Trump vs. Nelson's Navy

Subject: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Jack Campin
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 11:08 AM

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/26/539470211/trump-says-transgender-people-cant-serve-in-military

Bang goes the storyline of "William Taylor", then. What other ballads does that make illegal?

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 11:47 AM

It is in the DT.

www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=641

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Jack you are be a silly, silly boy.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 12:34 PM

This confusion of cross dressing with transgender is typical of the micro aggressions experienced by trans people.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: meself
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 01:35 PM

"Aggression" would suggest that the "confusion" is deliberate - is it? Jack - explain yourself!

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: gillymor
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 01:46 PM

Strike "The Handsome Cabin Boy" and "Canadeeio" from the DT.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 04:34 PM

You are doing transgender people a disservice. All of these occurrences in folksong are disguise which is something quite different.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Jack Campin
Date: 27 Jul 17 - 08:38 AM

As far as a military recruiter was concerned there wouldn't be any difference, would there? - you're out regardless of what might be going on in your head.

Meanwhile, a bizarre spin on the story from the BBC (the US military spends 10 times as much on Viagra as on transgender-specific medical care):

Why does the US military buy so much Viagra?

Soldier, soldier won't you marry me,
with your little blue subsidized pill?
How could I marry such a pretty girl as you,
without my sildenafil?...

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Jul 17 - 09:38 AM

Oh, the Army has changed from saltpeter in the mashed potatoes to Viagra! I see!

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Teribus
Date: 27 Jul 17 - 10:57 PM

"Why does the US military buy so much Viagra" asks Campin Jack - I would have thought that that would have been obvious Jack - It stops their sailors rolling out of their bunks.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Jul 17 - 05:30 PM

good one Teribus, it keeps sailors in their bunks, Marines in their bed rolls, the Army in their cots and the Air Force in their memory foam mattresses.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Fossil
Date: 28 Jul 17 - 08:56 PM

A pity that Mudcat hasn't introduced FaceBook-style emojis - that last from Donuel had me laughing! So, literally LOL, and thanks D for that!

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: GUEST,Some bloke
Date: 29 Jul 17 - 11:19 AM

Joking aside, the assumption within this thread that cross dressing and transgender are somehow the same thing merely shows how the Trumps of this world get away with their odious agenda.

By the way, a military recruiter works with the data given. Professionals in healthcare write the criteria and people way above the pay grade of a recruiter sign it off.

Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: gillymor
Date: 29 Jul 17 - 11:50 AM

I'm pretty sure everyone here knows the difference between transgenderism and transvestism, we're just having a light-hearted goof. Uncinch your girdle there, sailor.