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spooky3

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1. Dear Hegseth: these actions are direct violations of the Civil Rights Act

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:24 PM

Jun 19

Of 1964. You cannot legally make decisions on the basis of sex unless it is a BFOQ (such as requiring applicants for a job to model women’s fashions to be female). Race cannot legally be a BFOQ. Unless these officers were demonstrably less qualified than those you are promoting, you should be sued into oblivion.

(Not a lawyer but many non-lawyers have this basic understanding of what managers in the US cannot do legally.)

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Someone inform Hegseth minorities and women are overrepresented in blocked promotions at 50%. That is DEI of a sort. [View all] applegrove Jun 19 OP

Dear Hegseth: these actions are direct violations of the Civil Rights Act spooky3 Jun 19 #1

He should refrain from open areas dave99 Jun 19 #2

imagine your military career impacted by a drunken rapist pimping for Cadet Bonespurs Skittles Jun 19 #3