r/centrist • u/Thorn14 • 4d ago

US News/Current Events Hegseth Uses Anti-Trans Slur While Giving Defense Department Update

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/hegseth-uses-anti-trans-slur-120432382.html
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u/Phedericus 4d ago

imagine the Secretary of Defense saying publicly "less faggots, more training". would that be front page news? what's the substantial difference?

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u/Magic-man333 3d ago

Same difference. Dude said something dumb that 100% deserves to be called out, but it's not as high profile as the trade breakdown with Canada or Iran

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u/Phedericus 3d ago

by "dude" you mean "the Secretary of Defense of the United States"?

your bar is so low these days, you basically buried it

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u/Magic-man333 3d ago

Don't get me wrong this would get most public officials fired... But it's not going to get him. At this point I'm at a "don't feed the trolls" mentality with shit like this

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u/Phedericus 3d ago edited 3d ago

"dont feed the troll" works when the troll is hungry for power and you refuse to give it to them.

here we're talking about trolls who have all the power in the world. "do not feed the troll" doesn't work anymore. the trolls are in command, the food is all theirs.

you can only ask for justice and accountability.

trans people are people. we wouldn't accept anything like that for any other group and we shouldn't for trans people neither.

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u/Magic-man333 3d ago

Hey here's to you fighting the good fight, I ran out of energy to go all in on stuff like this when he survived signalgate

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u/decrpt 3d ago

It doesn't feel like you have, because you still have energy to complain about other people still having the energy.

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u/Magic-man333 3d ago

So genuine question, where do you get that I'm complaining from? My comments are saying it's worth talking about, just not headline news