Pentagon Slams Netflix’s Boots as “Woke Garbage”

Pentagon Press Secretary has scathing remarks for “Boots” an LGBT+ military Netflix series.

Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson had a lot to say about the new Netflix series “Boots” that was released earlier this month. Wilson said in a statement that Netflix’s “leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience”. The show follows a closeted gay teen who impulsively follows his best friend’s lead in enlisting in the Marine Corps. The show is loosely based on Marine Corps Sergeant Greg Cope White’s memoir “The Pink Marine,” which details his journey as a gay man in the military in the 1970s-80s, when it was illegal.

“Boots” deviates as it takes place during the 1990s, or the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era, where gay soldiers were allowed to serve as long as they remained silent about their sexual orientation. Although it isn’t directly about his life, White served as a writer for the show alongside late producer and WWII veteran Norman Lear. Andy Parker, the creator of the show, “did not feel the series was inherently political”, however, Secretary Wilson disagreed, stating that the US Military “will not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda”.

This statement aligns with the beliefs of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality who is helping “the US Military to get back to restoring the warrior ethos”. He has previously supported Trump’s executive order, which mandates the discharge of all trans service members and prevents new trans troops from enlisting. Earlier this year, he ordered that the US Navy Ship Harvey Milk, named after the veteran and gay activist, be renamed. In May, he spoke about “leaving weakness and weakness behind”. 

It is a violent reaction for a show that, at its bare bones, is based on someone’s personal experience, especially when the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed in 2011. Created by two veterans about one of the toughest branches in the military, the show aims to shed light on the experiences of gay veterans, which is apparently too much for the Pentagon to handle. Netflix has not commented on the situation at this point. Especially when the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed in 2011. Created by two veterans about one of the toughest branches in the military, the show aims to shed light on the experiences of gay veterans, which is apparently too much for the Pentagon to handle. Netflix has not commented on the situation at this point.