• PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    * deny anyone hearings before discharges, as long as someone somewhere alleged that they were transgender or something

    The hearings are what determine whether the person is actually transgender or not. It’s also horrible to eject transgender people from the military in the first place, but framing it as “all these people are all transgender and we already know that so we don’t need a hearing” is its own whole separate class of sinister bullshit.

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      19 hours ago

      It doesn’t matter - the “hearings” they had were kangaroo courts that have (to date) 100% denied their benefits upon exit. This really just takes away their paperwork as they realized they can do this with impunity…

    • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 hours ago

      True. Basically the same sinister bullshit they’re pulling with denying due process to people being put in the concentration camps (and I’m done mincing words, that’s what they are).

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    23 hours ago

    The air force is full of hardcore fundamental christians and has been for decades so this isn’t really that surprising.

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    So now we have even more people with nothing to lose, under oath to defend the constitution from domestic threats.

    We’re waiting on a hero - how fucking amazing would it be if he or she turned out to be trans??

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    21 hours ago

    I was more military minded in the 80s and 90s. When they started allowing gays in the military my senses more aligned with Admiral Ackbar. Doing contract work with high brass they always despised gay people and trans ups that to 11.

    Not saying I agree with it at all. I just kept my fucking mouth shut. Never give someone rope to hang you with.