DAD
US Army Retired
First Sergeant

Before you try to sound smart, get your spelling right. And if you are going to complain about non sequitur arguments, don’t lead with one. Just a tip for next time you high-falutin’ types get together online to tell enlisted jokes.

They also left comments directed at me that corrected or expanded upon posts I wrote. Always in a respectful, conversational manner. Most of them seemed to by Army.

I never had a problem with it.

Seriously? I imagine that even I would wind up being censored or attacked. I so hated my management in my active duty years that I kept a written log of all the ridiculous and wasteful policies I saw put into effect. I had planned on wiring a book, in the fashion of Col. Hackworth- there was more than enough material!

While this is alarming, there are two thoughts that ease my anxiety. First, is that they should be targeting enemies of the state, not us. I know, I know- I said SHOULD. But the second thing that sets me at ease? The Air Force is a bureaucracy, and I’ve never seen a bureaucracy get anything accomplished in an efficient manner.

If anything is going to give the paranoiac wing of the Blogosphere, Left and Right, pause, it’s that block. Report the Trolls and Ragers to HQ. Heh. That’s precisely a part of the job of the PA guys, however, to track the negatives, and to counter where appropriate, not just to push the positive.

WWheeler,
According to the guidance, it is to do exactly what you want them to do. They are *not* to engage the people. It’s useless. They can’t be convinced anyway. But you can’t present a refutation message to everyone else if you don’t know what’s being said about you.

Every good PR firm keeps track of not only what their supports are saying about them, but also what their detractors are saying as well. You can’t tailor an appropriate message without knowing that information.

This way, the refutational message goes out through the standard public channels (where calling out an individual moonbat would be in poor taste) while preventing service members from going after the individual on a personal level.

The biggest problem officers have now is their squad leaders have better degrees than they do.

Seriously. Nearly everyone of them I’ve attempted to engage spurts out non sequiturs and strawmen like they are going out of style. When confronted they call me “faggot”, “terrorist”, “dumbass”, etc.

By the way, nice non sequiter.

Most of the people I know have empathy, sympathy, and shared values with the military. The same can’t be said for their opinion of the government.

I have to agree with Wheeler. This program is akin to shooting your neighbor because he mentioned your roofer left a hole in your roof.

The military is embarrassed by it.