Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and writer Dustin Lance Black have condemned the decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a ship honoring the slain gay rights icon. Black criticized the move as divisive and a distraction from pressing civil rights issues, suggesting it reflects a strategy of 'divide and conquer.' Penn echoed this sentiment by deriding Hegseth's leadership. The renaming, which coincides with Pride Month, is seen as part of a broader shift towards aligning military assets with a conservative agenda, according to Pentagon statements.
"It's meant to get us to react in ways that are self-centered so that we are further distanced from our brothers and sisters in equally important civil rights fights in this country."
"I've never before seen a Secretary of Defense so aggressively demote himself to the rank of Chief PETTY Officer."
"These guys are idiots... Pete Hegseth does not seem like a smart man... He seems small and petty."
"The renaming is supposed to ensure alignment with president and SECDEF objectives and SECNAV priorities of reestablishing the warrior culture."
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