Reaping The Storm, Part 4: Conclusion

Deliberate divisiveness, atomization, “Newspeak”, obsessive emphasis on “diversity, equity and inclusion”—code words for what separates, rather than unites us as “one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”—are all insidiously corrosive.

They’re a direct assault on the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

It’s no accident that every single element is currently under attack through or by censorship, lies, intimidation, segregation, and atomization. The Founding Fathers knew precisely what they were doing when listing those rights first, in priority. They followed with the Second Amendment, designed to protect them against an “overbearing government”. The opposite is equally true: those rights must be undermined for totalitarian control to establish and maintain its stranglehold.

And, thus, instead of upholding equality as our foundational value, the self-appointed—and handsomely rewarded—DEI Political Commissars proclaim that

“although good diversity management rests on a foundation of fair treatment, it is not about treating everyone the same. This can be a difficult concept to grasp, especially for leaders who grew up…to be both color and gender blind. Blindness to difference, however, can lead to a culture of assimilation in which differences are suppressed rather than leveraged.  Cultural assimilation…will be challenged as inclusion becomes, and needs to become, the norm.” (Military Leadership Diversity Commission, Final Report)

  The notion that Equal Opportunity is insufficient—and that meritocracy isn’t essential to optimal economic or military performance—is preposterous. So is the notion that the uniquely American idea of a “melting pot”—the assimilation that has been key to our prosperity and might— must be discarded in favor of “leveraging differences.”  Implicit in this vacuous claim is racial and ethnic stereotyping that the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) rightly said is repugnant.

What, exactly, does “leveraging differences” mean to the worker on the assembly line, the farmer tending his fields, the teacher, doctor, banker, salesman, firefighter, or nurse just trying to do their daily job? What does “leveraging differences” mean for a company commander on the battlefield, or a submarine captain tracking the adversary, or a squadron commander dealing with airspace incursions?

The skills and talents needed to perform optimally in any of these situations aren’t correlated with race, gender, or sexual preference.  They are, instead, the result of professional competence, moral and physical courage, integrity, intellect, trust, unwavering commitment to the mission and the team—regardless of differences.

Speaking at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point on May 12, 1952, General Douglas MacArthur famously said:

 Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn…