The US Air Force faced massive backlash on Twitter after its official account tweeted an image of a soldier saluting an LGBTQ flag to ‘Celebrate Pride Month. ‘
The image shows a silhouetted soldier saluting against a rainbow backdrop, along with black and brown and trans colors and the Air Force seal.
The gender of the soldier is not clear, but it appears that it’s not meant be, if the context of the LGBTQ flag is to be considered.
The caption reads:
“June is #PrideMonth! The Department of the Air Force proudly recognizes and celebrates generations of LGBTQI+ service members and their contributions to our #AirForce & #SpaceForce.”
The Air Force Global Strike Command responded to the tweet, writing, “Our diversity is our competitive advantage.”
Our diversity is our competitive advantage https://t.co/fgbaSLXtvX
— Air Force Global Strike Command (@AFGlobalStrike) June 7, 2023
Then the backlash came like an avalanche…
What an embarrassment
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 7, 2023
Why is the Service member SALUTING the alphabet cult flag?
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 7, 2023
Its illegal for a uniformed service member to salute anything but the American flag.
This cult is actively disgracing our military and replacing the American flag like we are a conquered people.
This must stop.
The only colors American military ought to salute are Red, White, and Blue. https://t.co/cRu3JgSLRB
— Rep. Ralph Norman (@RepRalphNorman) June 7, 2023
They would die laughing at us. 😒
— Nancy the Neanderthal 🇺🇸 (@nan_mclellan) June 8, 2023
Can we have a I am normal month; a heterosexual month; I work for a living month; I’m not on public assistance month; I don’t do drugs month; and I support the Blue month?
— R2D (@hoopster26) June 8, 2023
How?
— Francis White (@whit1736) June 8, 2023
My father served 25 years in the USAF and retired a Colonel. He's rolling over in his grave at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.
— Lar 🇺🇸 (@Lar97240724) June 8, 2023
He was in charge of "Personnel", back in the day…I'm sure it would be called "HR" in today's world.
This wouldn't have happened on his watch.
We salute the American flag. Diversity of thought is our advantage…. Color and who you sleep with doesn't affect squat.
— Danger Close Apparel 🇺🇲 (@DangerCloseApp) June 8, 2023
🖕pride month…how about a whole month of honoring veterans? Disgusting display
— Colleen (@colleen0629) June 7, 2023
Earlier this month, the United States Navy’s official Twitter account quietly removed its rainbow-colored LGBTQ graphic in support of Pride Month after facing similar backlash.
As The Daily Fetched reported:
The LGBT graphic featured aircraft and ships with rainbow colors streaming from them and the word “Pride” in different colors.
“Why are recruiting numbers so bad???” pic.twitter.com/nxUo95xSFk
— BowTiedRanger (@BowTiedRanger) June 1, 2023
However, the Navy Twitter account later changed its cover from LGBTQ colors to a photo of a ship deck from a control tower.
The Navy account obviously wasn’t expecting such an intense backlash.
“Why are recruiting numbers so bad???” one Twitter account named @BowTiedRanger tweeted with a screenshot of the Navy account’s graphic.
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