I think it’s important for the Defense Secretary to clarify his views on some of the pressing issues of the day as outlined below. Where does he stand?
Mao had a relaxation (stand down) during the Cultural Revolution in which people were encouraged to share their feelings, thoughts and opinions in a seemingly open and tolerant manner to address their concerns and criticisms of the communist regime.
When it was over, the “extremists” (Christians, Intellectuals, free-thinkers, counter-revolutionaries, counter-leftists, people wanting freedom, critics of the regime) were identified and purged, imprisoned and persecuted.
Some questions to ask: 1) Is the view that Joe Biden was fraudulently elected an extremist view? 2) Is the view that open borders and the illegal alien invasion constitute a national security threat, especially during a raging pandemic, extremist? 3) Is the view that transgenders in the military are not good for morale, esprit de corps and mission readiness an extremist or transphobic view? 4) Is the view that Big Tech actions to censor, deplatform and demonetize those critical of the Biden Regime are anti-American an extremist view? 5) Are those that disagree with the aims of Globalism to make the USA economically interdependent with communist China racist or extremist? 6) Are those that reject Cultural Marxist theories such as Intersectionality, Cancel Culture and the Transgender movement to erase terms and concepts such as mother/motherhood, father/fatherhood, son, daughter, etc. extremist? 7) Are the terms “Make America Great Again (MAGA),” “America First” and “God, Family & Country” White Nationalist, White Supremacist, racist or extremist terms? 8) Is resistance to the concepts put forth by communist Ex CIA Director John Brennan – and some in the mainstream media – that Trump supporters and Conservatives need to be “Deprogrammed,” “Reeducated” or disarmed extremist? 9) Are the terms “CCP Virus” (Chinese Communist Party Virus ) or “China Virus” racist or extremist? 9) Does membership in or ideological affiliation with violent, Marxist/Communist organizations like Antifa and Black Lives Matter, by military members, constitute extremism? If not, why? 10) Is it extremist to question the stated use of the military to combat the Climate Change hoax, or is it already “settled science?”
Start there. Because the extremism may be coming from the Left-wing Biden Regime whose views don’t quite line up with most of the nation, our traditional American values or the Constitution.
Watch for a political and ideological military purge or persecution of service members whose views don’t align with our current Leftist regime, or the institution of Soviet-style Political Officers to monitor for “extremist” views and punish perceived offenders.