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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 113 points 10 months ago

They just want trans people to die, not to die for their country.

[–] vrojak@feddit.org 84 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When there are fewer LGBT people in the military, then there will also be less resistance from within when the military is used to oppress that very same group. I suspect that might be a reason for the ban. Also I guess there'd be less chance for a coup, but I don't know how likely that is to begin with.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 30 points 10 months ago

The military is all about indoctrination which is the polite word for "brainwashing". Our trans friends in the armed forces are just as unlikely to stop stomping on necks as anyone else.

Nah, this is just general hate toward the Ts (expect the Ls, Bs, Gs, Qs, and +s to follow).

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

👁️👄👁️ 💅

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Making easier to dodge the draft.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Careful though, you might dodge yourself right into a prison in El Salvador.

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[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

With the enrollment going down, banning women and now this, they really don’t want a military.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago

Make the US military weak again.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The more people banned from the US military the better.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately they made it so for a lot of people it's the only available way to escape poverty

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Those people can always choose a more moral profession like becoming a bank robber.

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 9 points 10 months ago

Damn, .world needs to clean up their transphobe problem. Embarrassing.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago
[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

Don't even need to cycle an original thought into something this dumb.

Bill Hicks - Gays in the Military

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