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Aeolus451 on 27 July 2017
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Hiku said:
Aeolus451 said:

I'm not generalizing.

[5 seconds later...]

They were allowed in because they were trans, not because they were qualified per se. A regular person who has their level of mental health issues wouldn't be allowed in.

"Generalize - make a general or broad statement by inferring from specific cases."

How it is you know that every transgender person with "that level" of mental issues is not turned away at the door like everyone else who fails the psychological evaluation?

 

I never said I don't every generalize. *shrugs To answer your question, I don't know but I can have an opinion on what I think happens in that situation regardless if it's backed by data or not. 

Hiku said:
Aeolus451 said:

Condsidering how recently they were allowed in, there's no studies on anything close I could use but to find out, there would have to an internal investigation of some kind to find out. 

The reason why I said that though is because it's being done in businesses to some extent. Some companies hire people based on their identity rather than their qualifications. So I could see the same with the military if their bosses told them they need to let in more trans people.

So because it's supposedly done in some businesses, the recruitment process for a soldier that may have to deal with life and death decisions on a daily basis must be the same? That's some interesting logic there. And you said it for certain. Not "I think", but "they ARE allowed in because they are transgender, not because they were qualified per se".

That's a ridiculous assertion to make with no evidence.
Transgender people go through the same mental and physical evaluation process as everyone else unless there's any evidence pointing to the contrary.


Do I really need to put "I think" or "in my opinion" in the front of every sentence that consists of an opinion you don't like? I try to treat everyone as though they are intelligent enough to figure out when something I'm saying is an opinion or factual. People seem to nit pick more when they can't see the forest for the trees or they are trying to avoid the point. 

It's not supposedly done in business. It is. There's many cases of progessives and feminists complaining that businesses don't have enough women or minorities in that workplace or type of job which in turn often forces those employers to hire people from those groups for the sake of diversity. You can't achieve more diversity without picking people with that in mind. Why wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that this sort of thing works the same way in the military when the no trans ban is lifted by a progressive?  Again I have no proof on the military doing that.