08-11-2017, 04:28 PM
(08-11-2017, 04:23 PM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2017/07/27/transgender-former-seal-team-6-member-asks-trump-to-tell-her-face-to-face-that-shes-not-worthy/
Ban backlash
Transgender former SEAL Team 6 member asks Trump to tell her ‘face to face’ that she’s ‘not worthy’
WITW Staff
07.27.17
Transgender former US Navy Seal Senior Chief Kristin Beck. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Former Navy Seal Team 6 member Kristen Beck, who is transgender, spoke out against Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from the military on Wednesday, just a fraction of the tidal wave of opposition that rolled in after Trump’s snap decision on the matter.
“Let’s meet face to face and you tell me I’m not worthy,” Beck said in an interview with Business Insider. “Transgender doesn’t matter. Do your service.”
Trump’s claim that the decision to ban transgender service members came because of the cost of medical services was laughable, Beck added.
“The money is negligible,” said Beck. “You’re talking about .000001 percent of the military budget. They care more about the airplane or the tank than they care about people. They don’t care about people. They don’t care about human beings.” In fact, the cost is so miniscule, The Washington Post reported, that the military actually spends about five times more on Viagra than it does on medical care for transgender troops.
(If you’re wondering why the American military spends so much cash on erectile dysfunction drugs, here’s a handy explainer. Now back to the topic at hand.)
A 20-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, Beck, who was born Christopher Beck, had served with SEAL Teams 1, 5, and 6. Beck was deployed 13 times, served in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and won a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart after being injured in combat.
Asked about whether she thought the transgender ban could be justified on the basis of unit cohesion, Beck said that actual professionals know better than to make such assumptions.
“A very professional unit with great leadership wouldn’t have a problem,” Beck explained. “I can have a Muslim serving right beside Jerry Falwell, and we’re not going to have a problem. It’s a leadership issue, not a transgender issue.”
Ban backlash
Transgender former SEAL Team 6 member asks Trump to tell her ‘face to face’ that she’s ‘not worthy’
WITW Staff
07.27.17
Transgender former US Navy Seal Senior Chief Kristin Beck. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Former Navy Seal Team 6 member Kristen Beck, who is transgender, spoke out against Trump’s decision to ban transgender people from the military on Wednesday, just a fraction of the tidal wave of opposition that rolled in after Trump’s snap decision on the matter.
“Let’s meet face to face and you tell me I’m not worthy,” Beck said in an interview with Business Insider. “Transgender doesn’t matter. Do your service.”
Trump’s claim that the decision to ban transgender service members came because of the cost of medical services was laughable, Beck added.
“The money is negligible,” said Beck. “You’re talking about .000001 percent of the military budget. They care more about the airplane or the tank than they care about people. They don’t care about people. They don’t care about human beings.” In fact, the cost is so miniscule, The Washington Post reported, that the military actually spends about five times more on Viagra than it does on medical care for transgender troops.
(If you’re wondering why the American military spends so much cash on erectile dysfunction drugs, here’s a handy explainer. Now back to the topic at hand.)
A 20-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, Beck, who was born Christopher Beck, had served with SEAL Teams 1, 5, and 6. Beck was deployed 13 times, served in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and won a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart after being injured in combat.
Asked about whether she thought the transgender ban could be justified on the basis of unit cohesion, Beck said that actual professionals know better than to make such assumptions.
“A very professional unit with great leadership wouldn’t have a problem,” Beck explained. “I can have a Muslim serving right beside Jerry Falwell, and we’re not going to have a problem. It’s a leadership issue, not a transgender issue.”
Professionalism. It's as simple as that one word.
Some people don't, can't, and/or won't understand.
