China is busy naming ships after powerful 12th-century generals and making mockups for their hypersonic missiles to blow our aircraft carriers out of the water ... and the U.S. military insists on continuing its trek up woke mountain:
That's right, China! We see your suborbital nukes, razor-sharp focus on lethality, and determination to conquer the world, and raise you a ship with the name "Milk" in it that's dedicated to all the letters of the LGBT alphabet!
More from the acolytes over at NPR:
The U.S. Navy has launched and christened a ship named for the slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk, who served in the Navy during the Korean War but was discharged after being questioned about his sexual orientation.
The 742 foot long ship that launched from San Diego on Saturday is the second of six new vessels in the Navy's fleet oiler program, which will help replenish fuel for other Navy ships that are already out at sea. The Navy plans to eventually have 20 ships in the program.
Naming the ship after an icon of the LGBTQ rights movement represents a symbolic milestone for the military following a long history in which gay service members were unable to serve openly. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said it helps right the wrongs of the past and shows a commitment to current and future LGBTQ service members. It's estimated that 100,000 veterans have been discharged from military service because of their sexual orientation.
That's right. Diversity will be our strength.
Not the type of diversity where you disagree with forced jabs, studying "white rage" instead of communist regimes, or think actual strength should be our strength, but a type of diversity where everyone is a different flavor of the rainbow on the outside and thinks all the same thoughts on the inside.
By the way, to "christen" something literally means "to make Christian," so there's that.
"We have to teach our history to prevent ourselves from going backwards," Stuart Milk said Saturday. "This navy ship sends an important message to the world."
