Social US Naval Academy Library Removes Nearly 400 Books in DEI Purge

[Codpiece]

So some books about military history shouldn't be in a military library?

Which book about military history did I advocate for removing? Pretty sure my post indicated I thought some of the removed books should have stayed. One of the Trump admins greatest weaknesses so far is a scattershot approach to implementing their ideas instead of being more considered and targeted with changes they seek to implement.

 

[ermac88]

They are trying to remove black people from history and succeeding by the looks of it lol

Such a weird country where such drastic changes can happen overnight

Project 2025 definitely prioritizes marginalizing black people as much as possible.

It is quite shocking how far they are able to go and so quickly, but sadly we dont have far to go see people of that mindset , right up in this thread.

 

[fedoriswar37]

Project 2025. Removing black people from history. Good lord , the left is DEEP into their conspiracy era.

 

[GhostZ06]

what the fuck is a DEI book/

 

[Lycandroid]

3 pages and nobody crying about this has made a single argument as to why DEI and CRT books are need in the navy ?

 

[snugglecakes]

Ban is a gas light word in this context... People are acting like they are made illegal and every copy hunted down and burned... That's not the case. They were removed from the navy for being a waste.. They arent banned. These authors/publishers are perfectly free to sell them on amazon or wherever. They are not banned but using the word ban is a better spin to fit their brain rot narrative

 

[GhostZ06]

Project 2025 definitely prioritizes marginalizing black people as much as possible.

It is quite shocking how far they are able to go and so quickly, but sadly we dont have far to go see people of that mindset , right up in this thread.

lol dont tell anyone that, Trump people play stupid an act like its not true.

 

[cabal]

At least is not forbidden owning those books at home (YET).

 

[jrams]

You're going to have to remove everything if you remove everything that is gay about the Navy.

 

[lowlife]

yeah... we are moving towards fascism and authoritarianism daily. its amazing people support it.

I don't want to hear any more about how far we have come in society. the only thing that has changed is our technology. morally and intellectually we have made VERY LITTLE progress at all and are currently moving backwards even from the little gains we have.

"the source" is the book that drove it all home for me. that book lays out the history of the jews from caveman times to post word war 11. it is filled but unbelievable atrocities and horrors. but the real horror for my young mind was coming to the end of all of that terrible history and the end of the book and realizing for the first time in my life that NOTHING has changed. there is no modern protection against the horrors of history. there is no dam to stop the flood intellectual or moral.

we will repeat them.

Our technology has far outpaced our evolution as a species. Even with all the resources readily available today, still we are driven by fear, greed, competition, etc. If we're going to ultimately survive as a species we need to move beyond such limiting motivations.

 

[oldshadow]

They are not banned. They removed them from a government funded school.

Anyone that wants to read one can get a copy from any number of places.

 

[Kassitus]

I'm sure all these sudden free speech absolutist who want this in the libraries will have no problem with Mein Kampf sitting right beside their favorite "White man bad" books. Also the reason the Nazis hosted the famous book burning was because it was books written by a doctor who was preaching transgenderism and transitioning German children. I have no problem repeating that correct action.

 

[Ruke Doufus]

Ban is a gas light word in this context... People are acting like they are made illegal and every copy hunted down and burned... That's not the case. They were removed from the navy for being a waste.. They arent banned. These authors/publishers are perfectly free to sell them on amazon or wherever. They are not banned but using the word ban is a better spin to fit their brain rot narrative

Absolutely this. There are loads of other pieces of literature absent from the navy library as well but they clearly aren't banned.

 

[ermac88]

Our technology has far outpaced our evolution as a species. Even with all the resources readily available today, still we are driven by fear, greed, competition, etc. If we're going to ultimately survive as a species we need to move beyond such limiting motivations.

Man, I've often wondered this.

We've seen an almost exponential growth in the distribution of information through the internet

but as far as I can see people seem less informed, more anti-intellectual and even dumber than ever, at least in the US/ western world.

You'd think by now we'd being living in some Star Trek utopia, instead we are governed by fat, lascivious oligarch/reality tv star; who galvanizing people with bigotry, racism and all sorts of arcane ideologies (something out of the 30s)


You'd think we were moving away from this as a species but it seems like anti-intellectualism is the go-to and flourishing.

 

[syct23]

Man, I've often wondered this.

We've seen an almost exponential growth in the distribution of information through the internet

but as far as I can see people seemed less informed, more anti-intellectual and even dumber than ever, at least in the US/ western world.

You'd think by now we'd being living in some Star Trek utopia, instead we are governed by fat, lascivious oligarch/reality tv star; who galvanizing people with bigotry, racism and all sorts of arcane ideologies (something out of the 30s)


You'd think we mere moving away from this as a species but it seems like anti-intellectualism is the go-to and flourishing.

Up+Start

 

[Koro_11]

Diversity is our strength!!

Said no winning team/army ever...

 

[ermac88]

Said no winning team/army ever...

Most dominant Olympic team ever:
US 1992 olympic basketball team

Most dominant army:
Mongol army 1206 expansion lead by Genghis Khan

 

[Koro_11]

Most dominant Olympic team ever:
US 1992 olympic basketball team

Most dominant army:
Mongol army 1206 expansion lead by Genghis Khan

You're pretty simple if you conclude I'm referring to the amount of melanin in someone's skin, you lefties are always obsessing about race lol.

It obviously doesn't matter what someone looks like, maybe only to you guys... but what I'm referring to is values. So yeah, needless to say black and white people with similar values should have no problem achieving a common goal.

But when for example you flood a country with western Christian values, with immigrants who believe in sharia law, then diversity is not a strength. When you try to introduce mentally ill people who are confused about being men or women into your army, you are not making it stronger. When you try to fill your fire department with physically weaker females, you are not making them more effective.

 

[lowlife]

Man, I've often wondered this.

We've seen an almost exponential growth in the distribution of information through the internet

but as far as I can see people seemed less informed, more anti-intellectual and even dumber than ever, at least in the US/ western world.

You'd think by now we'd being living in some Star Trek utopia, instead we are governed by fat, lascivious oligarch/reality tv star; who galvanizing people with bigotry, racism and all sorts of arcane ideologies (something out of the 30s)


You'd think we were moving away from this as a species but it seems like anti-intellectualism is the go-to and flourishing.

Evolutionary time scale vs technological time scale. It's an interesting topic that's very intuitive once you get into it, because of course how can our biology keep up with the rate of technological development?

Had gpt flesh it out a bit if you're interested.

ChatGPT - Humans vs Technology Evolution

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chatgpt.com

 

[ermac88]

You're pretty simple if you conclude I'm referring to the amount of melanin in someone's skin, you lefties are always obsessing about race lol.

It obviously doesn't matter what someone looks like, maybe only to you guys... but what I'm referring to is values. So yeah, needless to say black and white people with similar values should have no problem achieving a common goal.

But when for example you flood a country with western Christian values, with immigrants who believe in sharia law, then diversity is not a strength. When you try to introduce mentally ill people who are confused about being men or women into your army, you are not making it stronger. When you try to fill your fire department with physically weaker females, you are not making them more effective.

Usually when people in America (def here) are opposed to diversity, they are referring specifically to skin pigment. ie. the abject opposition to DEI

The fact that you interpret the presentation of Genghis Khans army as a representative of skin pigment cements this.