Only fascists call people fascists.
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But they can serve, and as much as you dislike the regulation there is a reason given for it. We are a sexually dimorphic species. Men are stronger on average, period.
If a woman transitions to a man they want to make sure that they can perform the duties, since they have different requirements.
I donāt have a stance on this law, but since you were moving the goalposts I figured Iād explain. Trans people CAN serve.
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Whatever you say, fascist
Then I guess you donāt want to serve that bad after all. Donāt worry, as a former Marine, I get the āI would have joined butā¦ā all the time. Your excuse just isnāt āasthmaā or a ābad kneeā, but it is.
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Okay yeah and once they adopt a corporatist economy with jingoistic foreign policy and an obsession on the superiority of oneās race, religions and traditions weāre getting closer to fascism.
Umberto Eco, an Italian philosopher defined fascism like this.
- āThe Cult of Traditionā, characterized by cultural syncretism, even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already been revealed by Tradition, no new learning can occur, only further interpretation and refinement.
- āThe Rejection of modernismā, which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their system.
- āThe Cult of Action for Actionās Sakeā, which dictates that action is of value in itself, and should be taken without intellectual reflection. This, says Eco, is connected with anti-intellectualism and irrationalism, and often manifests in attacks on modern culture and science.
- āDisagreement Is Treasonā ā Fascism devalues intellectual discourse and critical reasoning as barriers to action, as well as out of fear that such analysis will expose the contradictions embodied in a syncretistic faith.
- āFear of Differenceā, which fascism seeks to exploit and exacerbate, often in the form of racism or an appeal against foreigners and immigrants.
- āAppeal to a Frustrated Middle Classā, fearing economic pressure from the demands and aspirations of lower social groups.
- āObsession with a Plotā and the hyping-up of an enemy threat. This often combines an appeal to xenophobia with a fear of disloyalty and sabotage from marginalized groups living within the society (such as the German eliteās āfearā of the 1930s Jewish populaceās businesses and well-doings; see also anti-Semitism). Eco also cites Pat Robertsonās book The New World Order as a prominent example of a plot obsession.
- Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as āat the same time too strong and too weak.ā On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.
- āPacifism is Trafficking with the Enemyā because āLife is Permanent Warfareā ā there must always be an enemy to fight. Both fascist Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini worked first to organize and clean up their respective countries and then build the war machines that they later intended to and did use, despite Germany being under restrictions of the Versailles treaty to not build a military force. This principle leads to a fundamental contradiction within fascism: the incompatibility of ultimate triumph with perpetual war.
- āContempt for the Weakā, which is uncomfortably married to a chauvinistic popular elitism, in which every member of society is superior to outsiders by virtue of belonging to the in-group. Eco sees in these attitudes the root of a deep tension in the fundamentally hierarchical structure of fascist polities, as they encourage leaders to despise their underlings, up to the ultimate Leader who holds the whole country in contempt for having allowed him to overtake it by force.
- āEverybody is Educated to Become a Heroā, which leads to the embrace of a cult of death. As Eco observes, ā[t]he Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death.ā
- āMachismoā, which sublimates the difficult work of permanent war and heroism into the sexual sphere. Fascists thus hold āboth disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.ā
- āSelective Populismā ā The People, conceived monolithically, have a Common Will, distinct from and superior to the viewpoint of any individual. As no mass of people can ever be truly unanimous, the Leader holds himself out as the interpreter of the popular will (though truly he dictates it). Fascists use this concept to delegitimize democratic institutions they accuse of āno longer represent[ing] the Voice of the People.ā
- āNewspeakā ā Fascism employs and promotes an impoverished vocabulary in order to limit critical reasoning.
Fascism is not authoritarianism and itās not telling people to stop discriminating against others.
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Itās a shame they let a fAsCiSt serve.
What is it Iāve said or done to suggest Iām a fascist?
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That reading comprehension.
Yeah, we have a wanna be authoritarian trying to shore up support with the horrible people he values the most.
Wow, your whole post was a load of rank excuses for a horrible policy put in place only to stick it to an oppressed minority group.
Let me tell you how I know youāre lying here.
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Oh, please doā¦
Youāre the one that started with if you label someone a bigot ect then they are a fascist. So you are a fascist as well.
Thereās no such thing as a former Marine.
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We are quite literally being told what language is acceptable. They are literally removing words from accepted speech. They are censoring shows like Paw Patrol.
Nothing In there is about telling people to stop discriminating. Itās all about control, and censorship, and a post-modernist approach to tearing down a system that isnāt working.
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I think the appropriate response to this is, āOorah!ā
Awwww, did they take away your safe space?
good call
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or Yuuuut!
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Itās all about being a decent person actually.
If people were decent people they wouldnāt engage in such hateful behavior.
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Borscht stat food when?
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Okay, but thatās not fascism mate. Political correctness is not a new concept and is not fascism. Even in Rome they stopped certain types of gladiators performing as the racial groups they were meant to represent became more integrated and it became no longer acceptable to stereotype them.
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