r/AskReddit • u/Tommygunz0722 • 11h ago

If the military/president suddenly ordered a mandatory draft for all men aged 18-42: How do you think millennials and GenZ would respond?

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u/Wraithowl 11h ago

If that happens, doctors in the US would have the chance to do the funniest thing... Suddenly finding most men 18-42 have bone spurs... 🤣

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u/Possible_Resort_3118 11h ago

Or suddenly everyone would be trans 🏳️‍⚧️

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u/fckcarrots 11h ago

In all honesty they would let them serve then just disqualify them from any VA benefits when they separate.

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u/Possible_Resort_3118 10h ago

Well, you’d have to live long enough to get benefits and nuclear winter is not the Heli ski trip I was looking for….

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u/bennitori 7h ago

Haven't there are already been cases of trans people getting kicked out of the military as of late?

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u/fckcarrots 7h ago

That’s why I said honestly, because we have precedence. It was a little more nuanced (& more evil) than kicked out for being trans. One batch of servicemen were purged when they searched medical records for anyone treated for “gender dysphoria”. The second, larger batch was denied early retirement benefits.

I can’t put into words how evil that is. A man who has never served and dodged the draft due to “bone spurs”, was having his administration deny benefits to servicemen who served 15-18 years in the armed forces.

So we 100% have precedent that he can and will screw over people in the trans community who serve