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user-inactivated  ·  2456 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military




OftenBen  ·  2456 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not asking for compromise on the issue of trans-rights in the armed forces.

I am asking for us to patch the hole in the side of the ship before we worry about the what we are going to name it.

I didn't put the hole there, you didn't put the hole there, and we both wish we had time to attend to less pressing issues than the leak in the hull.

throwaway12  ·  2453 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think there should be compromise.

The US army shouldn't be used as free medical care.

Instead, we should ban pre-op or mentally unhealthy trans people from serving, and have a medical system that would allow them to get care without signing their life away.

Good compromise, in my opinion.