(9 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
There once was a time most would be embarrassed to do or say the ridiculous and offensive to or pointed at others, or it was the wrong place and time, no matter what they might have thought personally. Most would keep whatever to themselves if they didn’t they would readily get shown how wrong their actions or words were and how offensive to others and some would actually be personally embarrassed, learning a lesson because they wouldn’t want same pointed or done to them, NO MORE, it’s now common and celebrated to be offensive the more it seems the better!
This happened just recently, a quick change of Command in Theater Afghanistan, and is now being reported why.
Racial image led to removal of 82nd commanders
A racially offensive PowerPoint slide meant as a joke led to the removal of two 82nd Airborne Division leaders from their positions in Afghanistan this month, an Army official has confirmed.
Lt. Col. Frank Jenio and Command Sgt. Maj. Bert Puckett were in charge of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which is part of the 82nd’s 4th Brigade Combat Team. The team has been in Afghanistan since August.
Jenio and Puckett were relieved of command on Jan. 13 after an investigation that was prompted by a slide shown during a command briefing, according to an Army source with knowledge of the investigation and to a friend of Puckett. The two spoke independently and on condition of anonymity.
The slide – a parody of ubiquitous motivational posters – shows a picture of Michigan State University basketball coach Tom Izzo with his arm wrapped around point guard Mateen Cleaves. Izzo is white; Cleaves is black. The text below the photos reads, “Slavery Reinstated,” with smaller letters adding, “Catch yourself a strong one.”
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He said the offensive slide was inserted into the projector by a black soldier under their command and that Puckett never saw it before the presentation.
Jenio had directed his team to insert humorous slides at the end of command briefings, and slides such as the one in question – known as “demotivational posters” – were common.
Puckett once asked Jenio if the slides were becoming too racy after one showed scantily clad women, the friend said…..>>>>>
This has nothing to do with any spin as to first amendment rights, offensive actions and language is just that “Offensive” and isn’t tolerated when it is done back at those doing it, the levels of ignorance and intolerance are just raised higher and higher as it continues to be accepted!
For some reason I’m not buying the “a black soldier did this” meme, nor was it a woman soldier who put the racy female slide in even though this doesn’t mention that, there shouldn’t be anything like this going on in a briefing or similar when serious topics are being discussed. It might be true but it sounds like quick spin pointing fingers away from but not directly at an individual. Much of what was written in reporting the why, in this short report, seems to try and lighten and clean up what many would consider a deplorable act and shouldn’t even have been especially in the Military and in a dangerous Theater of occupation.
Will there be more about this, doubt it, will lessons be learned, doubt that as well that’s another thing we’ve seemed to moved further and further from, will we see or hear similar again, probably and not to far into the future.