{"id":114406,"date":"2021-06-10T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114406"},"modified":"2021-06-09T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T01:02:12","slug":"army-battalion-commander-says-if-youre-a-white-male-youre-part-of-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114406","title":{"rendered":"Army battalion commander says &#8220;if you\u2019re a white male you\u2019re part of the problem&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Book of the Face, the US Army&#8217;s 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment got a new commander last week. They posted goodbye messages to their former commander on the 4th of June. Now, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew &#8220;Dru&#8221; Rhodes has been outed on social media as the new CO and not for good reasons. Apparently, if the reports are true, he&#8217;s a\u00a0<em><strong>huge<\/strong><\/em> racist who immediately believes any accusations levied against one of his soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes&#8217; Twitter account says he goes by &#8220;he\/him&#8221; pronouns and is a &#8220;fervent anti-racist &amp; anti-sexist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poe sent in this <a href=\"https:\/\/humanevents.com\/2021\/06\/09\/behind-the-beret-battalion-commander-reportedly-tells-troops-white-people-are-part-of-the-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Events report.<\/a>\u00a0They get a lot of their information from the Instagram page @terminalcwo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CP3NPOuLIIX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CP3NPOuLIIX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by We three CWOs (@terminalcwo)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From Human Events;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Rhodes, commander of the 1-8 Infantry \u2013 \u201cFighting Eagles\u201c, has a message for all serving in the military: if you\u2019re white, you\u2019re the problem.<\/p>\n<p>It was recently discovered that Rhodes, who holds a position of authority and responsibility, runs a private, \u201cwoke,\u201d left-wing Twitter account under the name \u201cDru.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Twitter account wasn\u2019t enough to convince you of his radical beliefs, his comment at a military function should do the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a white male, you are part of the problem,\u201d Rhodes reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>He also reportedly added that only .01 percent of racist accusations are false, and that he would always believe someone coming forward about an uncomfortable situation.<\/p>\n<p>The story began circulating on social media, with one Instagram post catching some important attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like Fort Carson got themselves a real gem of an unbiased commander,\u201d the post reads. \u201cI hope you\u2019re not white or ever accused of anything while you\u2019re in his command. You\u2019re already guilty and you didn\u2019t even know it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post caught the eye of the current Sergeant Major of the Army, Michael A. Grinston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking more into this,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s true he said that \u2018if you\u2019re a white male you\u2019re part of the problem\u2019 then he\u2019s creating division within his formation, and it\u2019s the exact opposite of what the Army has been trying to do with inclusion efforts,\u201d an active duty Army officer told Human Events. \u201cInclusion is for everyone, and is not discriminatory with regard to race, gender, sexual preference, or any other characteristic. It appears he has lost trust from many of his subordinates on day 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, via message screenshots posted to Instagram, a full investigation is reportedly underway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Human Events has been contacted by Fort Carson who says the incident is under investigation. Their article will be updated at some point when they receive more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Book of the Face, the US Army&#8217;s 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment got &hellip; <a title=\"Army battalion commander says &#8220;if you\u2019re a white male you\u2019re part of the problem&#8221;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114406\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Army battalion commander says &#8220;if you\u2019re a white male you\u2019re part of the problem&#8221;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,359,232,598,406,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-floggings-will-continue-until-morale-improves","category-army","category-army-news","category-get-woke","category-guest-link","category-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114407,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406\/revisions\/114407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}