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moncler outlet store He later jokingly posted an acronym, a mnemonic device made deliberately bawdy to help him and his classmates’ study for an upcoming exam that included a racial slur. After a female plebe told him the use of that word was «not cool,» he immediately replaced it. moncler outlet store

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moncler outlet sale Ted’s «crime» was not the language itself, but a white midshipman’s use of it. But the academy’s chain of command was not interested in acknowledging, discussing, or resolving those distinctions. Worse still was that its own CMEO training manual made clear that, in every possible instance, such conflicts were to be resolved «informally» and «at the lowest possible level» because moncler outlet sale

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cheap moncler coats So much for that. Eschewing any attempt buy moncler jackets at leadership or conflict resolution, the chain of command denied Ted’s request to meet with the mid who complained in the presence of a third party. It ordered him not to have any further contact with the midshipman. It subjected his three character witnesses to such a brow beating before the first conduct hearing that one male midshipman was reduced to tears and had to withdraw, while another called her congressman to complain about it. cheap moncler coats

cheap moncler After Ted had entered a «not guilty plea» at his first conduct hearing and tried to defend himself, the command strongly advised him to «plead guilty,» «own this,» and show remorse at his next conduct hearing because it was his only shot at cheap moncler survival. After that second hearing, Ted’s company officer called an «all hands» meeting of the Plebes; except Ted. cheap moncler

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moncler sale outlet And the «command environment» whose fundamental fairness the CMEO Program is supposed to ensure, was left in a state of poisoned, demoralized divisiveness, in which speech is selectively chilled and no one trusts anyone. An institution whose moncler outlet store members swear to support and defend the Constitution, except that if one of your African American classmates refers to Stonewall Jackson as a «racists piece of ass,» the protections of the Constitution don’t apply to you, and your only proper response is, «You’re right; he was.» moncler sale outlet

moncler jacket sale This is not about race or the appropriate or inappropriate uses of racially charged language. This is about three things: leadership, character development, and fundamental fairness. moncler jacket sale

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