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70sEraVet

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8. It will lead to suicides, but they don't care.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 09:11 PM

May 8

I served when just the rumor that a serviceman was gay would land you an 'other than honorable'. God only knows how many deaths it led to.
I think of that sometimes, when I'm putting flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day.

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Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order [View all] Eugene May 8 OP

All the taxpayer money spent training those personnel. bucolic_frolic May 8 #1

Millions of training dollars wasted. TommyT139 May 8 #2

Same story, alternate source: WTOP mahatmakanejeeves May 8 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 8 #4

imagine being booted out by a draft dodging seditionist and his alky rapist sidekick Skittles May 8 #5

This makes me sick. 2MuchNoise May 8 #6

We have the Trans timms139 May 8 #7

It will lead to suicides, but they don't care. 70sEraVet May 8 #8