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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 116 points 2 days ago

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

[–] vrojak@feddit.org 85 points 2 days 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 31 points 2 days 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).

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 71 points 1 day ago

I was in the military for over 10 years. A lot of LGBTQ+ people join the military for the same reason White straight men like myself did. They were out of options. I lived in a very rural area with no job or education opportunities and raised by an absentee single mother with no money or property. The military was a way out. Many LGBTQ+ people had the same situation as me. Many others were shunned or disowned by their families and had no other way to get ahead. Their families refused to care for them just for being gay. I served with many people who were as flamboyantly gay as you can get in a combat uniform and I never saw an issue. Never had any reason to doubt their intent or integrity. The people who caused the most problems were other White straight men, especially those from southern states.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

👁️👄👁️ 💅

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

magats be like:

  • Ban trans people
  • Ban gay/lesbian people
  • Ban non-whites
  • Ban women
  • Ban non christians

In 2026: Rebel army is made of Non-Christians, People of Colour, Women, LGBT people.

Also magats: surprised pikachu face

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You forgot a few more people

  • Catholics
  • Protestants who dont follow the church of Trump
  • Neurodivergant people
  • Class conscious workers
  • Immigrants
  • Non anglo-saxons
  • Non Republicans
  • Republicans that follow any faction other than Trumpism
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thats covered in "nonwhite" (let's be honest though white is a meaningless word)

[–] System_below@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Non anglo-saxons

So everyone? Ain't any Anglo Saxon around since that little old conquest of 1066

Kinda like how Trumps definitions of sex basically turned eveyone agender I expect them to accidentally ban eveyone from the military and then not follow their own rules

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Fuck it.

Let's ban all the liberals and queers and women and fems and educated, too. Then let's get a draft going and set no minimum or maximum age. Let's start making all our own equipment and you know let's just not give them anything. Then let's get into a war with China and not use drones or ai or tanks. Ohh noooooo, all the shitty people diiieedd. Sorry China, we take it back. Yeah, all those rules we changed, it didn't work out. Oh well. NO MAGATS. VOTING TIME.

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

Making easier to dodge the draft.

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

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

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 0 points 9 hours ago

Is that a line from the new version of Alice's Restaurant?

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

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

[–] febra@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

As much as it pains me to see fellow queer folk get discriminated against, I think it's for the better for all of humanity to have a weaker US military.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

Make the US military weak again.

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 9 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

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

Bill Hicks - Gays in the Military