r/politics • u/mom0nga • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/
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u/Confident_Benefit_11 Jul 15 '26

It's on purpose most of the time (the strategy, not necessarily the individual who likely has starfish IQ), fascists know they sound ridiculous and put the burden of correcting them/using the truth or facts on other individuals. It's exhausting and it's on purpose. Just tell them to suck it and move on, if anyone in your life still supports this just cut them off completely. Nothing is worth dealing with these people.

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u/MarxistMan13 Virginia Jul 15 '26

Relevant video explaining the strategy.

It's easier to make accusations without evidence than it is to explain why someone is wrong using evidence. Stupid people have extremely short attention spans.

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u/nachobueno Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

…and this is how empires fall. Umberto Eco pointed out that fascist regime was incapable of accurately assessing an enemy essentially because they were stuck juggling all of their lies, that the enemy was both strong and weak at the same time. It’s a double edged sword, for the same reasons they’re unable to effectively administer a military, and what we’re seeing here is why. They just can’t help but to do silly shit because ideology and public image are paramount to anything else. M. Gessen mentioned at some point that this regime, out of all the ones he’d studied, was essentially speed running the whole thing. Hopefully they manage to fish out before things get worse.

Edit: words, because I was in and out of consciousness when writing this

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u/RiskyNight Jul 16 '26

Living where I do, I've lost over half my friends since 2016 because of the trump thing. It's not worth it to maintain friendship with people who vote that way, RIP, but man it's hard to replace long time friends.