• Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.ml
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      19 hours ago

      He’s talking about getting rid of military members who can’t shave due to medical reasons.

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      People with curly hair can have ingrown hairs from shaving. Most people with no shave chits are black.

      Don’t let him trick you into thinking this speech is just stupid. Its stupid, but he’s also trying to give generals plausible deniability to remove minority military members and women.

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        8 hours ago

        Don’t forget they’re also mad about Sakhs who were allowed to wear turbans and beards.

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        11 hours ago

        Somewhere between 1 in 2 to 2 in 3 African American men experience a condition called pseudofolliculitis barbae where, due curliness and firmness of hair, a clean shave results in significant local inflammation, irritation and discomfort.

        The treatment is to not to shave too close to the skin…