If this wasn't so serious, it would be laughable. I have tried to figure out what is wrong with these people. Not as politicians, not as cabinet heads, not as idealogues, but as people. I don't understand this willful ignorance, vilifying of people, and just plain stupidity. I know the argument for singling out the " other" to test compliance, but I still scratch my head and wonder, what on earth is wrong with them.
As do I, every single day. I am a tiny blue dot in my rural neighborhood. These people are otherwise kind and caring. But get them talking about trump and what he is doing to this country and they become maga bots.
Some of the potential bad side effects of high levels of testosterone include: irritability, anxiety, depression, slurred or difficult speech, blood cancer, difficulty breathing, heart attack, reduced HDL (good cholesterol), enlarged prostrate, stroke, sleep apnea, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and stroke. But yeah, let’s have a medical lay person prescribing treatments.
I don't think these MAGA men actually like themselves or other men. Imagine drugging healthy male soldiers to no apparent purpose. Think of the lawsuits 10 or 30 years down the road. Think of the road ahead for these young men.
As an avid viewer of Magyar Birds videos, I have been saying all along that drones don't care about testosterone levels of their victims. And the pilots need a different skill set that has nothing to do with testosterone or estrogen levels. Hegseth is not fit to lead the military through this transition to autonomous warfare.
The only difference between a super macho beefcake Russian hit by a drone and a starving 50 year old alcoholic is size of the chunks that are left after impact.
First off, the entire 'sports' issue should be left to the organisations that manage their sport league. Every organization has their own rules regarding drugs and gambling and regulating who can play based on past behaviour etc... Is the federal government going to impose 'conflict of interest regulations on EVERY sport league, local, state, federal, age related, gender related, handicapped based... when they can't even enforce such on themselves or the president?
It is the stupidest issue to be elevated to a federal issue and should be dismissed as such.
Ads showing Sherrod Browns support for trans athletes in women’s sports plastered the air waves here in Ohio and sealed his loss in 2024–even though he had strong working class appeal for decades. Amy Acton’s campaign neutralized that threat with her statement. Without it, I’d be watching those same ads about her. Calling her out without context is lazy journalism. Sometimes you have to make hard choices.
It's as if many Democrats don't want to win. They'd rather be what they consider right and support men on female sports teams than defeat Trump. When it comes to mainstream voters' opinions, they look like snobs. And once again it could be fatal.
What hormones flowing through a persons body should be the business of that person and theri doctor. In the military it should be about competence and capability. Different jobs require different competencies and capabilities. If the military doctor releases the soldier for a given duty, that should be the beginning and end of the discussion. If the person fails to perform their duty, they should be removed from that position, or even from the military.
Far as I can tell, Hegseth makes assumptions and removes people based on those assumptions, without ever looking at the individual, their record, their competencies and their capabilities.
THAT is discrimination. He wants to be 'colorblind' and yet he uses color and gender to make negative assumptions and decisions about people. THAT is discrimination. Call it out bold as day. Dare him to back up his 'DEI' based firings with any actual evidence of their inability to perform their duties at their rank.
Ask Hegseth if he is going to be monitoring all other medical treatments for all service members? If not, why not? What makes hormone therapy so special?
There is serious doubt that he truly "wants" to be "colorblind"--particularly in light of his denial of well qualified black candidates for promotion...and he's definitely not "gender-blind", as he has done the same with qualified female candidates. Low-T Pete is in a class by himself--that of "irredeemable asshole".
I agree with you, but I find it useful in arguments to not bother trying to 'read people's minds', and instead point out the absurdity of their arguments, the inherent internal contradictions of their positions and generally corner them into defending their stupidity or their bigotry.
If I try to tell them what they are 'thinking' their defense is typically either "I didn't say that" or "You don't know what I am thinking" invariably with no effort to make clear what they are thinking... If they are just outright trolling, I will simply thank them for showing us who and what they are, and move on.
In this case, Robert's is either stupid enough to not see the inherent conflict in what he thinks about himself, or he thinks (enough) people are too stupid to catch him at it. Posting my comments is my humble small effort to educate, because I believe if enough people THINK and are presented with logical arguments and pointing out facts they can verify, that we will have the 'informed citizenry' essential for a democracy to function properly.
Never underestimate the power of stupidity to create actions indistinguishable from evil.
Kegsbreath is a raving lunatic and he proves it every time he speaks. He spouts about the same amount of pure fecal matter when he speaks as his mentor, Felon47. Have to suspect this testosterone bullhockey came straight from the RFK, Jr. school of medical misinformation and BS. Have any of these nimrods ever met a trans person? Do any of them understand that being trans is a natural process of a human body that is genetically determined the same way as blue eyes and blonde hair? Just wondering how all the men that have fought for America in the past managed to do such a great job without testosterone supplemented? Could it be they had competent leaders that had not been removed from the Pentagon by a total moron pretending he knows what he is doing?
Five point two million in treatments? High T Pete has wasted billions by treating the Iran war like a first-person shooter. Besides, you know who also are High T? All the rapists in prison.
Were I male (not) I'd be refusing this bullshit. Tiny testes, infertility? Hey what if Jesse Waters takes it and that's why he acts the way and says the things he does. And looks that way. Not good.
Seriously Hegseth is messing with shit he does not understand. This IS gender care, gross as the goal of making manbaby Hegseth all atwitter ..
Not only are these unnecessary tests and shots about the dumbest (with a B) boondoggle I have ever heard any Cabinet level Secretary propose, but it is wrong and utterly unfair when he has claimed that to do the exact same thing for transgender troops is "too expensive". This all about liddle Low-T Petey projecting his own masculinity issues onto others and making all those others suffer for it.
If this wasn't so serious, it would be laughable. I have tried to figure out what is wrong with these people. Not as politicians, not as cabinet heads, not as idealogues, but as people. I don't understand this willful ignorance, vilifying of people, and just plain stupidity. I know the argument for singling out the " other" to test compliance, but I still scratch my head and wonder, what on earth is wrong with them.
As do I, every single day. I am a tiny blue dot in my rural neighborhood. These people are otherwise kind and caring. But get them talking about trump and what he is doing to this country and they become maga bots.
Some of the potential bad side effects of high levels of testosterone include: irritability, anxiety, depression, slurred or difficult speech, blood cancer, difficulty breathing, heart attack, reduced HDL (good cholesterol), enlarged prostrate, stroke, sleep apnea, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and stroke. But yeah, let’s have a medical lay person prescribing treatments.
I don't think these MAGA men actually like themselves or other men. Imagine drugging healthy male soldiers to no apparent purpose. Think of the lawsuits 10 or 30 years down the road. Think of the road ahead for these young men.
You left out two side effects that would really freak out the manosphere — enlarged breast and shrinking testicles.
As an avid viewer of Magyar Birds videos, I have been saying all along that drones don't care about testosterone levels of their victims. And the pilots need a different skill set that has nothing to do with testosterone or estrogen levels. Hegseth is not fit to lead the military through this transition to autonomous warfare.
The only difference between a super macho beefcake Russian hit by a drone and a starving 50 year old alcoholic is size of the chunks that are left after impact.
Brilliant observation!
First off, the entire 'sports' issue should be left to the organisations that manage their sport league. Every organization has their own rules regarding drugs and gambling and regulating who can play based on past behaviour etc... Is the federal government going to impose 'conflict of interest regulations on EVERY sport league, local, state, federal, age related, gender related, handicapped based... when they can't even enforce such on themselves or the president?
It is the stupidest issue to be elevated to a federal issue and should be dismissed as such.
Ads showing Sherrod Browns support for trans athletes in women’s sports plastered the air waves here in Ohio and sealed his loss in 2024–even though he had strong working class appeal for decades. Amy Acton’s campaign neutralized that threat with her statement. Without it, I’d be watching those same ads about her. Calling her out without context is lazy journalism. Sometimes you have to make hard choices.
It's as if many Democrats don't want to win. They'd rather be what they consider right and support men on female sports teams than defeat Trump. When it comes to mainstream voters' opinions, they look like snobs. And once again it could be fatal.
What hormones flowing through a persons body should be the business of that person and theri doctor. In the military it should be about competence and capability. Different jobs require different competencies and capabilities. If the military doctor releases the soldier for a given duty, that should be the beginning and end of the discussion. If the person fails to perform their duty, they should be removed from that position, or even from the military.
Far as I can tell, Hegseth makes assumptions and removes people based on those assumptions, without ever looking at the individual, their record, their competencies and their capabilities.
THAT is discrimination. He wants to be 'colorblind' and yet he uses color and gender to make negative assumptions and decisions about people. THAT is discrimination. Call it out bold as day. Dare him to back up his 'DEI' based firings with any actual evidence of their inability to perform their duties at their rank.
Ask Hegseth if he is going to be monitoring all other medical treatments for all service members? If not, why not? What makes hormone therapy so special?
There is serious doubt that he truly "wants" to be "colorblind"--particularly in light of his denial of well qualified black candidates for promotion...and he's definitely not "gender-blind", as he has done the same with qualified female candidates. Low-T Pete is in a class by himself--that of "irredeemable asshole".
I agree with you, but I find it useful in arguments to not bother trying to 'read people's minds', and instead point out the absurdity of their arguments, the inherent internal contradictions of their positions and generally corner them into defending their stupidity or their bigotry.
If I try to tell them what they are 'thinking' their defense is typically either "I didn't say that" or "You don't know what I am thinking" invariably with no effort to make clear what they are thinking... If they are just outright trolling, I will simply thank them for showing us who and what they are, and move on.
In this case, Robert's is either stupid enough to not see the inherent conflict in what he thinks about himself, or he thinks (enough) people are too stupid to catch him at it. Posting my comments is my humble small effort to educate, because I believe if enough people THINK and are presented with logical arguments and pointing out facts they can verify, that we will have the 'informed citizenry' essential for a democracy to function properly.
Never underestimate the power of stupidity to create actions indistinguishable from evil.
Kegsbreath is a raving lunatic and he proves it every time he speaks. He spouts about the same amount of pure fecal matter when he speaks as his mentor, Felon47. Have to suspect this testosterone bullhockey came straight from the RFK, Jr. school of medical misinformation and BS. Have any of these nimrods ever met a trans person? Do any of them understand that being trans is a natural process of a human body that is genetically determined the same way as blue eyes and blonde hair? Just wondering how all the men that have fought for America in the past managed to do such a great job without testosterone supplemented? Could it be they had competent leaders that had not been removed from the Pentagon by a total moron pretending he knows what he is doing?
Five point two million in treatments? High T Pete has wasted billions by treating the Iran war like a first-person shooter. Besides, you know who also are High T? All the rapists in prison.
Were I male (not) I'd be refusing this bullshit. Tiny testes, infertility? Hey what if Jesse Waters takes it and that's why he acts the way and says the things he does. And looks that way. Not good.
Seriously Hegseth is messing with shit he does not understand. This IS gender care, gross as the goal of making manbaby Hegseth all atwitter ..
I believe he’s already used too much to save his brain
Not only are these unnecessary tests and shots about the dumbest (with a B) boondoggle I have ever heard any Cabinet level Secretary propose, but it is wrong and utterly unfair when he has claimed that to do the exact same thing for transgender troops is "too expensive". This all about liddle Low-T Petey projecting his own masculinity issues onto others and making all those others suffer for it.
I hope those 5 Democrats never get elected to anything ever!
Which Democrats