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WhiteTara

(31,145 posts)
5. here's my lte this week
Sat Mar 8, 2025, 12:41 PM
Mar 2025

I have often wondered how ignorant you have to be to work in the Trump administration and today, I got a jaw dropping answer. You have to be ignorant of WWII history and the participation of the U.S..

In an effort to permanently erase LGBTQ people, the Department of Defense is removing any mention of gays, women and POC. One such removal was a picture of the Enola Gay; an airplane that dropped atom bombs on Japan. The plane was named after the pilot’s mother, Enola Gay Tibbets.

The DOD has removed 26,000 images and mentions that are not of straight white men, even an airplane. I’m sickened by the lack of humanity and intelligence that runs rampant throughout Trump’s people.

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The pilot of that plane named it after his mother, Enola Gay. Ninga Mar 2025 #1
Yup. Painting a name on WWII bombers was a normal thing. MineralMan Mar 2025 #3
The plane my dad was on (he was not the pilot) dflprincess Mar 2025 #13
Nose Art. Lots of creativity in it. MineralMan Mar 2025 #15
And that information has been open-and-obviously available, for generations. Paladin Mar 2025 #28
And in the context of the time, mwmisses4289 Mar 2025 #2
Gay was also a common name for girls and women. MineralMan Mar 2025 #4
Yes, the idea being that mwmisses4289 Mar 2025 #7
I was born in '59, and I knew a giirl named Gay. Harker Mar 2025 #24
I like the name Glee, too. MineralMan Mar 2025 #32
I've known a couple of joyless Joys, but Glee was truly gleeful. n/t Harker Mar 2025 #35
and the Gay Nineties. Norrrm Mar 2025 #8
here's my lte this week WhiteTara Mar 2025 #5
What about..."Don we now our gay apparel" that line gotta go! MiHale Mar 2025 #6
LOL! MineralMan Mar 2025 #9
Another battle in the War on Christmas. Norrrm Mar 2025 #10
The Last WWII Veterans Are Dying As We Speak. MineralMan Mar 2025 #11
Almost, but quite. My DH, a WWII sailor, would be 98 if marybourg Mar 2025 #12
That act of lunacy by the Administration was not on my bingo card surfered Mar 2025 #14
Gay, possibly a diminutive of Gaylene, is a legit girls' name. Aussie105 Mar 2025 #16
I'm in my 40s... BrianTheEVGuy Mar 2025 #25
The sole survivor of Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 was Ensign George Gay, Jr. rsdsharp Mar 2025 #17
They did the same to information about Ensign George Gay. cab67 Mar 2025 #18
Yes. Codifer Mar 2025 #31
He was portrayed in both the 1976 and 2019 movies about the battle. cab67 Mar 2025 #38
Rachel had a segment about Tyson Homosexual leftieNanner Mar 2025 #19
Such a revealing story that she's done it twice! Ilsa Mar 2025 #20
I guess no one taught AI how to do a proper search & replace, which begs the question, is it really AI? CrispyQ Mar 2025 #30
A very good question! leftieNanner Mar 2025 #34
I'm not a WWII vet, but my Dad was FakeNoose Mar 2025 #21
No more gay airplanes in the military. Executive Order. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #22
Just wait until they ban the Flintstones House of Roberts Mar 2025 #23
The mind is a terrible thing to waste. William769 Mar 2025 #26
From research years ago Codifer Mar 2025 #27
Just for fun...The second plane to drop a nuclear bomb was named "BocksCar". chouchou Mar 2025 #29
I always thought it was "boxcar." Yes, I knew the true stories about the dropping of those bombs. I was little and I was CTyankee Mar 2025 #33
Ahh..Mom knows best! chouchou Mar 2025 #37
I suppose they'll ban the movie "Space Cowboys" dflprincess Mar 2025 #36
With some trepidation, I quizzed my 23 yo on this A_Woman_from_MI Mar 2025 #39
Ok, I am the DU freelance comedy writer, so I'll pick this low hanging fruit. " Hey Beavis!". " uh,.... Yeah, yeah.? Noodleboy13 Mar 2025 #40
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