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Redditis4npcs t1_ist01oy wrote

As a disabled OIF vet I don't find this uplifting. Feels much more like empty virtue signaling... all the while veterans will remain criminally under served and continue to commit suicide because of the VA's incompetence, disrespect, and gross neglect.

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But ya know... good for the gays I guess. Now they can be treated like equal shit like the rest of us.

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very_loud_icecream t1_istby9z wrote

>VA is closing a gap in benefits for surviving spouses of LGBTQ+ veterans, righting a wrong that is a legacy of the discriminatory federal ban on same-sex marriages

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>Feels much more like empty virtue signaling

So enacting real change is what virtue signalling means now? Got it.

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>all the while veterans will remain criminally under served..

Dont disagree with the rest of your comment though

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avoidgettingraped t1_isu6drq wrote

His comment history makes clearer where he's coming from.

"Do you think the years of anti-white rhetoric and dehumanization of white people in corporate media had something to do with this?"

"They're only women when democrats are trying to rape them."

"Isn't it clear to everyone that black teens are targeting white people? The days of me caring about being called racist for pointing this out are long gone."

"y'all really don't smell anything wrong with the obvious sexulization of children recently? You really don't see how "trans" identity is being used by the powers that be?"

Not to mention more racism, antivax sentiments and vax conspiracy theories, 9-11 conspiracies, anti0Muslim bigotry, and more.

The guy is a walking stereotype.

No wonder he doesn't understand why this news is positive.

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very_loud_icecream t1_isufafm wrote

No surprise. u/Redditis4npcs pretends they're only mad because the policy is "virtue signalling," because thats a more socially acceptable criticism. But really they just dont like the idea of righting a historical wrong against gay people.

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waxillium_ladrian t1_isubpr4 wrote

Sure, your "disability". We all definitely believe you're "disabled", Skippy.

Hush. Your service meant nothing.

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Redditis4npcs t1_isul1z6 wrote

You tell me, sport... what do you know about it?

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waxillium_ladrian t1_isunoxv wrote

I know that if you really do have a disability (doubtful) you deserve it for who you are as a person.

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