“This is a great big fat ‘Oh, no,’” Anawalt said in reaction to Hegseth’s announcement. “We’re turning the clock back on rational healthcare. … I’m worried about the ethics. I’m worried about the health consequences. I’m worried about unnecessary evaluations, incorrect assessments, and incorrect diagnoses that lead to inappropriate prescriptions of testosterone.”

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    They have 2 reasons to do this:

    1. To drug the soldiers.
    2. To put the blame of failure on individuals.

    The purpose is to have an army of cannon fodder when they take on NATO and to push through the inevitable failure when doing so.

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    An over-fixation on “manliness” and “heroism” in the military is also standard fascism playbook. Everyone’s made up to be a hero for their country, no matter if true or not. This sort of propaganda-fueled glorification of soldiers and war maybe helps recruitment of future soldiers for whatever future war the fascists are going to start. That’s probably the only upside.

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      It also lets you shout down any criticism with “that man is a HERO how DARE you accuse him of anything”

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    Just wait. In another 10 years (if we’re still around by then), the VA will be ignoring a ton of testicular cancer cases in veterans.

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      Quoting myself so I don’t have to keep rewriting it:

      This isn’t gender affirming care, it’s gender coercive care. Forcing people without symptoms to get a test for low testosterone is clearly pressuring people to “fix” their T levels, regardless of whether that makes sense for them. If it was about health they’d let their doctors address it on an as needed basis.

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        Yeah, it’s that thing that conservative media and politicians have been lying about. Saying that children go to school one gender and are forced to change their gender. So that’s a lie. It never happened. But now, conservatives are doing the exact thing that they were so concerned about before.

        What is it that they say, every accusation is a confession?

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        conversion therapy but they’re converting people into himbos

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    What this is, is another ridiculous ploy by Beta-cuck Hegseth to have homo-erotic fantasies about his big burly, tough macho men in tight uniforms.

    Just get drunk again, Pete, and come out already!

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        You can’t, because of the level of cognitive dissonance coming out has with the maga agenda. He’s so deep in the closet you’d have to make a stop in Narnia for gas and a map to get there.

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      Nothing like giving your soldiers an insecurity that they’re not manly enough and that they have to take a prescription for it.

      I’m sure that won’t have any psychological consequences on the battlefield.

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        yea.

        the fucking stupidity and incompetence of everyone he appoints is mind boggling

        there will be more suicides, and no one will do anything about it

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      Clearly these men have convinced themselves that they aren’t manly enough, whatever the fuck that means to these losers. Conservatives love inventing things to be scared about just throw it on the pile…

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        Have you seen kegsbreath exercise? It’s legendary! It’s absolutely the reason he wants more military men to get loaded up on the T, so they can be just like him.

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          Nope. Can’t stand looking at him. I’m immediately hit with the smell of cheap whiskey and drakkar noir. Eugh

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      And it’d be the most tantalizing target in the supply line, like the Jem Hadar’s “Ketracel White” (from ST:DS9). But why bother? I’ve had numerous Endocrinologists say no to me because they were of the opinion, it’d make my ball shrink.

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        But why bother? I’ve had numerous Endocrinologists say no to me because they were of the opinion, it’d make my ball shrink.

        Obviously you should take large doses of estrogen to make them bigger!

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      I am suddenly reminded of The Longest Yard movie where they gave the guards a bunch of estrogen.

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    In 4 months they’ll be indiscriminately issuing amphetamine stims to service members. I mean, it worked for the SS. Probably. At least for a little while. Actually, I have no idea, but it seems like something Keitel and Goering would be all about to claim they had a chemical edge over all the subhumans occupying their lebensraum.

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    The troops are not hot and sexy enough for King Don. He wants troops like in Starship Troopers, except maybe a few years younger.

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    High testosterone in men is associated with male pattern baldness and low sperm count, among other conditions. Not sure why he’d want that, but ok.

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    The same “germs aren’t real” Hegseth who caused a flu outbreak on a military base by reversing the vaccination mandate for service members.