Boots, hit show about a closeted teen joining the marines, has led to a statement on ‘restoring the warrior ethos’

The Pentagon has slammed Netflix for making “woke garbage” after the release of the hit gay military drama Boots.

The show, based on Greg Cope White’s 2015 memoir The Pink Marine, tells the story of a closeted teenager who enlists in the United States Marine Corps in the 1990s.

In a statement originally shared with Entertainment Weekly, the Pentagon press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, said: “Under president Trump and secretary [Pete] Hegseth, the US military is getting back to restoring the warrior ethos. Our standards across the board are elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn’t care if you’re a man, a woman, gay, or straight.”

  • muxika@lemmy.world
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    As if gays couldn’t uphold military standards.

    This isn’t about “restoring the warrior ethos.” It’s about protecting misogyny and racism from the public eye. It’s about good ol’ boys squashing dissent.

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      Im sad its not The Onion timeline reason:

      Its not about standards. Of course they can meet it. The issues is Gays are too precious to waste in combat! Only use the straights!