According to a report from Infowars, the U.S. Marine Corps managed to catch a bit of blowback after posting to Twitter a pro-Pride post that featured rainbow-colored bullets. It seems as though that the general consensus was that the attempt to pander was cringy.

June is upon us once again, which means that everyday this month people are going to be inundated with the message – meaning that nearly every entity in the corporate world, and even our own government, is going to talk about how awesome non-heterosexual orientations are.

As such, it’s of little surprise to see the U.S. Marine Corps get in on the action of spreading the June propaganda, sharing a post on Twitter on June 1st that bore a graphic of a military helmet with the words “Proud to Serve” inscribed on the side, accompanied by some rainbow-colored bullets.

The aforementioned post was captioned with, “Throughout June, the USMC takes #Pride in recognizing and honoring the contributions of our LGBTQ service members. We remain committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination, and defend the values of treating all equally, with dignity and respect.”

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It’s rather interesting to point out that in a period of roughly eleven years, we’ve gone from “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” still being the standard in military service, to the top brass in a branch of the Armed Forces putting out official Pride month celebratory announcements complete with rainbow-colored bullets.

Needless to say, the Twitter post from the U.S. Marine Corps was the recipient of some heavy mockery- which was ostensibly called for-  for an amalgamation of reasons.

Some of the critics were questioning why the Corps was fixating on differences when the military is meant to foster unity and cohesion, while others just found the whole rainbow-colored bullets to be ridiculous.

But among the sea of memes and pun-laden comments mocking the Pride month Twitter post, one of the most interesting criticisms was that the U.S. Marine Corps was taking time out to celebrate Pride month while completely ignoring the fact that June also serves as PTSD Awareness month – a topic and matter arguably of greater importance to those serving or who’ve served.

This particular bit of criticism came by way of the official Twitter account of Code of Vets, a nonprofit started by USAF Veteran Gretchen Smith who was inspired to start the NPO after losing her father, Sgt. Danny E. Smiley, after “his battle with PTSD.”

“The month of June is PTSD Awareness Month. Suicide has drastically increased in the military and in the veteran community. Our focus is on the mental health of our brothers and sisters not social equity. This is a disgrace.”

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Of course, there were a handful of those triggered by the response from Code of Vets, falsely asserting that non-heterosexual individuals are somehow still fighting for “rights” and other iterations of such bad-faith drivel.

This piece was written by Gregory Hoyt on June 2, 2022. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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