'You Don't Think It Disrespects People?': Matt Gaetz Grills General On 'Inclusive' Language Guidance
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2023
- At last Thursday's House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) questioned General Charles Q. Brown, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
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If someone in our military gets upset by hearing the word, mom or dad. They probably need to be on the couch and not be carrying a gun in our military.
What a waste of 4 STARs on that dude. 😆
But it's normal to get upset at the word parents. Even though the term mom and dad may not apply to the cadet.
@@mepoweme bet you wouldn’t dare say that on camera.
Abandoning Mom and Dad?! Our country is thoroughly debase and vile
Everyone has/had a Mom and Dad. Biology says so!
I would not extend that to the country as a whole. Certain groups who have managed to get into positions of power are debased and vile such as General Brown and the current DOD hierarchy. I would like to think that the greater majority of Americans are as disgusted and dismayed at the nonsense going on as you or I.
At least they left out pelosi, and aoc's crap about 'birthing people'. I heard a lefty maggots msmob fascist propaganda site anchor use that term the other day and haven't been that pissed off in years.
@@georgehopper7310 Having spent 24 years in the USAF I watched for more than 2 decades the Department of Defense and the USAF turn from war fighting to social engineering and it was something absolutely dis gusting to see and live through. At one point we spent millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars attending social engineering classes on the use of one word. The word itself did not always have a negative connotation, was not racially motivated, or single out any one group. We took 3 1- 1.5 hour classes to harangue the men in the USAF on how guilty we are of being men, nothing else and that we would face disciplinary action if we were ever heard using this one word. I even brought two respected dictionaries to class to prove this word was not in any way meant to demean any group of people. He had no answer except that he had been ordered to teach this so called class. This happens every day in the USAF. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars on things like this instead of weapons , safety issues...etc. The USAF leads the way in political and social correctness. You cannot even approach leadership about this subject because you become a target at this point. I'm glad I'm retired. Seeing this really breaks you down and destroys morale making you think of all the years you wasted on a social engineering project, and yes I did spend time in combat in both Afghanistan, Iraq, and a couple more conflicts.
@@Jute-xr5pq I wonder how much money they spent just on those two words remember when we used to spend money on fixing our gear now we spend money on words
It's a disrespect to parents we've earned those rights to be a mom and a dad
The one's pushing the Queer agenda don't breed they need to recruit.
Explains why over half of all child abuse cases are perpetrated by the gay 3% of the population.
No Sons /Daughters for them from the Moms and Dads.
this isnt earned its gods order💂💂♂💂♀
No it isn't!
Your child unwilling to admit that you are related to them is your child disrespecting you. If they are in the armed forces they are adults, if they have to refer or defer to their Mommy and Daddy they are to immature to be there.
Good call, being a parent, that flew right over my head, Not much different than getting home from work, change a diaper that hasn't been tended to and tossing to "someone" who inadvertently woke up and threw it back! ahh the good ol day's ! are behind us now. And i'm not the one my daughter hates now ! doin the math...
What a surprise another General who doesn't or didn't deserve his rank.
What proof do you have that he didn't earn his position?
@@jms6833 diversity hire...
How many times has this individual avoided the questions not only in this period but every other one he has participated in!!!!! Calling him a general is a disparaging to any good general, if there truly are any that haven't sold out!!!!!
I was looking at those stars on his shoulders and wondering the same thing.
Those stars on his shoulders are an embarrassment to the military.
Wow, I just lost a lot of respect for the Air Force Brass.
And Kerby from the Navy. They are a disgrace to the Uniform
Navy & Air Force big jokes pocket pirates.
Pay attention people.... this is our military leaders. Does everyone feel safe?
More like security guards
Nope
Putin and She are laughing their @$$ off at this nonsense.
@@dutchreagan3676 👍💯👍
nope
I joined the military in 1985. I absolutely would not join today.
Once again, they are so concerned about hurting the feelings of a small minority that they completely ignore the feelings of the majority. Where do they get the idea that alienating the majority of their cadets will build teamwork? For the record, I never knew my father. I was raised in a mother/grandmother/grandfather household, and in the 20 years I served in the Navy, the only reference I ever heard to parents is in Boot Camp when the Company Commanders and Drill Instructors reminded us that our Mamas weren't there to help us, and we had to suck it up. And no one cried.
we won WW2 without this crap
We should apply the Bud Light strategy here
The majority of people have parents.
Anyone that is offended by parents is unfit to serve.
Those who don’t have a Mom or Dad should not hold that against those who have a one! Once again submitting to the minority’s!
The majority of people have parents. The minority have mom and dad in comparison to parents.
@atticuswalker8970
Why would I hold that against them?
These woke generals are way out of their lane. The mission is to defend America. Period.
I agree. Stop the b's.
I LOVE MY MOM AND DAD ❤❤❤
The fact that anyone would be so emotionally disabled from hearing the words mom and dad is embarrassing. Like, I don’t trust you have the emotional resolve to serve the county bravely if you’re this affected by words. In addition, it’s just a further attempt to dismantle the family in general
Exactly
Want moms and dads to be birthing people then remove the child by 5 to raise as robotic minions-what they're trying to do with-in the schools already.
F'ing soros and those like him that have run out of every other type of game making their billions decided the best game to play would be with people as pawns.
It's nuts.
These aren't the type of people who would serve as special operators. Its for those who would level some type of trumped-up "words hurt me" charge leveled against a special operator who has no time for such delusion.
@@matthewpicard3976 unfortunately, I think it’s also people placed in influential positions
This complete effort to destroy families is dispicable. Now the Air Force Academy?
so the "few" feelings are way more important then the many.
THere is no " Right" to NOT be Offended by Words.. In a Society with Freedom of Speech.
If ANY common Words "Trigger " you... Then you are NOT a Military Capable Person.
Professional Soldiers have NO Business getting Triggered by Words.
@Dennis G Apparently, it triggers a minority of the woke brass!
These people have lost their minds
Elections have consequences. And this ridiculous general’s attitude is a consequence.
Agreed! There is no " Right" to NOT be Offended by Words.. In a Society with Freedom of Speech.
If ANY common Words "Trigger " you... Then you are NOT a Military Capable Person.
Professional Soldiers have NO Business getting Triggered by Words.
Well at least the Air Force Academy had a 100% Record on one thing ( Not Good )
They had 100% of all Female Cadets being Raped. Real Family Values stuff from the Top ??
So...a bunch of cadets are now making the rules?
Who will be the girl tonight 😂🤣
All for DiVeRsItY...
Well, yeah! Not to mention Guardsman giving away our National security interests to their online gaming buddies
Gen Z... 😭
@@rockerfella8122 dont forget Joe gave Puttin a list of our 14 infrastructures not to attack or hack hell that was the dinner bell for attacking Ukraine
How did this 4 star EVER achieve this rank? He is INSANE....../
As a son of a WWII Army sargeant, former Naval Officer, and father of an Army combat veteran, I am disgusted by this general's take on "Mom and Dad" usage.
The last word before most people die is mom.
Thank you Matt Gaetz for uyoir service and hard work. Keep it up for us people who don't have a voice.
He's the type of general I wouldn't even follow into a tavern...
A disgrace. Purely appointed for his race.
this is insanity....what the hell is wrong withy these people?
I am offended that our "Leaders" do NOT value Motherhood and Fatherhood! Such a shame that we have to strip such important value our of our "discussions". shame on our Nation's "Leaders" for not standing-up and stressing the importance of those basic --BASIC roles of our child care! It is sad that they consider Fathers and Mothers a "privilege".
I would have asked "How do you think your Mother/Father would feel listening to you today?" He'd be balling his eyes out after I got done with his snowflake aze!
It is a privilege to have parents that raise you. But I don't brag about it.
I'll brag about it--- I love my parents! So proud that they were responsible in their decisions to have children together. It saddens me that some (apparently like you) feel shamed about their "privilege".
How are these people in charge when they don't even recognize that none of us would be here without a Mom and Dad.
Every orphan has a mom and dad. But they are raised by their parents or guardian.
@atticuswalker8970
Incorrect, every orphan has biological donors. I guarantee you they call the closest people to them their mum or dad. All kids want a mum/dad, and if a parental figure allows it, they will call them their mum/dad.
@@samblack5313 what if they ha e two dad's. raised by their grandparents or aunt and uncle.
Parents or guardians on a gov form shouldn't be a problem.
Moms and Dads all across the country should flat out refuse to send their kids to serve this country and this pathetic government.
and they wonder why the other branches don't take the Chair Force seriously
THere is no " Right" to NOT be Offended by Words.. In a Society with Freedom of Speech.
If ANY common Words "Trigger " you... Then you are NOT a Military Capable Person.
Professional Soldiers have NO Business getting Triggered by Words.
Uh, this is happening across all branches. I'm gonna take it you have never served, or if you did, it definitely wasn't in a combat role or in a joint force environment. While good natured ribbing of the branches happens, it doesn't take away the importance of the role that each branch plays. If you think the military could operate without one another you don't understand how the military operates.
So now we are going to pander to the few to insult the many. Mom and Dad is what its all about, for anyone who didn't have them I'm sorry. To try and normalize or exclude them, Mom and Dad from any verbiage is flat out asinine. Nothing wrong with traditions or traditional family, that is how society and the human race made it this far. We have deprioritized this and that is why we are failing now. Arrogance and lack of gratitude for our first and most enduring social circle/bond, family.
So sad that a person can have that point of view. I would intentionally say Mom and Dad as many times as I could in a converstation in front of him.
So if his mom died in labor. You would intentionally keep reminding him. Your parents must be so proud.
@@atticuswalker8970. Is he such a snowflake ❄️ that he can’t handle knowing that he has a dead parent? So do I, but that’s life and I only have fond memories.
I would not recommend anyone join this freak show they call the military
this woke sh. t is absolutely crazy who could even think this stuff up let alone enforce it. mom and dad are now not to be used ???
All families are valid; all names are valid with respect.
Air force = fart in the wind.
They disfavor Mom and Dad but are worried about team building ? So they want to favor one group while bad mouthing the other ?
They dis favor a mom and a dad.... who are also the same people who are begging people to work as teams together. They are just too stupid to know they are trying to kill the very people they are trying to help. ....
When I was in the military about ten years ago. They were all about family and mom and dad. Guess the chair-force is different…
I'm a retired soldier. While in both the Regular and Reserve components, I have always distrusted what comes out of that 5 sided puzzle Palace. On the otherhand, those folks serve at the pleasure of whichever President is in the WH at the time. They echo the mindset of what comes out of the Big Puzzle Palace at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
I came from an abusive home, as in sexual and more and being kept home from school when bruises were visible, that kind of thing. Still, whatever emotions I feel towards my mom and dad does not negate that they are my biological mom and dad. Nor should I somehow force others to feel bad for having loving parents, or include them or whatever. We all come from different families. That should mean that we ADD all of those other terms in addition to mom and dad, don't push the terms mom and dad aside and assume people won't get offended.
God bless you👍
BLESSINGS 😊
It used to be “Be All You Can Be” now it’s “Be whatever you want”.
In the most literal sense, destroying the very concept of the nuclear family.
Gen Brown needs to be busted to E1 & booted. Disrespecting moms & dads (especially Gold Star Moms & Dads) is sickening.
The military and our own govt. working hard in the background to destroy the family unit.
Insane
If a person is offended by the terms “mom and dad”, then my common sense (and my experience as a former Air Force officer) tells me there are serious issues with that person that will detract from his or her unit’s strength and cohesiveness.
We all have parents .. male and female.. mom and dad... respect family ...who raised you is different
. Follow the science...
Speak the truth to poor choices by woke military leaders...
Never woke. Too old and broke with fiat
No mom and dad? How much more do we have to put up with this insanity.
Our military is so screwed having weak-minded senior leaders that care more about feelings rather than lethality.
There is something seriously wrong with the way things are going in our country. One group will be offended while the other group is fine with the way things are. So what's the answer. But there is no discussion. It's like "Surprise" this is what we decided and here it is. Crazy. All these higher up military men sit there with all these metals on their suits and they come across like men who have forgotten what that uniform stands for. Where have all the good men gone, it's a shame. I see sell outs.
You're EXACTLY right. They're $ellout$. Ovomit fired all generals in our military that were condidered to be dissenters. (i.e. those who loved our country) Austin did the same his first 90 days in office. The rest were discharged for not taking the 💉. They made them file for religious exemptions in order to identify & remove Christians. The ones left are $ellout$ & pure eee vee eye elle. 👹🤢 🇺🇸🙏🏼💞
Sick people with stars should be removed from af
😠now that is going too far about Moms and Dads, trying to ruin the family structure. As a military officer he should be ashamed of himself for spouting such BS.
WHY should a supposably Military organization concern themselves on whither or not the terms mom or dad is used. I would think and hope that the military has OTHER things to spend their thought process on. And to have a 4 star general spend time on this subject seriously questions whether they DESERVE 4 stars let alone 1 star.
I remember in grade school late 1950s the teacher telling us that in the Soviet Union children actually turned their parents in for saying something negative about the government. We could not believe a child would do that to their parents. However if the parental bond is weakened sufficiently, where Mom and Dad is replaced by some more generic term birthing person for example the bond between parent and child is diminished. This is only about lessening parental control and enhancing state control. Who determines school curriculum<
the state. Who opposes parental influence in school curriculum? The state. In other words get those damn parents out of child rearing.
Why wouldn't it encourage some folks who didn't grow up in an ideal environment to become good moms and dads? My mom and dad were divorced, they were still mom and dad.
Human beings have a basic language built in. It has about 50 "reserved words" predefined genetically. Mom and Dad are with minor approximation changes the 2 deepest reserved words. This is basic to humanity. Disfavoring Mom and Dad terms is anti-human.
I may not be the brightest bulb in the box but I seriously can’t believe where we are as a country. It’s beyond obtuse
No wonder they can't meet even 40% of their recruiting numbers!
As a former AF NCO, I can tell you, anyone in my command that objected to the words "mom" or "dad" would have more to worry about than having their precisous "feelings" hurt. I have a Mom and Dad, any any little limp wristed-recruit who tells me different wouldn't last a day working for me. Sheeesh.... LMAO!
The general needs to recognize EVERY person has a mom & dad, without exception. NOTHING could be MORE inclusive than using those terms. 😊👨👩👧👦💘
This shouldn't even be debated it's downright stupid, what's wrong with mom and dad?
THIS SHOULDN'T BE A CONVERSATION
I see why nobody wants to join our military..What in the hell is going on...
Proud to be from LA
Incredible that this conversation should even be had…
Why does the military have time for this minutia???!!!
General you are wrong!!! How dare you! I’m Called Mom !
So I’m depending on the cadet to defend me and he is upset by the word Mom? Lord help us
Time of the Heathen.
Parents whose children are not allowed too call them mother and father should not be parents at all🥵!
Matt Gaetz GOD BLESS YOU.
God Bless America
This is not a good public image in any country.😮😢Nothing that we do seems to be socially redeeming anymore.😮😢
This 5 star General wants to eliminate the term mom and dad??? Unreal!
Trust, he is not a 5 star. That he is a 4 start is intriguing
I want to hear what the Generals Mom and Dad have to say about it. How do they feel about being eliminated.
No more proud Mom of an Airmen sticker on the back of a minivan, that's violence
My dad fought in WWII and was tough as nails. He had Mom tattooed on his arm. A lot of them did.
Hate to have to tell the generals, but everyone has a mother and father. It's kinda the way it works.
So open minded their brains fell out.
My father was a marine this is disgusting an embarrassment to our country.
How embarrassing.
Why couldn't General Brown respond as Mr. Kendall did?
This is a non issue. There’s no room for negotiations. The armed forces’ job is to protect us against outside foreign invasion or harm. It’s not they’re job or duty to worry about “feelings”, grammar or pronouns.
THere is no " Right" to NOT be Offended by Words.. In a Society with Freedom of Speech.
If ANY common Words "Trigger " you... Then you are NOT a Military Capable Person.
Professional Soldiers have NO Business getting Triggered by Words.
General Fee-Fees.
In order to prevent offending certain people you offend others...it's circular whining!
We don't want to make grown men in the military sad if they don't have a mom or dad 😂🤣😅😆
All I can see in my mind is the enemy circled around our troops yelling "MOM AND DAD, MON AND DAD". Watching our troops cower in fear.
They have no right to police words like this. How completely absurd to try to cancel Mom and Dad. The mental gymnastics is sickening...
The military should NOT BE INCLUSIVE. IT NEVER WAS BEFORE. The brotherhood I developed in the Corps was for life. I called my fellow Marines brothers and sisters and my superior sometimes got called Dad or Mom as they were our Fathers or Mothers when we needed them to be.
My father served 27 years. He taught at the Airforce Academy, i was born there . Quite frankly, he thinks this is absurd and also believes that it should be stripped from teaching
I'm 68. Raised in East Baltimore entire life. I got encyclopedia out of trash. Read all 24 volumes age 14. Equal? No.
I have no faith whatsoever in these peoples ability to prosecute a war. I pray there are still people like Patton, and Eisenhower out there, that we can count on in a time of crisis.
I am proud to be a dad and I assure you that both my daughters are proud of the fact.
I’m embarrassed…
Hearing “gay” and “trans” annoys and deeply bother me since I’m not about that life, but it’s forced on me everywhere I go and look.
My nephew and the daughter of a family friend are both in different branches of the military. Both say they are getting out when their time is up. They joined as a matter of pride and the feeling of duty to their country. They say they cannot take pride in what they do when so much of their time is spent on woke training and not preparing for war time. They said many of the soldiers with them feel the same. I’m glad I didn’t have to worry about this stuff 20 years ago when I was in.
I will say whatever words I want thank you
A lot of respect and faith and desire. This is one of the most powerful bodies in the world today. It has desecrated the space of the USA 🇺🇲🦉⭐ The greatest army in the history of history.
The first and most important factor in the demise of a country is to destroy the family. I thought the military was supposed to protect the country not aide in its destruction.
Putin and She are laughing their @$$ off at this nonsense.
Love MATT GATES❤
Insanity...if this was a movie I'd walk out.
the Air Force was established in 1947 and now Mom and dad are not good words
“Y’all” no objection there… 😂
Meanwhile ... Our Enemy ... "WATCHES and WAITS" ...
Gee, and they wonder why we have a recruiting problem??? 🤦♀️
What a crock that mom and dad would upset someone. I think I would advise kids not to join the Air Force.
Your family is your first team. Mom and Dad are the coaches.