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[*]I was just reading in an online article about efforts being made to eliminate the word "Gay" from the Enola Gay noseart because of DEI! Has anyone else heard this? Its sounds totally stupid!

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Its not being removed from the actual aircraft (even if that were true, its owned by the smithsonian and not the gvt). There was a directive to remove DEI references from gvt websites and socials by a certain date. If they were unable to comply by the timeline, they were to use a catch-all net to remove anything containing certain keywords, then gontheough manually, sort, and put back online anything that was caught by mistake. In the end, this should not effect anything to do with the aircraft as it has nothing to do with DEI.

Time will tell tho, its hard to predict were things land these days.

Sean

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Creating a problem where none existed. Years ago we used to supposedly employ prisoners to dig holes just so that another batch could fill them in again. This is that.

It's the recognized, documented name of a historic artifact.

The name isn't going anywhere.

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I figure if you wanted my opinion on items unrelated to this forum, you'd ask for it.

The word "gay" was flagged by AI algorithms for obvious reasons, I'm sure by now it has been reviewed by a human since this has been widely reported at least a week ago, and any censor removed.

Am guessing leftists are trying to make the most out of it to [try to] make removing perverse/controversial/woke references from govt websites look ridiculous and fruitless.

Or conversely, any normal person is throwing their hands up at the sheer stupidity of it in the first place.

Not only are you a Troll, but not a very smart one either. Below is just one of many legitimate sources easily able to find in seconds.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurra ... dei-purge/

And agreed, it’s absolute nonsense from the predictable bigoted ass clowns currently in Washington.
Next up? A Battle of Midway hero: George Gay. Wouldn’t put it past the idiots on the right. It’s just a matter of time.

Shuddup you friggin butthurt wingnut, your link adds nothing that hasn't already been discussed. Its been flagged by AI, like I said, and the pics of references to this historic aircraft are going NO WHERE [Forbes btw is pretty well known as strong leftist, what is "legit" or not is a matter of opinion, and you sure as hell are no arbiter for truth]

Can we maybe get back to the subject and desist from the childishness? I'd hope we could all be objective and see this as nonsense. How that can be turned into some kind of agenda I don't know, but it seems to be a necessity these days. How I long for the days when we could discuss things in an adult manner.

Wrong as usual. But congratulations for proving my points. You make it too easy to prove what you are to this forum and what you don’t understand or accept regarding facts vs fiction.

The “Enola Gay” name will never be erased from our American heritage and history. No matter how hard your bigoted, traitorous friends try. Sorry!!

Someone can send me a PM when this clown is gone.

The Associated Press, which is about as unbiased and matter of fact as you can get, covered this issue in an excellent detail in an article: War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

For those interested in reading it themselves, the specific memorandum for the executive order can be found on the DoD website: Digital Content Refresh

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“TO: ALL WORKING MEMBERS OF THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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Welcome to China or North Korea.

Nice one Mark. I know this forum shouldn't be political but sometimes..... But I'm sure it will get shut down: this sort of thing not allowed now in the USSA.

Is it great yet?