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Pete Hegseth decried out gay troops in US military as part of Marxist agenda (www.theguardian.com)

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Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for defense secretary, has denounced policies allowing openly gay troops and women in combat roles as part of a “Marxist” agenda undermining military readiness.

In his book The War on Warriors and past interviews, Hegseth criticized the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and argued that inclusivity erodes standards.

Accused of misconduct, his views against women in combat and seeing inclusivity as a threat to national security have been closely examined during his confirmation process.

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[–] givesomefucks 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I appreciate the sentiment, but none of that seems based on reality.

The reason is both those groups mad about LGBTQ are Abrahmic religious extremists.

And for the Abrhamic religions, it's a numbers game. They want their population to reproduce faster than others because the more followers the more power/wealth the leaders have.

we have always been a threat to power by way of not engaging with the specific torture that keeps the world going, and we still respond to terror enacted against us by calling on people to sing, dance, and be merry, they might do something dangerous: they might start singing, dancing, and being merry

Not whatever that was supposed to mean.

This isnt the town from Dirty Dancing and the danger isn't being told you can't "be merry".

And that is not going to be an effective way to fight back.

[–] Keeponstalin 3 points 3 weeks ago

You're both right. The existence of LGBT people and feminism does threaten the 'legitimacy' of religious fundamentalists (namely Evangelicals and Dominionists in America) by undermining their masculine authority they claim to de ordained by God. It's more than just a numbers game. They certainly want a huge indoctrinated following. To do that they need to constantly persecute and 'cure' LGBT people and feminists, otherwise their 'legitimacy' would crumble from within the evangelical movement.

American Fascists by Chris Hedges

“These men suffered a loss of their own masculinity,” Roberta Pughe says, “so they have taken on this extreme form of masculine power, the power to oppress and to dominate. On the extreme end of the masculine continuum, it is the oppressive force that kills, that destroys. There is no room for anything else. Everything else is a threat. The feminine is a threat. Children are a threat. Homosexuality is a threat because it embraces a feminine, nurturing side between men. All power has to be concentrated at the top and be destructive.”

“The goal of the movement is to create a theocracy, but they must dominate women first to keep the system in place,” Pughe says, the late afternoon light spilling into the windows of her office. “They want to have one nation under God, based on their view of God and their interpretation of the rules that this peculiar God puts in place. ... They know the family’s falling apart. The divorce rate is high. Families are in flux. Roles are in flux. Men and women are trying to figure out what we’re doing together. And the church is filling the niche, providing the extended family. There is no extended family, so the church is providing it for these people. Their ticket to power is family values. That’s the hook. People are hungry for that. But with this church family comes the imposition of an extreme male power structure. First, they use this power structure to control the family, then the church, and finally the nation.”

The use of control and force is also designed to raise obedient, unquestioning and fearful children, children who as adults will not be tempted to challenge powerful male figures. These children are conditioned to rely on external authority for moral choice. They obey out of fear and often repeat this pattern of fearful obedience as adults.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

oh we're still strapped. but the singing, dancing, and being merry is a driving factor in class solidarity and passing the people's songs down to future generations. every resistance movement has had art centered within it. and yes: religions use fear to play numbers games. they need masses of people to enact genocides against other masses of people. us queer folk aren't offering up those numbers, and our historical social responsibility has always been to take part in raising the next generation by imparting in them wisdom their parents don't have because they lack perspective and they can't be there 100% of the time. the wielders of power fear our art and our education deeply. they don't want it taught in schools, and they want kids to be scared of us. why? because we have always been dangerous to these systems of power.

like, i genuinely appreciate you replying. it gives me an opportunity to give more context. armed resistance from places of love are so critical to pushing for liberation. just like how every liberation movement really catches steam once the movement starts listening to and involving women