The Diversity Cult demands adherence to its politically correct dogma. People understand that deviating from the government approved canon will result in negative consequences. Therefore, it is often better to just look the other way.

As a student, some who knew Nidal Malik Hasan said they saw clear signs the young Army psychiatrist — who authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 29 others wounded — had no place in the military. After arriving at Fort Hood, he was conflicted about what to tell fellow Muslim soldiers about the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, alarming an Islamic community leader from whom he sought counsel.

“I told him, ‘There’s something wrong with you,’ ” Osman Danquah, co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, said on Saturday.

Danquah assumed the military’s chain of command knew about Hasan’s doubts, which had been known for more than a year to classmates in a graduate military medical program. His fellow students complained to the faculty about Hasan’s “anti-American propaganda,” but said a fear of appearing discriminatory against a Muslim student kept officers from filing a formal written complaint.

For officers in Hanan’s chain of command, filing a formal complaint about a potential jihadi just wasn’t worth being suspected of not being sufficiently dedicated to the Diversity Cult. For officers in today’s military, an insufficient dedication to diversity is career limiting.

Why risk appearing anti-diversity? Better just to pass the jihadi on to the next guy to deal with. After all, filing a report could result in career set-backs due to anti-diversity black marks on the filer’s record. Better just to pass the problem on to the next guy than suffer the wrath of the diversity police. Besides, what is the worst thing that could happen?