AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Another Massive Media Fever Dream Fell Apart Over Christmas. Hardly Anyone Noticed

The Left hyped up the fever dream the military was infiltrated by extremist threats for years, and the charade fell apart over Christmas. But the appetite for accountability on the Left magically disappeared as soon as the report found there was “no evidence” to support their claims in the first place.

The Pentagon released its long-awaited report on “domestic extremism” in the military, which was commissioned in April of 2021 following the Jan. 6 riot in which a number of active duty members and veterans participated. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin commissioned the report to get better insight into the “problem.”

But after two years of taxpayer dollar-funded research and interviews with more than 100 defense officials and experts, government studies, articles and other data, the study conducted by the Institute for Defense Analyses found the Department of Defense may have inflated the “problem.” Really, color non gullible people not shocked!

The report also found that if anything, the ”risk to the military from widespread polarization and division in the ranks may be a greater risk than the radicalization of a few service members.”

It should come as no surprise there was intense polarization within the military over alleged extremism when the media acted as a weaponized arm of the government.

NBC News ran the headline: “Pentagon report warns of threat from white supremacists inside the military” in February of 2021, prior to the commission of the study. Weeks later Axios published a story entitled: “Pentagon report: Domestic extremists pose serious threat to the military.”

VICE News flat out claimed extremism existed in the ranks with their video piece: “American Terror: The Military’s Problem With Extremism in the Ranks.”

The Boston Globe published in July a piece : “‘The single biggest threat to the security of the country’: Extremism in the military is alarming experts.”

Of course these reports were bolstered, in part, by cries of 15 Democratic lawmakers who said in a letter to the Department of Defense that “White supremacists are joining the military and permeating the ranks.”

“The spread of white supremacist ideology is dangerous for the military and threatens to rupture civil-military safeguards that our democracy requires,” the letter read.

The amplification of claims such as these and the successful fear mongering by the left-wing media may have contributed to the Pentagon’s decision in December of 2021 to issue new rules prohibiting military members from engaging in so-called “extremist activities” which included simply “liking” something on social media that was considered an extremist view. 

The regulations did not specify what was considered an extremist organization or message and instead left that up to commanders in charge. And despite the hoopla, less than 100 service members were actually accused of being involved in extremist activity in 2021.

But Austin didn’t seem to care about potential division within the military nor the politicization of something that could be very serious. Austin appointed Bishop Garrison to lead Countering Extremism Working Group (CEWG) in 2021 even though Garrison tweeted in 2019 any supporter of then-President Donald Trump was an unequivocal supporter of extremism and racism.

Of course we didn’t need to wait for the Pentagon to release the latest findings because anyone with an iota of a brain cell could have looked at all the other evidence available coupled with a general distrust in media narratives and determined something was amiss.

A survey conducted by the RAND Corporation in May of 2023 found veterans are less likely to support far-right or far-left extremist groups when compared to the general public despite the media’s fever dream. RAND found zero evidence to support the claim veterans are more likely to be part of an extremist group than average Americans.

“Those initial reports spurred a lot of fear and concern,” the study’s lead author Todd Helmus told NPR. “But no one’s actually looked at the numbers.”


https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/04/massive-media-fever-dream-christmas-domestic-extremism-white-supremacy/

Yet more money spent on a complete fabrication by the media.

Bruce123

From a biblical point of view the United States is now as corrupt as any government in known history.
My belief is that while we as a country practiced biblical precepts God blessed us in ways never see in modern history.
However the past 50-75 years have seen us slide in more and more in sin and depravity.
Judgement is coming.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Let me provide you with an uplifting story.

A cousin’s daughter became engaged on New Year’s day. The young man took the time to meet with my cousin, talk with him about his faith, life plans, and ask for my cousin’s blessing to ask the daughter to become his wife. This young man is so welcome to our family and will be a blessing.

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

Judgement has already started IMHO.

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

There is still a remnant left -- God ALWAYS has one -- but like I said, judgement has already started IMHO.

Bruce123

This young lady has truly been given a gift from God a Godly man and the same goes for him also.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

She would have no relationship with an unGodly man. She gave up complétive swimming when the meets started happening on Sunday mornings. The coach asked why she was leaving and was shocked when she told him she had church and Sunday school on Sunday mornings.

Bruce123

She give up something she valued (swimming) to follow God. I call that sacrificial giving.

Strycker Loc: The middle of somewhere else.

Since believing in the words and following the founders vision as outlined in the Constitution is now labeled as extremists, I would venture to say that the military is full of extremists by the left's current low anti-American standards. Fortunately, for a change, the Pentagon disagreed with the left!

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

The fact is those they would classify as such have learned how to remain under the progressive radar.

American Vet

If you believe in freedom and America, then the left considers you an extremist.

keepuphope Loc: Idaho

God has turned His face away from our country because people choose sin and perversion over what God declares is good. We are already under judgement and without repentance will not be a country for to much longer in my opinion.

Bruce123

Sad but true.

jack sequim wa Loc: Blanchard, Idaho

Full agreement.

Michael Roy Loc: North of Amarillo

But but but what about but these young people have access to weapons of war.