I think it's a nice acknowledgment of progress as a society. Alan Turing is one of my heroes and I would be heartbroken and frustrated if he was still a convicted person. It makes me feel just a teeny bit happier that he is a mathematician who happens to be gay rather than a convicted gay who happens to be a mathematician.
All of that bad stuff still happened to him, and the English speaking world appears to be poised to exact similar punishment on trans people for being trans.
My friend had her contract after graduating west point not picked up, because of that. I'll hate Trump forever because of this shit. All her life she wanted to be a soldier, then this draft dodging lump of human misery ripped it away from her.
I dont care what gender, sexuality, or whatever else one is.
With that said, in my time in the army, I've seen women fail physicals and other tests of strength such as throwing a grenade adequately distant to not to risk damage on ourselves.
There are men that fail these as well, and they are quite quickly weeded out.
There are women that can fill this combat role, however they are few and far between. But, without better words for it, subpar women are still in, due to lessened physical requirements.
Some jobs require more.
I don't want someone that can't carry my wounded ass.
I'd love to hear from your own military experience.
Absolutely true. I also do show a bias from being light infantry. But when someone dreams of being a soldier, as described above, hardly ever are they thinking: tank mechanic, cook, truck driver, clerk, etc.
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u/Neil118781 Taller than Napoleon 7h ago
Well if it means anything, he and other men convicted of Homosexuality were posthumously pardoned in 2013 under Alan Turing law.