The Pentagon’s Efforts To Root Out Political ‘Extremism’ Almost Entirely Ignore The Left

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The Pentagon’s Efforts To Root Out Political ‘Extremism’ Almost Entirely Ignore The Left
By: Elaine Donnelly
 

Secretary Lloyd Austin’s obsession with far-right radicalism in the ranks has not been proportionate or even-handed.
 

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin recently released a “Report on Countering Extremist Activity Within the Department of Defense,” an outgrowth of Austin’s January 2021 call for a worldwide “stand down” on extremism in the military.   

Critical race theory (CRT) advocate Bishop Garrison, Austin’s senior advisor for human capital, diversity, equity, and inclusion, heads the Countering Extremist Activity Working Group (CEAWG), which produced the 21-page report. Garrison’s panel included several representatives of the leftist American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), but conservative attorney Michael Berry, general counsel of the First Liberty Institute, was summarily removed.

The resulting CEAWG report recommended updates to a Defense Department Instruction (DoDI 1325.6), which defines and prohibits “active participation” in “extremist activities.”  These include, “Advocating, engaging in or supporting terrorism” [or] the “overthrow of the government of the United States.”

https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/13/the-pentagons-efforts-to-root-out-political-extremism-almost-entirely-ignore-the-left/

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How could this happen????  The left is always talking about equity but here is a clear example of where they ignore one of their own mantras.  It must be some kind of sad mistake!