Trump's DOD censored the Enola Gay. Here's 11 things his moronic DEI purge could also remove
03/20/25
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The Enola Gay WWII aircraft, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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After Donald Trump's Department of Defense removed content related to the historic plane the Enola gay just for having "gay" in its name, everyone is wondering what could be next.
Following Trump's executive orders forcing the removal of all references to DEI in the federal government, the Defense Department recently created a database, obtained by The Associated Press, of more than 26,000 images and posts that have been marked for deletion across all branches of the military. Anonymous U.S. officials told the outlet that the purge could potentially effect over 100,000 pieces of content not just on websites, but social media as well.
Several photos were seemingly flagged for removal only because their file included the word ”gay,” including the World War II aircraft, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Photos of an Army Corps of Engineers project were also slated for removal because one of the engineers had the last name "Gay," as well as a photo of Army Corps biologists because it contained data about fish, including their gender.
Just what is next? We have some predictions below, and they're equally ridiculous as real life.
Gloria Gaynor at Rock in Rio 40 years. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024)
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Evidently, those with "gay" in their name will not survive the anti-DEI purge.
The Flintstones cartoon cast in Fred's car
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Anyone caught having "a gay old time" will be arrested and charged with public indecency. That's not even a joke — that's just what drag bans are.
Hand making credit card purchase at store.
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You want to make transactions? Trans actions? If conservatives heard that word for the first time today, they'd call it grooming.
The little church of Panagia Gorgona in Lesbos
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As the place where the terms "lesbian" and "sapphic" both originated, it might be best to cut things off at the source. Or just rename it the island of America.
Man using smartphone at laptop.
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Curiosity is illegal now. But with the push to dismantle the Department of Education, that might not be a problem soon.
Illustrative editorial cartoon of Donald Trump as a Jack in the Box or fool with jester hat
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With the amount of billionaires at Trump's inauguration, "rich" and "queer" couldn't be further apart. And "don't bother, they're here" couldn't apply more.
A Little Night Music might not be Stephen Sondheim's most popular musical, but it's starting to become his most accurate.
Public busses waiting in depot
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Hope you're ready to walk everywhere.
Dick Van Dyke at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Press Room. Los Angeles, California (2013)
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This isn't a prediction. 99-year-old Van Dyke himself has said he "fortunately won't be around" for the rest of Trump's presidency.
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"Don we now our gay apparel?" Sounds like drag to me.
Duolingo foreign language learning app lesson on cell phone over English dictionary page
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Conservative complain about comedy being dead when they're the ones that killed it. I can't even joke that "learning languages other than English is woke" because it's something they already believe.
Anthropology illustration human evolution from monkeys against milky way background
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After all, to ban being LGBTQ+ is to ban being human.