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[-] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 178 points 1 year ago

Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea because he was drunker than a skunk and Kissinger had to tell the joint chiefs of staff to ignore him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/drunk-richard-nixon-nuke-north-korea-2017-1

It’s not trans people we need to worry about. It’s putting mentally weak and fragile men in charge of things.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Not nuking North Korea was probably the right choice. On the other hand, I'd rather get vaporized in a nuclear fireball than starve to death in a reeducation camp for not clapping hard enough when [Great/Supreme/Dear] Leader farts.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

I'd rather get nuked than show up to work Monday, but that's not really my call.

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[-] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

You've now been banned from lemmy.seeyou.pyongyang

[-] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 108 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“There are 150 ICBM missiles that are being controlled by that Air Force base and by these individuals.”

“I do not want someone who doesn’t know if they are a man or a woman with their hand on a missile button.”

His “argument” is that trans people are inherently unstable because they are trans (really, questioning, but that distinction doesn’t matter to him).

This is what queer people are dealing with: the constant pathologizing of our very existence to the point where we’re viewed as a threat. This is why I can never accept people who continue to vote for these dangerous assholes: they either benefit from or are indifferent to the suffering this rhetoric engenders. It’s not a difference in opinion and deserves no such protection.

[-] Telorand@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Well as we know, all cishet people know exactly who they are at any given time, and their personality, philosophy, epistemology, and tastes never cha—oh wait...

Must suck for him being so boring and predictable all the time, that he has to invent reasons to get all hot and bothered.

[-] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If we had to wait for only the eternally ethically pure, completely content and self-actualized people to be the ones to man the silos, we’d be waiting a longass time, because those people don’t join the military.

But we all know it’s just shitting on a minority in order to drum up a new scapegoat after gays finally became boring.

[-] reddwarf@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

It sounds very much like how women were ‘dismissed’ from essential roles in society because they were ‘fragile’, ‘overly emotional’, ‘suffer from hysteria’.

This all sounds like a repeat, we’ve been here before.

Only difference is that with lgbtiqa+ the very existence is denied to them.

[-] siv9939@kbin.social 68 points 1 year ago

Does that mean it's now the LGBTQICBM community?

[-] Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i sexually identify as nuclear armageddon. my pronouns are Minuteman III/Trident II

[-] myslsl@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago

Cis people have launched more missiles at people in general. Better ban any sort of similar treatments for cis military members too.

[-] activator90@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago

I think the reason is not that cis people are bad. It's just there are more cis people

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

I've yet to meet a cis person that didn't want to use ICBMs to initiate nuclear armageddon, so...agree to disagree.

[-] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

My track record in strategy games reinforces your statement. I can't be trusted.

[-] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Okay, Gandhi.

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

I remember when they said letting women in the military would do exactly the same thing. They don't even make new arguements anymore.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's been the same argument for 150 years, they just keep repositioning their sights.

[-] Hairyblue@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago

I sure the trans community just wants to be treated fairy, and be able to pee in the restroom they are comfortable with. This guy is a hateful fearmonger.

[-] exohuman@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would be more scared that a right wing white supremacist would launch nukes at everyone. Their existence is about hatred of others. Trans people’s existence is about trying to love themselves. I’m not scared of trans people, if you are then please ask yourself why you are. Are you afraid they would retaliate for how you treat them?

[-] Myriadblue@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Every accusation is a confession with conservatives.

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

So could non-trans soldiers. The problem isn't trans, it is (ICBM) arms control. Or transphobia.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Por que no los dos?

(That is, the problem is both arms control and transphobia)

[-] irkli@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's not the point of the bigots argument. He's just piling another inane fear thing that "trans" people "might do". Oooh scary trans folk!

The man is a shit and a bigot.

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[-] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

This should be a career ending statement, it's fallacious and trying to incite hate against the Trans community! However, I have a feeling this fool who speaks out of pocket garbage will get more votes than a saner candidate. 😬

[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It's really sad how true this is. I just don't understand why people are so into hate and fear-mongering.

People I have known since I was young, smart, kind people, have asked me questions at times like "do you think America is secretly controlled by the british?" "Did you hear Obama kills children?" "You need to know, I found out recently the druggie have taken over Chicago, Oregon and California. They are running naked, burning everything. They are coming for all of us". And of course "I saw recently on YouTube that trans people are raping children! They want to destroy America and groom your kids!"

These are all real. From long time friends. It's incredibly disturbing!! Not to mention one of my kids is trans so I occasionally get the concerned boomer friend saying "don't let your kid succumb to their tricks!"

People, just do some real research! Don't trust social media for answers... I feel like most people just want to be tricked because that way they can feel part of something and think less.

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[-] donuts@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

It's a transpocalypse. I have become Blahaj, destroyer of gendered bathrooms.

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[-] Grumble@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

The congresspukes who bitch the loudest about the military are cowards who never set foot in a MEPS station themselves.

I'm not saying that you have to have served to have a valid opinion, but I am saying that this guy is talking out his ass.

[-] MedicatedMaybe@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Well I say conservatives shouldn't be in the military because they aren't sure if they are America or Russian and could launch missiles on everyone.

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[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Man has trusted millitary personnel with ICBM missiles for years.

Moment there's a possibility they could be trans, becomes fearful they could do something that they were already capable (or incapable) or doing.

Sounds like a "you" problem to me.

[-] Ertebolle@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nuclear strikes ordered by cisgendered people: 2

Nuclear strikes ordered by transgendered people: 0

Also, if you want the Democrats to keep the Senate, you should be rooting for Matt Rosendale to make as loud of an asshole of himself as possible, because him getting the Republican nomination would be a huge boost to Jon Tester, and the more stunts he pulls like this, the better his chances.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

So were the crew of the Enola Gay all trans?

[-] Raphael@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yes, and I can prove it:

Enola

GAY

See, it's in the name!!

/s in case you need it.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

So if only trans people can launch the missiles, it seems like he should be pushing for more trans people in the miltary.

[-] qpnaosc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Not many people know this, but the original controls for the nuclear arsenal was written using obscure and nuanced language only trans people could understand. It was like the Navajo code talkers

[-] sweeterevenge@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

thank god i got out of montana. this is ridiculous.

[-] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I'm not entirely sure if I have no clue what trans people really really want or this guy, but I'm willing to bet my money on "this guy".

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Projecting again, hes thinking about the white supremacists in the military he knows which threaten to nuke leftists, and assuming left wing people are as shitty as he is - as usual.

[-] arensb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm old enough to remember "Do you really want PMSing women in the military?" and this has some of the same energy.

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

ICBS is more like it. And this guy's got plenty to spare.

[-] numbscroll@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Not that people like this guy would ever actually hear this, but I love this bit from the article

Despite the stereotype that trans and nonbinary people don’t know what gender they are, they usually have put more thought into their gender identities than cisgender people have and have explored that aspect of themselves to a greater degree. Many transgender people know they are men or women with as much or even more certainty than many cisgender people, and nonbinary people don’t have the problem of knowing “if” they’re men or women because they can be just as certain that they are neither.

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[-] asunaspersonalasst@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's nuts.

Ofc no sane trans person would wish to ICBM on non-targets, duh!

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It's okay, those ICBM missiles are protected against unauthorized launch by a PIN number just like an ATM machine.

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Projection.

[-] Its_Always_420@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Huge trans phallic shaped objects, falling out of the sky and hitting everyone!

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