We just averted a major crisis thanks to immediate and severe public outrage. But you've gotta ask, how'd things get this far?
Veterans Affairs tried to remove one of the most iconic veteran photos of all time.
Veterans Affairs wanted to remove the iconic VJ Day photo from all of its buildings to promote "inclusivity" and "awareness" because the iconic kiss may be triggering.
THER ABSOLUTE STATE OF THINGS.
Here's the memo:
Recent discussions have highlighted concerns about the non-consensual nature of the kiss, prompting debates on consent and appropriateness of celebrating such images in today's environment ...
Translation: A bunch of woke HR college grads with their women's studies degrees think this photo...
... promotes "rape culture" and is anti-woman somehow.
Yeah...
(That's RimaAnn O. Nelson, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Operations for the VA, who sent the memo)
Here is page two of the memo.
To foster a more trauma-informed environment that promotes the psychological safety of our employees and the veterans we serve, photographs depicting the "V-J Day in Times Square" should be removed from all VHA facilities.
Just so there's no confusion, they included the indecent and evil photo in the memo, so everyone would know what iconic piece of American history we're throwing in the trash this week.
All in the name of political correctness.
The reason this photo is coming down has nothing to do with "inclusion," of course.
It's just another one of the important American symbols to be torn down and destroyed in the name of the new regime, the Global American Empire, which is better served by a pride flag rather than an American flag.
The cult of wokeness doesn't ever stop!!
Fortunately, the backlash was quick and severe.
From the Military Times:
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is overruling plans to ban the famous Times Square kiss photo marking the end of World War II from all department health care facilities, a move criticized as political correctness run amok.
The ban was announced internally at VA medical facilities late last month in a memo from RimaAnn Nelson, the Veterans Health Administration's top operations official. Employees were instructed to "promptly" remove any depictions of the famous photo and replace it with imagery deemed more appropriate.
Some middle-aged woke lady tried to destroy one of America's favorite images. Thank goodness we have at least a little common sense left to push back against this!!
Yeah, so it's not banned now.
No word yet from Secretary McDonough on whether or not he approved of the original memo. But at least the photo is back in its rightful place.
(For now)
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