Trump vs. Nelson's Navy

26 Jul 17 - 11:08 AM (#3868397)
Subject: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Jack Campin

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?

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26 Jul 17 - 12:34 PM (#3868416)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: GUEST

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

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26 Jul 17 - 01:35 PM (#3868427)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: meself

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

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26 Jul 17 - 01:46 PM (#3868431)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: gillymor

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

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26 Jul 17 - 04:34 PM (#3868443)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Steve Gardham

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

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27 Jul 17 - 08:38 AM (#3868584)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Jack Campin

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?...

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27 Jul 17 - 09:38 AM (#3868600)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Rapparee

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

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27 Jul 17 - 10:57 PM (#3868748)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Teribus

"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.

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28 Jul 17 - 05:30 PM (#3868891)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Donuel

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.

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28 Jul 17 - 08:56 PM (#3868915)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: Fossil

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!

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29 Jul 17 - 11:19 AM (#3868976)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: GUEST,Some bloke

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.

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29 Jul 17 - 11:50 AM (#3868980)
Subject: RE: Trump vs. Nelson's Navy
From: gillymor

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.

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