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I'm the oldest daughter of two Lt Colonels, and the product of a three-generational military family on both sides, and I think y'all need to listen to the next bit: We ended the draft because the military's analysis of the Vietnam War revealed that 90% of all draftees would not shoot to kill, even when it was life or death. They'd shoot high or low, but they *couldn't* shoot to kill. As such, they actively degraded the war effort. So you need to think twice before arming yourselves. (1/?)
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A friend recently commented that she hoped the people she insulted and offended in 2023 would do better in 2024 so she didn't have to do it again. 
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@Impossible_PhD do you have a link to the study? because i see nothing in that article that mentions a placebo, only a comparison between people who received T HRT immediately vs. people who continued to be stuck on waitlists @Impossible_PhD Iโm confused about why a placebo was used here. Wouldnโt pretending to give someone HRT be pretty unethical in this kind of research study? @Impossible_PhD It's not a perfect cure here, but without it, I'd be even worse than I *am* and that's saying a lot (and yes, I know anecdote is not data) |
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There's a lot of *wildly* irresponsible rhetoric floating around right now about how all queer folk should arm themselves to resist what's coming. And, deadass?
If you're armed, and you're not 10000% sure that you can shoot to kill, the only thing you're gonna do is get yourself and everyone around you dead.
Period.
A weapon is a *massive* escalation. Meanwhile, the tool that really gets you out of deadly trouble in a fascist dictatorship?
A silver tongue and steely guts.
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@Impossible_PhD The book _Generation Kill_ by Evan Wright is a good read on people not being able to shoot to kill and the amount of training needed to get them to do it, amongst other โstrangeโ reactions to war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Kill
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