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[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 256 points 3 months ago

Just going to completely wreck US cybersecurity defense.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 101 points 3 months ago

It has long been said that if all the furries and catgirls disappeared it would cause the internet to collapse overnight.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

What's a catgirl? Is there a signup for that?

[-] lychee 27 points 3 months ago

No only a test and you just passed. Congrats

[-] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Cat ears and tail will be emailed to you. Congratulations recruit. Don't ask how we know where you live :-P.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 3 months ago

Coding socks are the new contraband.

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

I love/hate that I get all these references lol

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 50 points 3 months ago

It's part of the plan. fucking traitor.

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Next they'll go after the furries and take all the navy's data centers offline

[-] Zorsith 10 points 3 months ago

Pfft, that shits been contracted out for years (honestly understandable, hard to have consistent network defense with a constantly rotating (deploying) workforce of active duty military)

[-] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Lots of IT still in the military also some of the "contract out" is done by reservist and is tied to their military contract. Those still in military are your tier 3 IT and admin.

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 91 points 3 months ago
[-] lychee 85 points 3 months ago

The ideological score here must be worth more to Trump than the strength of America's military, already hurting for new recruits, which says a lot and frankly scares the fuck out of me

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 93 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Weakening the USA's defenses seems to be a consistent theme with Trump.

[-] lychee 33 points 3 months ago

I think this signals the beginning of a very tough era for trans people more than it does anything about national security. But we shall see

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[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Elon will supply robot troops for the clone war.

[-] BigPotato@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Well, the problem is you're thinking logically. It's an ideological victory on both ends for him.

Conservatives view this as strengthening the military, not weakening it.

The actual strength of America's Military doesn't matter because they don't have hostile nations on their borders. So when America's Military loses some of their force projection ability it can be used to say we're turning towards isolationist policy, which is also a win for him. (From the Putin angle and from the Conservative one)

And, again, if you point out that this move will weaken the American Military, well what are you? A terrorist who doesn't believe they have the greatest, manliest fighting force ever seen?

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[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 79 points 3 months ago

Then place them in internment camps. We know where this is going you damn Nazi.

[-] auzy@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago

He's already completed the first step, by making them seem inhuman and criminal

Which is ironic, because he's the one who boasted about perving on kids

[-] Skydancer@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago

I assume that's the plan with RFK's "wellness camps". Define gender dysphoria as a qualifying mental illness, and send transgender folks there to replace migrant workers who have been deported.

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago

Here we go folks, welcome to the hellscape that is the new America

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Honestly, it was a hellscape before, we just shifted down a level deeper.

[-] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 48 points 3 months ago

They can form their own Blackwater and charge gazilion dollars to operate in the same places as they were before

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

You joke but that's why they want to fuck up the military. PMCs lobby too and they're willing to do everything in a war from flying the planes to being grunts on the line.

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[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

Ahh, yes. Purging the armed forces. Nothing sinister about that. Just restoring the professional military service.

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[-] nicomachus@programming.dev 41 points 3 months ago

You think with the recruiting problems we have you'd do your best to retain the people we have.

If you can get through basic and fulfill your tasks you should be able to be in the military. If the government doesn't want to pay for "gender affirming care" that's fine. But these people should still be allowed in the military.

Also, what kind of discharge are these people getting? Honorable, General, Dishonorable?

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

How many times in our history are Americans going to get duped into hating people they never even interact with and know nothing about?

None of these people know trans people. These morons have just been conditioned to hate them regardless of not even knowing them. It's pathetic. They've never been hurt, or even inconvenienced by a trans person. Bigot fucks.

[-] steventhedev@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

My immediate thought is that Klinger will be happy.

Trump's legacy will be long term damage to national security, rampant racism and discrimination, and widespread corruption.

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[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 35 points 3 months ago

An easy to get general discharge from the military? I think lots of people with years left to serve are going to enjoy leaving early with all of their benefits.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 57 points 3 months ago

I have a feeling most of the benefits will be going out the door behind them shortly thereafter.

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[-] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

I hope he chokes on a Happy Meal.

[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago

The happiest meal

[-] narr1@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

How to create government jobs, while also remaining a christofascist overlord. Just like old times, eh?

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

Oh no please don't send highly trained members of our military home where they can protect and train their fellow Americans!

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Looks like well-regulated militias are back on the menu

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago

Welcome to the legion, 15,000 new anons.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

Good... We'll need them for the resistance

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

Would love to see him personally try to kick even one of them out of anything. Pathetic piece of shit.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago

It would be a good move for Biden to offer them honorable discharges now... it'll be better than what they'll get if they wait.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

Are there actually 15K trans soldiers in the army, or is this just another number that he pulled out of his ass?

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Transgender people are significantly more likely to serve in the US military than the general US population.[178][179] According to 2014 estimates from the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy, despite the ban on military service, about 21.4% of the total transgender population in the US is estimated to have served in the military. In May 2014, an estimated 15,500 transgender individuals served on active duty or in the Guard or Reserve forces.[22] Wikipedia

So it’s a real number he just thinks military=army like the fake loser he is.

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[-] venusaur@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Maybe we’ll finally see strict gun laws, albeit aimed at disarming the opposing populous.

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