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Re: the transgender military ban, and people thinking we& #39;re all part of some "PC agenda"
Don& #39;t blame me that people are still fighting over this stupid policy. Don& #39;t tell me we are the ones causing a loss of cohesion.
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Don& #39;t blame me that people are still fighting over this stupid policy. Don& #39;t tell me we are the ones causing a loss of cohesion.
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You know why there& #39;s so mny people saying we degrade cohesion right? It isn& #39;t us, the trans soldiers.
The 2016 policy basically said "Hey, trans people can serve now. Don& #39;t be butt-hurt about it. It doesn& #39;t matter anymore how offended you are by their existence. Get over it."
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The 2016 policy basically said "Hey, trans people can serve now. Don& #39;t be butt-hurt about it. It doesn& #39;t matter anymore how offended you are by their existence. Get over it."
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Then, the pearl-clutching. The "tremendous cost." The sheer offendedness of it all.
That& #39;s what a loss of cohesion looks like. It isn& #39;t about telling people not to hurt the "poor, sensitive" trans people. We don& #39;t need your pity, we dont need kid gloves.
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That& #39;s what a loss of cohesion looks like. It isn& #39;t about telling people not to hurt the "poor, sensitive" trans people. We don& #39;t need your pity, we dont need kid gloves.
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This cohesion loss comes down to people not being able to get the fuck over being offended by the fact that we are around.
My career almost ended because I didn& #39;t make everyone happy. And why? Because I was diagnosed by Behavioral Health with Gender Dysphoria in 2014.
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My career almost ended because I didn& #39;t make everyone happy. And why? Because I was diagnosed by Behavioral Health with Gender Dysphoria in 2014.
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And my doc outed me to my command against my will. I spent the next 2 years fending off accusations of unprofessionalism and of bullshit policy violations as I fought to stay in even though I& #39;m trans.
I& #39;m still here.
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I& #39;m still here.
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And today, right now, there are Soldiers in the *exact same situation* I was in 6 years ago. Because regardless of what the talking points may be, THIS IS A FUCKING BAN.
I can tell you right now, far more people have been offended by me than I ever have by them.
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I can tell you right now, far more people have been offended by me than I ever have by them.
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These threads at the bottom of every single article about the trans military policy are not full of trans people demanding that everyone protect us from the scary world, they& #39;re full of people spewing their opinions of how they don& #39;t think we should be allowed to serve.
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Because we& #39;re perverts, or mentally ill, or wasting money, or any of a dozen other reasons I& #39;ve heard a million times.
Do you think we want this fight? That we want to be the center of god damn attention? That we want special treatment? Fuck no.
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Do you think we want this fight? That we want to be the center of god damn attention? That we want special treatment? Fuck no.
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