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45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 4:37 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Now soldiers cannot get treatment for gender dysphoria in their GI health and, if you've had SRS surgery in the past, you cannot enlist.

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:01 am
by Yukaphile
But then, people knew what they were buying, and you get what you paid for.

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:29 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Just what is that comment supposed to mean?

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:40 am
by clearspira
Plenty more people to choose from to go off and die.

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:42 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Thank you for your nuanced and compassionate assessment of the situation.

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:50 am
by Yukaphile
I was talking about 2016. Sanders and Trump voters both. We all knew the stakes, and we made our choices. Now we gotta sleep in this bed.

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:55 am
by MixedDrops
I'd say "Transgenders didn't choose this future" in response to that, but we all know there are people like Caitlyn Jenner.

"I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:42 am Thank you for your nuanced and compassionate assessment of the situation.
As glib as he's being about it, I admit there is a part of me that kinda agrees, but I won't let my anti-militarism get in the way of advocating for every one of us having the equal right to register to die for the state that doesn't actually care about you. :|

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:05 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Yukaphile wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:50 am I was talking about 2016. Sanders and Trump voters both. We all knew the stakes, and we made our choices. Now we gotta sleep in this bed.
Hillary won the popular vote. -__- Don't put this on the voters. We did our best to stop him and our best wasn't good enough.

I'm no fan of the military industrial complex, but banning trans people from military service is an important step towards eliminating them from the rights of citizens and public life. It creates a legal precedent for future enshrined bigotry.

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:57 am
by Karha of Honor
MixedDrops wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:55 am
As glib as he's being about it, I admit there is a part of me that kinda agrees, but I won't let my anti-militarism get in the way of advocating for every one of us having the equal right to register to die for the state that doesn't actually care about you. :|
There are certain conditions that can make it so that someone is only gets called up if the US is invaded...

Re: 45's trans military ban goes into effect

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:55 am
by clearspira
Slash Gallagher wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 9:57 am
MixedDrops wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:55 am
As glib as he's being about it, I admit there is a part of me that kinda agrees, but I won't let my anti-militarism get in the way of advocating for every one of us having the equal right to register to die for the state that doesn't actually care about you. :|
There are certain conditions that can make it so that someone is only gets called up if the US is invaded...
Which will never happen.