Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People in US Military

[Aeolus451]

SpokenTruth said:

Aeolus451 said:

Stop trying to imply that I'm a transphobe. I'm completely fine with trans people except for the really extreme types. You're just resorting to that crap because you're running out of logical points to counter me with.  I'm just not a progressive who wants so called progress just for the sake of it. I prefer to be pragmatic about stuff like this. On their mental problems alone, they shouldn't be allowed into the military.

If they had mental stability problems, they individually would have already been addressed prior to enlistement and either accepted or rejected.   If you mean collectively, you can pause that brush mid stroke.  Besides, how different do you think their mental issues may be versus the already well established mental issues that soldiers deal with?   If mental problems precluded military service, we've had to significantly reduce our military force.

Not if they're told they have to include them. A progressive would push pentagon to change standands to accommodate them if they had to.  Alot of people who have mental issues are denied entry into the military and often kicked out if a mental problem (when it's bad enough) developes while in the military.