{"id":4517,"date":"2023-06-27T13:15:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:15:43","slug":"army-special-ops-command-proudly-flies-pride-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/army-special-ops-command-proudly-flies-pride-flag\/paul-crespo\/2023\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Special Ops Command Proudly Flies \u2018Pride\u2019 Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Please just stop! \u2013 Even as the U.S. armed services toned down their politically driven, identity and sexual\u00a0politics\u00a0pandering for\u00a0Pride Month\u00a0this year, it seems the commanding general of U.S. Army Special Operations Command (also known as ARSOC) didn&#8217;t get the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that ARSOC (or USASOC) includes some of our finest warriors, including the 75<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Ranger Regiment, Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and&nbsp;1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (or&nbsp;Delta Force \u2013 the Army&#8217;s equivalent of the Navy SEALs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what I consider an obscene post across multiple social\u00a0media\u00a0accounts, including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, the commander of ARSOC, Lt. Gen.\u00a0Jonathan P. Braga,\u00a0either knowingly, or unknowingly, allowed his public affairs peons to celebrate Pride Month with the most bizarre leftist flag there is \u2013 as of now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the \u201cintersex-inclusive Pride Progress\u201d flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USASOC recognizes June as Pride month, celebrating all LGBTQ+ members in our formations. Throughout American history, LGBTQ+ members have not only fought for the right to serve openly, but have also fought in every major war and conflict. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MhwAXyIUD5\">pic.twitter.com\/MhwAXyIUD5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USASOC (@USASOCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USASOCNews\/status\/1671862354030608384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I say \u201cas of now\u201d because we have come a long way from a simple rainbow flag to represent gays. As I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/commentary\/biden-demotes-us-flag-at-white-house-to-push-ugly-left-agenda\/pcrespo\/2023\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote earlier<\/a>, the latest Pride flag, along with the leftist ideology that it&#8217;s based on, is constantly morphing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It first added black and brown stripes to represent the Black Lives Matter (BLM) racial agenda. Then it added pink and baby blue for\u00a0transgenderism, only to add purple and yellow for those who call themselves nonbinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it is daily adding more elements and colors as the movement expands to include everything the left now advocates,&nbsp;even if it makes&nbsp;less sense each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intersex symbol on this flag is the left&#8217;s latest add. It is a purple circle on a yellow background in the chevron on the left of the flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it seems totally redundant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brietbart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/06\/26\/army-special-operations-command-posts-pride-flag-social-media-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2022\/heres-what-the-different-lgbtqia-flags-represent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an article<\/a>&nbsp;from Boston University, \u201cintersex\u201d is defined as \u201cthose whose bodies do not align with the gender binaries of males or females. This includes those with both genitals or other differences.\u201d The colors yellow and purple are meant to be seen as \u201cnonbinary colors,\u201d the article stated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The flag also included light blue, pink, and white, which, according to the article, represent, respectively, boys, girls, and \u201cthose who are transitioning, have no gender, or are gender neutral.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest \u2018intersex-inclusive Pride Progress&#8217; flag is not only bizarre and visually hideous, but it also represents an extreme left-wing political and sexual ideology that divides us instead of uniting us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ARSOC post also made the oft-repeated claim that: \u201cThroughout American history, LGBTQ+ members have not only fought for the right to serve openly, but have also fought in every major war and conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tweeted my own reply to that, asking for the names of just a couple of specific LGBT individuals from every conflict and noted that I was especially interested in those that were T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can you please list a couple of specific LGBT individuals from each conflict. Especially interested in &#39;T&#39; individuals. Starting with War of Independence. Thank you.<\/p>&mdash; Paul Crespo (@paulcrespo007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulcrespo007\/status\/1673414440056938496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I doubt too many intersex transgenders fought at Yorktown or Gettysburg. Or even WWII or Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breitbart also posted some comments to the ARSOC post that pointed out we already have one all-inclusive flag:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>A former Green Beret posted in response: \u201cAnd you jackasses wonder why the military as a whole can&#8217;t even meet its recruiting goals? There&#8217;s only one flag you should be proud of, the one we fought under and many of our brothers and sisters died under.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Sara Carter,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/fox-news\/\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;Contributor and host of the Sara Carter Show, blasted the command&#8217;s posts, tweeting:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>.@USASOCNews<br>My husband was in Special Operations Command for more than 16 years and continued to serve beyond \u2013 but he fought for the American flag not the LGBTQ flag<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See, here&#8217;s the problem \u2013 The American flag represents all Americans and the rights we cherish \u2013 we don&#8217;t need the bizarre multi-colored flag to appreciate freedom my husband and so many others (gay or not) risked their lives for or lost their lives for \u2013 your priorities are so F&#8217;ked up<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, we should only fly one flag \u2013 the American flag. It&#8217;s the one we fight for, and it includes all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.augustapreciousmetals.com\/gold-ira?apmtrkr_cid=1696&amp;aff_id=1590&amp;sub_idI=ALNARTICLE0&amp;display_creative_id=793\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS\u00a0\u2013 Please just stop! \u2013 Even as the U.S. armed services toned down their politically driven, identity and sexual\u00a0politics\u00a0pandering for\u00a0Pride Month\u00a0this year, it seems the commanding general of U.S. Army Special Operations Command (also known as ARSOC) didn&#8217;t get the memo. 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