’s wrapped around Matt Schlapp’s schlong

michaelsullivan.photo•23 hours ago

For those that don’t know the song: https://youtu.be/oEwSwQtSmDQ?si=ucgHFWSMvqsZynjJ

RustyRing.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy•9 hours ago

@radleybalko.bsky.social

So much for the American military standing up to dictatorship. If anyone still thought they might.

turiya.bsky.social•1 day ago

It seems that Pete and Ira share a common problem and maybe someday soon Pete will wind up in a ditch too.

canberraartemis.bsky.social•22 hours ago

So we’re just gonna retcon any mention of brown people who served.

brycedahlgren.bsky.social•18 hours ago

So what’s the deal with this guy? He gets put in charge of the largest military force in history and spends all his time on the yearbook committee?

jonas-trostle.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy•11 hours ago

@radleybalko.bsky.social "They erased Ira Hayes."

Better men have tried

bskwitter.bsky.social•1 day ago

...just to watch him die

joemcken.net•1 day ago

Wouldn’t bother going to Reno for it, either

bettyhumpter25.bsky.social•1 day ago

disgraceful

timepirate.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I keep thinking after I go to bed at night listening to Rachel Maddow that as a Star Trek enthusiast, the old line from the show, "Brace for impact," is kind of appropriate. Hegseth needs that hankie ripped out of his breast pocket and a smack across the face while doing it.

ewinternm.bsky.social•7 hours ago

No enemy has ever broken Choctaw or Navajo Code Talk. Reason enough not to defund native language preservation programs.

michaeld1970.bsky.social•23 hours ago

When they say it isn't about race, but fairness and merit, it is never about fairness or merit, and always about race. Always.

Raising the flag at Iwo Jima was merit. A cook saving the captain, multiple crew members, and then gunning down Zeros was merit.

All to be erased by scared entitled boys

michaeld1970.bsky.social•23 hours ago

All because those men were Black. Whose next for erasure? The code talkers, or the Nisei Spies?

When all else fails, blame Black Males

ejkdc.bsky.social•22 hours ago

They’ve already gone after the Code Talkers.