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Majority of Americans support transgender military service
Thomson Reuters via AOL "News" ^ | 7/29/2017 | Chris Kahn

Posted on 07/29/2017 4:27:19 PM PDT by Menehune56

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To: Menehune56

But do they support paying for the healthcare cost associated with it ? I doubt it.


41 posted on 07/29/2017 4:52:02 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Menehune56

As Sherman T. Potter would say, “Bull Hockey!”


42 posted on 07/29/2017 4:52:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Total BS.


43 posted on 07/29/2017 4:53:31 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Menehune56

Ok, next question, how do they feel about forced conscription?

People don’t say their true feelings because they don’t want to be the next YouTube target/riot.


44 posted on 07/29/2017 4:54:09 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (In Safe Space, no one can hear you weep....No one cares either.)
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To: Menehune56
Believable. Ever see the oddities interviewed on Leno's “Jay Walk” or Jesse Watters taking it to the street segment? There are many, many, individuals who are ignorant of history and reality, ignorant beyond what one would think is possible.
45 posted on 07/29/2017 4:57:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“if you oppose liberal views then people will think you are some sort of bigot...”

You’re right.
I did an informal poll of half a dozen young workers (under age 25) on my crew and they were all in lockstep in favor of trans in military, homosexual marriage, and global warming.
They get all their news from late night comics and social media. The liberal/radical conformity pressure of social media must be enormous.


46 posted on 07/29/2017 4:57:57 PM PDT by Zuse (I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
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To: Menehune56

Bull!


47 posted on 07/29/2017 4:59:13 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Menehune56
Then let them pay for the medical care of the trannys. Their service is not equitable when adding in the extra medical care necessary not to mention the mental status of the trannys. Its amazing how liberal and charitable people are when the money doesn't come directly out of their pockets.
48 posted on 07/29/2017 4:59:43 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Zuse

It’s because those light night comics use ridicule. If there is one thing that Saul Alinsky nailed, it is this....”Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”

And the Left’s control of the media means that they are the ones doing the ridiculing.

What Trump is doing is finally to start ridiculing the Left, and that’s why he’s had the success he’s had. Other Republicans are too wussy, or ineffective at ridicule.


49 posted on 07/29/2017 5:01:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: elpadre

The pollsters aren’t that honest. They just cook the data mix.


50 posted on 07/29/2017 5:01:17 PM PDT by JayGalt (Let Trump Be Trump)
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To: Menehune56

“Transgenders in the US Armed Forces” - I posted the following statement earlier today in response to a meme posted by a dear FB, childhood-teenage friend and Fellow Townie whose friendship I cherish to this day. I have fond memories going back to our clique (”gang?”) in front of “The Green Store” at the corner of Bunker Hill and Monument Streets, Charlestown and the several celebrations of Bunker Hill Day there... those were the days my friend. My earlier comment was posted as thus: “Okay,... I’ve been holding my tongue on this issue for a long, ...long time and it has NOTHING to do with whether a “Trump” has served in the military or not. To begin with, that argument is a “non sequitur.” I AM a Retired US Marine Major, so please permit me: The Rand Corporation did a study and reported there are somewhere between 3,000 and 6,000 (if I remember the figure correctly) “transgenders” serving in the Active US Armed Forces. The study did NOT include members of the US National Guard or the Reserve Components of the Regular Services, i.e, US Army, USMC, US Navy, and US Air Force. The “transgenders” are those who identify as the opposite sex; ...cross-dress up at night out in town, in the barracks or in their off-base quarters, in attire opposite their birth sex? That said, here’s where this issue gets complicated: Do any of you readers here think that the US Armed Forces, vis a vis, the American Taxpayer should pay for “gender reassignment surgeries?” Gender reassignment surgeries can cost around $132,000 per. Added to that, is the cost AND time spent for follow-up $1200 per month hormone therapy treatment and hours AND hours of counseling by DoD Doctors and Psychologists at whatever base to which they are assigned. And with the post surgery “down-time,” these individuals would be for upwards of 240 days, in a “Non-Deployable” status. So, who takes the place of the Marine Infantryman (MOS 0331), now a “Reassigned Transgendered Male,” who was scheduled to go afloat, but now can’t, with the Amphibious Readiness Group-Landing Force of a Marine Expeditionary Unit because “he” is having post-op complications? What happens when the trans-individual Marine has post-surgery physical complications and is afloat with the Navy; or in some instance, the individual happens to be a Soldier or Airman stationed with US Armed Forces in Germany or South Korea? What happens if a reassigned trans-individual has psychological complications in dealing with their condition and their new “sex” while deployed elsewhere in the world... let’s say, in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean... or Adak, Alaska... or Reykjavik, Iceland? Also, do we give these individual “special dispensation” from serving in these duty stations? Who’s the service member who has to take their place in these sometimes “hardship duty stations?” Your son or your daughter? Now if a guy or a gal wishes to play dress-up, “Play House” or play the role of “Buckeroo Banzai” in the barracks or wherever, they can have at it, for all I’m concerned. During my service time as a Commanding Officer or Executive Officer of a Company and Battalion, I’ve gotten worse Monday morning reports from the Barracks Duty NCO after many, many payday weekends! Trust me. But when we go “down the rabbit hole” to taxpayer-funded reassignment surgeries in our Armed Forces, we are embarking on a truly wasteful and unnecessary venture. How many transgenders will seek the opportunity for taxpayer and “free” gender reassignment surgery? Do we give this costly and time consuming surgery to “Private Joseph P. Schmuckatella USMC” because all of a sudden he “thinks” he is a girl and wants to become “Josephine?” Do we allow others to enlist, get the surgery and then all of a sudden, it seems, they “can’t handle the military” because of “psychological issues?” This whole “transgenders serving in the military” issue is pure “PC” nonsense... of course there are gays and transgenders in the military. There always has been.... we were not always sure who they were; sometimes one could make a pretty good guess though,.... no homophobia or transphobia here.... just plain horse sense with regard to who pays for gender reassignment surgeries. Now, everyone wants to point to Chris (”Kristen”) Beck, the RETIRED Navy SEAL who was a “transgender” while serving in the Navy. All well and good. I honestly thank him for his service and his heroics. I don’t know if he had the gender reassignment surgery after he retired to become a “female,” but I know he lied when he said he was a member or SEAL Team 6 when it took out Osama Bin Ladin. He actually retired about six months before that expedition. I served twenty years as a Commissioned Officer with Fleet Marine Force Units in the 2nd Marine Division, 1st and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wings; 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade and with I MEF in the Persian Gulf (Ops Desert Sheild - Desert Storm). I went through the Officers Candidate Course at Quantico, VA and served as the Logistics Officer (Special Staff - 4) for the Recruit Training Regiment at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC. I experienced “becoming a Marine” as an Officer Candidate and personally witnessed the magnificent tranformation of fine American youth, male and female, to “becoming US Marines” at MCRD, Parris Island. As Commanders and Marine Officers, we are responsible for FIRST, the “MIssion” and SECONDLY, “Troop Welfare.” Added to that, we have a responsibility for “Unit Cohesion” and folks, this PC nonsense is NOT included in that part of our responsibilities. This is not a game or “social experiment.” Marines and other Armed Forces Military Members lives are on the line here. Having said all this: Please let me direct you to Dr. Paul McHugh’s, from Johns Hopkins, study about “Gender Dysphoria.” You can google it. He has studied “Gender Dysphoria” for OVER 40 years. He is dead set against Gender Reassignment Surgery. And parents are doing a great disserve to their chlldren when they let them go down that road. Why? Upwards of 40 - 48% of transgenders attempt suicide. Dr. McHugh’s salient point: “Males will never truly become females and females will never truly become males.” So, do we want those who are having psychological issues on the front lines in combat alongside fellow Marines or Soldiers with fully loaded arms? You be the judge of Dr. McHugh’s work and determine for yourself if there’s not something wrong with “trangenders” entering our military. You may see this response again. I WILL “cut and paste” it in response to any other memes about this issue, especially in response to those who HAVE NOT SERVED and have NO CLEAR UNDERSTANDING as to why we service members have done and do what we do. Please educate yourselves. I remain: Major Joseph T. Gallagher USMC (Retired)”


51 posted on 07/29/2017 5:01:24 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is a man's gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Menehune56

ITS FAKE NEWS.


52 posted on 07/29/2017 5:03:28 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Menehune56

Actually this is believable, considering that less than 5% of US citizens today even know somebody who is in the service much less have served themselves. It’s not like post World War II when over half of Americans knew somebody or knew of families who had members who served. The heroes that serve today are for the most part very much unappreciated by the general public or the me generation


53 posted on 07/29/2017 5:03:29 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Joe Marine 76

Sorry about the paragraphing.... I “cut and pasted” from my FB comments.


54 posted on 07/29/2017 5:03:59 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is a man's gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Joe Marine 76

Sorry about the paragraphing.... I “cut and pasted” from my FB comments.


55 posted on 07/29/2017 5:04:13 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is a man's gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Menehune56

Trump will drop out any day now.
He will NEVER be the nominee.


56 posted on 07/29/2017 5:04:57 PM PDT by MrEdd (long hours.)
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To: Menehune56

Reuters Fake Poll

After all Hillary is president right?


57 posted on 07/29/2017 5:07:55 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Yep. This is beyond very fake news.


58 posted on 07/29/2017 5:10:30 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Menehune56

Trump facing landslide loss.

ok. whatever.


59 posted on 07/29/2017 5:18:57 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Thunder Bolts and Lightning very very Freightning Leakers)
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To: Menehune56
needs just a small headline tweak A majority of homosexual Americans believe that transgender individuals should be allowed to serve in the military
60 posted on 07/29/2017 5:21:53 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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