• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    And conservative voters see any measure to tackle this issue, no matter how benign, as “weak liberal nonsense” and “a waste of time” that cheapens our fighting ability. Of course I’m sure their hearts are set on what’s best for our military, and not that they’re sexist, racist abusers who don’t want their sexist, racist abuse to be challenged.

    This issue goes back at least as far as living memory for the US. We were particularly vicious to German women at the end of WWII. GI’s having illegitimate children with local women in Asia during our multiple wars there was so common it’s basically a trope.

    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      To be fair, it isn’t important enough to either party to substantively deal with, because they would have.