Should we really be using the military for social engineering experiments? Thatbearguy @Thatbearguy
[image: 080716-F-0558K-001] TRANSGENDERS ARE NOW EXCUSED FROM AIR FORCE FITNESS TESTS STAFF WRITER <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/author/miloblogadmin/>OCTOBER 22, 20168316 VIEWS CONSERVATIVE <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/category/politics/conservative/> LGBT <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/category/sjw/lgbt/>SJW <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/category/sjw/>6 COMMENTS <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/transgender-excused-air-force-fitness/#disqus_thread>8316 VIEWS 12 MIN READ <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/transgender-excused-air-force-fitness/> The U.S. Air Force has granted transgenders the option to skip fitness tests while they are “transitioning.” According to Secretary of the Air Force Deborah James, who played a pivotal role in initiating the exemption: This is another step in allowing transgender Airmen to serve openly, receive medical care relating to gender transition and allow transgender individuals to join the Air Force…Our strengths as a military are the quality and character of our people, and those things that make us unique are the same things that make us strong. Specifically, the option to skip the fitness test applies to transgenders “during their period of transition, prior to a gender marker change in the MilPDS.” Although the initiative might seem well-intentioned, the truth is that it essentially amounts to nothing more than reverse discrimination against non-transgender men and women. If normal men and women are forced to work *harder* than transgenders in order to qualify for the same job, that’s discrimination. [image: transgender-soldier-20106] And of course, there’s no denying that fitness tests serve a critical function in the military. Without high standards of physical endurance, soldiers not only endanger themselves but also their comrades on the battlefield. But it’s not just the military: efforts to “equalize” perceived “inequality” has also infected fire departments and police departments across the United States. Instead of transgenders, though, it involves female firefighters and officers who cannot compete with men in fitness tests. >From push-ups to pull-ups, women’s general inability to match the skill of men has caused some to believe an injustice occurred. This, predictably, is followed by lawsuits. Like the case <http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/11/10/female-springs-officers-win-lawsuit-no-longer-have-to-take-physical-fitness-tests/> in Colorado Springs where 12 female police officers collectively filed a lawsuit claiming gender discrimination because the women could not perform a variety of fitness requirements to the level that men, on average, were able to perform. [image: fatcop] The Colorado Springs Police Department ultimately discontinued their fitness tests pending the result of the lawsuit. Ironically, this effort to ensure equality within the academy ended up being nothing more than reverse discrimination against men because it essentially excused the women’s physical shortcomings—an exemption unlikely to ever be offered to male officers. https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/transgender-excused-air-force-fitness/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
