but, if you remember, I'm someone who thinks that we (as a society) are doing a significant disservice to transgender individuals. So keep that factored into your mindset.
We, as a whole society, are still working out how to relate/behave around transgendered individuals. Much like how some are uncomfortable around disabled people. You can't stare....that's rude. You can't ignore....that's also rude. Do I accommodate? Yes, but only to a point, because then it can be perceived as pity or disingenuous.
So all that being said, you will note that there are many who cannot serve in the military....for a variety of reasons. This is another.
~Jeordam
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Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
Thoughts on the internet outrage over Trump's transgenders in the military announcement
- 26/07/2017 05:42:34 PM
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Maybe because....
- 26/07/2017 06:08:16 PM
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I get that
- 26/07/2017 06:12:35 PM
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I don't think that your reasoning is flawed....
- 26/07/2017 06:31:06 PM
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I dare say a lot of the rhetoric is seriously over the top...
- 26/07/2017 06:13:59 PM
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like I replied to Jeo, I don't see this as a betrayal of the LGBT cause
- 26/07/2017 06:19:01 PM
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LGB is not the same as T. We need to stop treating it all the same.
- 26/07/2017 06:58:05 PM
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No the least of which...
- 26/07/2017 07:06:21 PM
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John McCain is the Left's favorite RINO
- 26/07/2017 08:09:41 PM
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He's not a RINO. Just built his career on being independent-minded.
- 26/07/2017 09:49:32 PM
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I really don't see the independence. Where is it?
- 27/07/2017 01:33:27 AM
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So which is it, is he a RINO or a faithful Republican foot soldier?
- 27/07/2017 08:08:04 PM
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It makes eminent sense why trannies shouldn't be allowed.
- 26/07/2017 06:57:00 PM
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I tried to keep my points to the logic of excluding an 18 yr old trans person
- 26/07/2017 07:16:37 PM
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You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
- 27/07/2017 10:14:11 PM
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So I was reading....
- 26/07/2017 09:07:11 PM
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The rate goes down significantly after transition.
- 26/07/2017 11:24:50 PM
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Bullshit.
- 27/07/2017 01:40:05 AM
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I also like that study because it uses correct terminology: transsexual, sex-reassigned.
- 27/07/2017 01:42:19 AM
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Gender has had a non-grammatical meaning since the 1950s, and you know it. 
- 27/07/2017 03:05:09 AM
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- 27/07/2017 03:05:09 AM
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And people misuse the subjunctive all the time. Your point?
- 27/07/2017 04:57:19 AM
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Re: And people misuse the subjunctive all the time. Your point?
- 27/07/2017 02:13:57 PM
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That's not necessarily a biological difference
- 27/07/2017 05:03:30 PM
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Not bullshit. The rate decreases. It is still elevated relative to the general population.
- 27/07/2017 03:00:15 AM
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"transition is the cure"
- 27/07/2017 04:50:11 AM
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Sloppy wording on my part. Transition is currently the most effective known cure.
- 27/07/2017 02:18:41 PM
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Yes, but that just argues against transsexuals in the military either way
- 27/07/2017 05:04:39 PM
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Yes, and I don't feel particularly strongly about the current fiasco for that reason.
- 27/07/2017 05:51:29 PM
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Yes, I am waiting for one of our veterans to weigh in with their thoughts. *NM*
- 27/07/2017 06:13:19 PM
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For what it's worth....
- 28/07/2017 10:36:22 PM
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I have a friend who was an officer in the army who feels the same way.
- 29/07/2017 12:37:48 AM
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which should then close the debate on the original question
- 27/07/2017 05:07:34 AM
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Well, to the extent that it covers people with dysphoria, sure.
- 27/07/2017 02:26:26 PM
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As I said above, Viagra treats a dysfunction
- 27/07/2017 05:08:19 PM
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also, to a point you made earlier
- 27/07/2017 05:39:32 PM
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Well, that's an argument for not putting them in roles where they can be captured, sure.
- 27/07/2017 05:53:02 PM
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The argument is that transition corrects the dysfunction of gender dysphoria.
- 27/07/2017 05:49:24 PM
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So let me understand your position correctly via asking a few questions
- 28/07/2017 04:01:50 AM
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Too long
- 28/07/2017 01:54:11 PM
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The main reason for the post was the standard you created
- 28/07/2017 05:00:27 PM
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Reductio ad absurdum, Roland?
- 28/07/2017 05:29:23 PM
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I know Tom and Cannoli don't care, but on the off chance that you do...
- 29/07/2017 12:39:16 AM
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I didn't realize that
- 29/07/2017 01:10:30 AM
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No worries. I'm not offended. I just thought you might want to know. *NM*
- 29/07/2017 02:32:01 AM
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Yeah, I really don't care. Though I use the term for a different reason.
- 29/07/2017 07:12:03 PM
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Girlfriend Mookie, you are projecting onto me.
- 29/07/2017 01:17:47 AM
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I absolutely respect you, Roland/Matt
- 29/07/2017 01:40:28 AM
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Blah blah blah and now I am showing off like an asshole
- 29/07/2017 02:52:48 AM
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you're a nice guy, Roland00
- 29/07/2017 03:22:15 AM
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OMG mookie gave me the Nice Guy speech / Good Guy speech
- 29/07/2017 07:41:23 PM
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I've never seen Newsroom
- 29/07/2017 08:00:38 PM
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Serving its end: As long as everyone argues over this, no one talks about Trumpcare nor Russiagate
- 27/07/2017 10:05:00 PM
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What's horrible is the portmandu with -gate......Can we just let that one go yet? *NM*
- 27/07/2017 10:51:20 PM
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Joel, seriously
- 29/07/2017 08:33:14 PM
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No the real boogeymen are the ones we do not see with our eyes, but are still lurking in the shadows
- 29/07/2017 09:16:34 PM
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You are mixing up your metaphors, it is sleight of hand not sleight of mind
- 29/07/2017 09:20:17 PM
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Everybody Is Missing The Mark Here
- 29/07/2017 10:25:04 PM
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