Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller

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[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

Great idea.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, at Pearl Harbor, the Navy is expected to announce that a $12.5 billion aircraft carrier will be named after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor for his actions on Dec. 7, 1941, when he manned a machine gun on the USS West Virginia to fire back at attacking Japanese planes.

“I think that Doris Miller is an American hero simply because of what he represents as a young man going beyond the call of what’s expected,” said Doreen Ravenscroft, president of Cultural Arts of Waco (Texas) and team leader for the Doris Miller Memorial.

In 1941 an African American was not allowed to man a gun in the Navy, and as far as rank was concerned, “he could not really get above a messman level,” Ravenscroft said. Miller’s actions started to turn the tide, she added.

“Without him really knowing, he actually was a part of the civil rights movement because he changed the thinking in the Navy,” Ravenscroft said Friday.

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Another award for being black.

An American hero whose act was murdering fellow POC.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

You know, you are the only person I know still using the term “person of color.”

[–]Chipit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

It's in common usage, especially among the woke left.

In fact, if you use any other term you are likely to be banned on any platform they control. Word to the wise, stay in your lane.

Err...wait a minute. "still using it"? What's the new term? I don't want to get banned, or possibly beaten up in the street.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Well, actually the last time you used it you were screaming that Europeans ought not to tell POC what to do. You seem very race-oriented. Would you like to talk about that?

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

What's the new term for POC? How should I refer to their community in discussions? What's the current woke vocabulary? Surely you keep abreast of the topic, being on the far left.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

But seriously, just the other week you were going on about how a German fellow ought not to protest racist laws in India as a European ought not to tell "POC" what to do.

Perhaps you are sharing your account with someone else?

[–]Cephalomutinium 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The user is politely asking you what you prefer after you criticized and isolated the user as the only one using the term. If you don't provide the "correct term" you look like someone who wants to berate others without providing the solution.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yes, and I am asking the user why he is so race-based. I also would like to know why previously he was railing that Germans ought not to tell "POC" in terms of India's horrible laws.

[–]Cephalomutinium 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I see, you only want to berate the user for previous transgressions, not correct them. Perhaps you refuse to correct them so you can berate them again?

Such a negative energy.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And I kept abreast of yo momma last night! Turns out she was leaning right.

Ohh SNAP! 420noscoped Ayylmao!

(Sorry, trying to lighten the mood here).

Ban me if I'm too much :(