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submitted 2 months ago by squirrel to c/lgbtq_plus

More than 800 records of service members who were kicked out of the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy were recently upgraded to receive honorable discharges, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A: "Dont ask dont tell" is a completely made up bullshit phrase specific to the US that makes no sense outside of context

B: Without knowing about A its impossible to know whether them getting a "honorable discharge" is an improvement or not.

[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Reading the entire story and not just the headline helps.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago
[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Haha! You’d think I’d know by now.

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