Army Gen. Mark Milley pushed back on claims from Republicans that the military is “woke” and as a result not prepared to take on modern threats, saying he’s “not even sure what that word truly means.”

“What I see is a military that’s exceptionally strong. It’s powerful; it’s ready. In fact, our readiness rates, the way we measure readiness, is better now than they’ve been in years,” Milley said in a CNN interview Sunday.

Republican politicians and candidates have blasted the Pentagon for so-called woke policies, pointing to efforts to recruit a diverse group of military service members and be inclusive to transgender soldiers.

Those claims have also headlined efforts to reduce military spending.

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    I would say that to be “anti-woke” isn’t to be in denial but rather to be in favor of racial (etc) prejudice and discrimination. Otherwise, they would feel that there’s nothing to be particularly against. More woke-neutral than anti.

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      Denialism isn’t that innocent. More than a few Holocaust denialists seem to have the position of “The Nazis didn’t really kill the Jews, but they should have.”

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        True. I was thinking more about how denialists know that what they’re denying is real, so they’re really anti whatever it is. But it gets framed as denialism rather than support.