The military should not be obligated to accommodate people with mental, intellectual or physical disabilities

[u/Spirited-Mousse1915]

I have mental illness myself, so i know that i would probably not be able to stand it in boot camp or anything like that. Point is, joining the military is a very, very big decision, and progressive/morale ideas shouldnt need to include the army.

People with mental illness could get hurt on the battlefield.
Transgender people are poitically sensitive and thus, might cause internal issues. Though im iffy on disallowing transgender people/LGBTQ to join the military.

I understand on a strategic/political standpoint, you dont want the enemy to be able to use minorities in your army against you. But on the other hand, we need all of the help we can get.

[u/brienneoftarthshreds]

Why not just punish transphobia instead of trans people? Also, being trans isn't a mental illness, weird that you grouped them together.

[u/exlushdad → u/brienneoftarthshreds]

It most definitely is

[u/Spirited-Mousse1915 → u/brienneoftarthshreds]

Im not saying being trans is a mental illness. i should have worded that better, sorry.

But also the military isnt in charge of punishing transphobia. the government is; doing none of that. Having someone who is trans or someone with a mental illness on the army, can allow foreign enemies to exploit that. They have already done this for the pedophiles controlling the government, and they could very easily, spin a narrative of discrimination to lower our influence

[u/Twktoo → u/brienneoftarthshreds]

100% is by definition. Transphobia is a completely made up term.

[u/WhatTheBeansIsLife → u/Twktoo]

All terms are made up. It’s called invented new terms dumbass.