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For those who are unvaccinated: Undersecretary of defense has released a memo that requires all active duty or full time reservist / guardsmen to get approval for official travel in or out of country. And does not allow for any personal travel on leave. So you can only travel in official capacity if approved by the under Secretary or one level lower.

Agree. No one in this chat was defending his use of the word or saying it wasn’t offensive or that he should have said it.

Good points

Very well compiled. It does show the difficulty discussing valid concerns with the Vax (pro or against) community. Edited for parenthetical statement addition

Fully support your right to hit him and be pissed if he called you that word. I don’t think anyone is arguing otherwise.

Heard an interesting theory. Since those who have the vaccine are 27 times more likely to get covid again (even without symptoms) that this spike could be due to the vaccinated unknowingly spreading covid because they don’t know they have it and don’t care to wear a mask because they think they can’t spread it even though science says otherwise.

Pawn. That’s disingenuous. You’re stretching things to try and make a point and cause drama outside the truth. No one defended his use of the word. The people that brought up “Chinese isn’t a race” as you put it were just correcting the use of the word racist against it. No one defended him or the use of the word. So get real for a second bro. Have a beer. It’s Friday. Not everything is meant to cause you stress or a response from you. (Hardly anything if anything at all I would argue). You don’t have to be offended by everything.

As far as the word racist look at the root of the word. Race. Race defined does not include ethnicity. The real reason we have to have diversity training is to receive the new butchered definitions of the English language that have changed since last summer to include more things so that one of the ugliest words of all time in the English language can be used to be thrown at all kinds of things and imply new things that aren’t real. This isn’t simply just adding another meaning to a word like todays use of the word fire. When kids say it, it doesn’t mean what it used to. But it’s not in a derogatory ugly way. That’s ok. But when the definition changes to include more than just race into an influence word so people can use the word rampantly against anything they don’t like it is wrong. Evil some would say. You start approaching a place where any word can be used for anything. Then the language becomes gibberish. Which is one of the many reasons the world laughs at us. It’s like people are looking for more ways to be offended and shut down discussion. Is that what you want with diversity training? Or in general?

Jazz dude. Please explain how correcting peoples use of the often incorrectly used word racist means that we need diversity training? How does me agreeing that it’s a bad word and I don’t use it nor agree with its usage mean we need diversity training? You can’t lump what he did into a broad spectrum definition of racial or ethic prejudice or intolerance and then say he is racist for using a word that doesn’t describe race. If someone used a slur against me that didn’t apply to me and they were trying to use it in a racist way when it clearly can’t be by definition that would just make me turn inward and laugh at how stupid that person is. Not take offense for their poor use of language. I think people often forget that the constitution and bill of rights don’t give you the right to not be offended. In fact if that were a thing, we wouldn’t be the country with the most freedom of speech in the world. Because to have open dialog you have to risk offending the other person because of their beliefs.

No one was arguing better or worse. Just words and their meanings. I don’t agree with it being used in any case. Nor do I agree with someone calling him a racist for using an ethnic slur. Potato pot-a-tow

Let’s not move the goal posts. No one is arguing that using that word is ok. Or that it’s not a slur. Just that it’s not a racist slur as China isn’t a race. These are just facts that have no emotions and don’t care about peoples feelings. Show me where anyone is advocating for use of the word he used please? But it can be shown where people called it racist and by definition it is not. Is it dumb? A put down? Awful? And poor usage of the English language? Likely all yes. But it isn’t racist.

China isn’t a race. Asian is.

Have you read Israel’s results? WSJ has. https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-coronavirus-breakthrough-vaccine-natural-immunity-cdc-fauci-biden-failure-11631548306 The best data on vaccines vs natural immunities is coming from Israel. Their stats are being fully reported and studied. I’ve read in multiple places where it says natural immunities are 13 to 27 times less likely to get covid again than those with the vaccine.

I don’t enjoy the word he used but I’m pretty sure it’s already been pointed out that China is a country not a race.

Because you are in support or against it? Reasons?

What’s a BAH temporary increase rate?

Not only that but I would want to find one that is versed in FAA as well to help in that realm. Very interested if someone knows anyone.

You forgot document things for VA disability.

What’s a Metamucil inbox?

My time stamp function failed. Say what time to what time pls.

Hope their premiums were up to date

Agree to disagree

At the point where Twitter takes over control over these forums

Self depreciating humor. Nice work.

No way pawnman is a single seat Fighterpilot. I don’t believe that.