This scene raises my heart rate so bad. It's wild knowing that you could show this to some people and have them decide that they want to be in his place.

I love this movie so much. Just wanted to say that.

Lol I don't disagree but it's funny to see the votes on Lemmy. Just yesterday someone was getting upvoted for generalising all SAS veterans because of 1 they met + 2 which made the news. But now we're talking about a trans woman so suddenly people agree we need to respect people who served

Winning over the common soldier is an effective an important strategy in war.

Because, as reality would show, the moment people stop giving two craps about you is when you wake up with a primed grenade in your bunk and a pre-written report of your 'valiant death in the line of duty.'

Or if we're going old school, 27 stab wounds from the enemy, despite being kilometers away from the front.

She served in Epstein's army.

"Take me back to the good old days... Back when men were men, and women were men, and the children were men!"

In a weird way it’s really more of a compliment despite it being intended to be actually discriminatory.

I think people haven't read your three sentences, because I think everyone would agree at the start, but most disagree by the end. She's been in for 20 years. That's where you get your pension. She joined and served through bush Obama trump Biden and now trump again. This isn't a leopards eating face thing, considering 20 years ago I'm not sure she was aware she'd be a she yet.

A lot of us join pre realization. It's a way to "man up" both for trans women trying desperately to become enough of a man like they were "supposed to be" and a masculine career that conservative parents approve of for closeted trans men. Then, especially if you're an officer, once you're in and used to it it's a career with great benefits including a full pension after 20 years and the alternative is often a full career change.

Oh also enlisting is a popular "career of last resort" for people struggling to function in society without any known disqualifying disabilities. Incidentally, a lot of trans people's pre realization dysphoria leads to having no idea why you can't just get your shit together and develop discipline. And since the military promises it'll give you discipline it can be attractive, especially when combined with the prior paragraph.

Want to tell that the the African Americans who also went into the military despite being openly hated?

This isn't about leopards eating faces, this is about a brave person fighting for basic human rights, human dignity, and making progress against bullshit bigotry conservatives yet again.

I think TriCare used to cover surgery.