1. La Acusación Central: Un Acto de Pura Homofobia.
La decisión de renombrar el USNS Harvey Milk, especialmente durante el Mes del Orgullo, es vista como un ataque directo y deliberado a la comunidad LGBTQ+. Los críticos lo califican como un acto de intolerancia flagrante, no como una medida para eliminar la política de las fuerzas armadas.
- Secretary of defense pete hegseth just ordered the navy to rename the usns harvey milk. Why? because harvey milk was gay. A navy vet. A civil rights icon. Erased during pride month. On purpose. This isn’t patriotism. It’s pure homophobia.
- Hegseth's homophobia is so overwhelming it requires ships in the harbor to be renamed.
- Framing this as a move in america’s “culture wars” instead of saying it’s simply homophobia perpetuates the problem. Hegseth isn’t a culture warrior or whatever. He’s just a plain old bigot.
- Harvey milk is an american hero who served our country honorably as a sailor in the u.s. Navy. There is no need to rename this ship. There is only one reason why secretary hegseth would announce the renaming of usns harvey milk at the start of pride month: homophobia.
2. Un Patrón de Intolerancia: Racismo y Misoginia.
Muchos comentarios señalan que la orden de Hegseth no es un hecho aislado, sino parte de un patrón más amplio que también apunta a barcos nombrados en honor a mujeres y líderes de derechos civiles afroamericanos, como Ruth Bader Ginsburg y Harriet Tubman, calificándolo como una "trifecta de homofobia, misoginia y racismo".
- It's not only homophobia, it's sexism and racism: dui hire hegseth wants to rename ships already planned to be named for ruth bader ginsburg and harriet tubman. Because bob forbid anyone other than a reactionary straight white cishet man ever have an impact on history.
- Hegseth orders navy to strip name of gay-rights icon harvey milk from ship - your tax dollars going to fund homophobia and racism.
- Fuck these assholes. Renaming all the ships named for women or people of color or harvey milk. Jeez. Can't see through their racism, misogyny, and homophobia.
- Also renaming ruth bader ginsburg and harriet tubman ships, completing the trifecta of homophobia, misogyny and racism.
3. Especulaciones sobre las Motivaciones de Hegseth.
Varios usuarios especulan que la postura de Hegseth podría derivar de inseguridades personales o de una homofobia internalizada. Se cuestiona su "energía masculina" y se sugiere que su hostilidad extrema podría ser una proyección de conflictos internos.
- Pitiful. I question the masculine energy of pete hegseth for trying to impose his homophobia on our military. I doubt the readiness, moral fortitude, and fighting spirit of our troops are threatened by a ship's name but maybe mr hegseth is.
- The homophobia is rather extreme. I sincerely hope mr hegseth would someday feel comfortable enough to come out of the closet.
- It has been my life long observation that the ones that are more vocal about their homophobia are many times done by conflicted and closeted people. Hegseth seems to have that vibe.
- Hegseth’s homophobia is such that one can’t help to wonder if his hatred is really closeted self-hatred. All those women are just him trying to compensate hard.
4. Impacto Político y Cultural.
Las críticas van más allá de la persona de Hegseth, abordando el impacto más amplio de sus acciones. Se le acusa de malgastar el dinero de los contribuyentes, reescribir la historia, promover el fascismo y debilitar la preparación militar al alienar a diversos grupos de reclutas.
- Pure disgusting homophobia intentionally wasting tax-payers' money to attack pride month. If you want to tell these fucks to keep their hands of the us navy ship named after the veteran harvey milk. How does this keep us safe?
- Civil rights leaders as well to be scrubbed off us military vessels. Racism and homophobia. Rewriting history. Fascism on parade.
- The new racism/sexism/ homophobia military recruiting strategy will weaken us dramatically. My brother was chased out of the navy in the 1980s for being bisexual during the cold war - he was in espionage/intelligence and fluent in 6 languages. Wasted talent.
- It’s a maddening frame, because it lends credibility to the notion that there are equal and opposite points of view. But it’s not. It’s simply a matter of right vs. Wrong. Bigotry is wrong. The clear homophobia, racism, and sexism behind the renaming of ships is wrong. Plain and simple.