Posted on 07/29/2017 4:27:19 PM PDT by Menehune56
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans believe that transgender individuals should be allowed to serve in the military, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday. The July 26-28 poll suggested that the country largely disagrees with President Donald Trump's announcement this week that he will ban transgender personnel from the armed forces. When asked to weigh in on the debate, 58 percent of adults agreed with the statement, "Transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military." Twenty-seven percent said they should not while the rest answered "don't know." Democrats mostly supported military service by transgender Americans while Republicans were divided on the issue.
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whats the poll numbers on Should tax payers have to pay $250,000 for mentally ill males top have surgery om their sex organs to look like females ???
the poll for should mentally ill people be allowed to serve in the military ???
should mentally ill people be able to be paid full wages an just sit around on military bases state side for 2 years while other servicemen have to be assigned and deployed to the war zones in their place ???
First, ask them what transgender means.It's a person that THINKS s/he's wrong side out.
>>Too many people want to be part of the majority....it makes them feel important and like they belong.
It’s called virtue signalling. They answer the question the way they think the mob wants them to answer it, so they can tell people how they answered it in hopes that the mob accepts them.
When I was a kid, bowing to peer pressure was a sign of character weakness. Today, it is a virtue.
Polling balance......Dems +75%
they are asked as though it ie a don’t ask don’t tell question of homosexuals serving openly...
they aren’t told the truth...
BS!!!!
That said, fraudulent polling is the state of the media, these days. So, there's that as well.
Yep, I think that’s part of what we see with polls.
Regardless of politics or our views, all of us know what the “politically correct” answer is to a poll question. All of us know the “politically correct” views of various issues.
So, when polling on transsexual military issues, we know the politically correct opinion is to say you are in favor of them in the military.
On global warming, we know we are supposed to believe in global warming.
On race issues, black lives matter, etc. we know we are supposed to think that Trayvon and Michael Brown are saints and martyrs, and that there is an epidemic of police using young black men for target practice.
On illegal alien issues, we know the politically correct opinion is that we are supposed to grant amnesty, otherwise we are bigoted and xenophobic.
With Muslim issues, Hillary would call us Islamophobic if we question Muslim immigration or travel to America.
And so it goes. Some people fear being called racist sexist homophobic xenophobic Islamophobic, per Hillary’s criteria, so a certain number will tell pollsters they are liberal on whatever the issue is. too many have been conditioned to think that if you oppose liberal views then people will think you are some sort of bigot.
And most of them don’t even know what this question even entails because the media doesn’t report it. How would their answers change if they were fully informed as to the time and resources being used to counsel women serving that they will have to deal with having grown men showering with them in open, communal shower rooms? That sort of social tension doesn’t belong in the military. Women should not be expected to shower nude with men who say they are women.
How many of those responding to this poll know this is happening? How many know that literally billions of dollars will be spent not on military readiness, but on people joining the military to get ‘free’ elective “sex change” operations? There is far more to this than the mere “transgenders serving in the military” generic phrase - and this poll doesn’t address that. It is fake news.
Another issue is how questions are framed.
It might be good to ask, do you want transgender people in combat? Or could they serve in some other capacity? That sort of question could get a very different response.
Sounds a LOT more like LOL "News".
Even if this were true and I don’t believe it is; most people have not served in the armed forces so they know nothing about what it’s like.
Unit cohesion is severely damaged with trans and gay people. Maybe, just maybe, the fighting age generation has a more open-minded attitude about gays but in a foxhole or months living on top of each other in harsh conditions; gay people are a problem. They think differently and of course act differently under different conditions than straight people. Trans people are a non starter. They must be kept away from front line combat conditions at all costs. They are mentally damaged. You simply don’t put someone with a mental illness to start with in a high stress combat condition; not if you want your troops to live.
BS
Show me numbers idiots
Sure, I believe that 80% of America want men who cut their penises off to be able to go in the Army. Oh, and that men who haven’t, but they call themselves a woman should be able to shower with America’s daughters. /s
AOL Sums it up .
Its BS
According to Rallypoint.com, only .04% of the US population is in the military and around 2% of the population alive has ever served in the military. So how can people who have no idea what is involved, how it works, or anything about it without being told what other people who also didn’t serve think it is like, have any opinion that actually is knowledgeable and should be counted as worthwhile?
Bring in the clowns!
rwood
“they are asked as though it ie a dont ask dont tell question of homosexuals serving openly...”
Absolutely! The wording of the question is the key.
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