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More than 800 service members ejected from US military under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ receive honorable discharges | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)

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More than 800 records of service members who were kicked out of the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy were recently upgraded to receive honorable discharges, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A: "Dont ask dont tell" is a completely made up bullshit phrase specific to the US that makes no sense outside of context

B: Without knowing about A its impossible to know whether them getting a "honorable discharge" is an improvement or not.

[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reading the entire story and not just the headline helps.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You must be new here!

[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Haha! You’d think I’d know by now.