Trump announces transgender people cannot serve in US military

Don't really see why everyone is up in arms over this - surely virtually all transsexuals are far-left and anti-military in the first place?

Don't really see why everyone is up in arms over this - surely virtually all transsexuals are far-left and anti-military in the first place?

To be fair when hearing the reason why it actually makes sense.

Exactly. I can't do what I want to do, so I"ll do a dog-whistle gesture to make it look like I'm strong and in control.

Political orientation is irrelevant. As for their anti-military stance, this thread is about those who, you know, serve in the military. I imagine they're quite happy with it.

What utter nonsense. Someone's gender identity does not come with the baggage of a political leaning. Don't be ridiculous.

If transgender people are costing the military an extortionate amount of money then perhaps this is the best option until such a time when the military can afford it.

Exactly. I can't do what I want to do, so I"ll do a dog-whistle gesture to make it look like I'm strong and in control.

Don't really see why everyone is up in arms over this - surely virtually all transsexuals are far-left and anti-military in the first place?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40729996

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So agree or don't say anything people might not like because it doesn't embrace transgender? Anyone who feels the need to quote community guidelines at people has already made their mind up on their reaction to the debate.

As for the point being made, the interesting argument was 'the distraction and cost of mandatory PC training'. This may be more relevant than the medical costs - if transgender people were to be in the army as any other soldier is that's fine. Anyone has a right to be a soldier. But does the administration have a point in saying soldiers don't have time to learn their pronouns and what they may and may not say - it's making the job unnecessarily difficult.

I don't agree with his decision at all, as the simple way to solve it is that you don't need the referenced PC training and just let them crack on as soldiers like any other person who joins. In today's culture his point - whilst a scapegoat - is sadly relevant, and he's using it as a smokescreen to justify what amounts to petty revenge on Obama for all the directives he can't halt and a way to appeal to his core voter base.

No, I added it in because I've seen first hand a large number of times the direction threads like this can go into and I'd rather not sit up through the night (again) reporting all of the incredibly offensive and targeting messages that any even mildly controversial story can attract. After seeing the kind of comments posted elsewhere, I just threw it in.

I do agree with your last point though about it being petty and more of a dig to Obama. He seems to be doing more to reverse what Obama did to make his people happy than implementing his own ideas

Well you know what they say.

If you can hear the dog whistle, you're the dog.

Perhaps I misread. I still maintain the best way to deal with stupid opinions is to let people air them so they can be taken to task rather than bury them with 'community guidelines'. It just fuels the fire as people go 'see censorship' instead of seeing the utter stupidity they wouldn't have agreed with anyway.

That's been his MO recently, ruin anything Obama did. I still think it was because Obama snubbed him once - he strikes me as that kind of person

Or the whistle isn't very subtle...