The old testament also says "Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard", but he's got a pretty good haircut. It also says no clothes of mixed materials (so that poly-wool suit and poly-cotton shirt he's wearing are no-gos). And it says no tattoos too, but he pretty famously has quite a lot of tattoos. Sounds like his own faith isn't sincerely held.
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Yes, but you see Leviticus is from the old covenant and none of that applies anymore, because the blood of Christ washed away the original sin so now humanity no longer has to follow those rituals.
Except the part about gay people being bad. That part still applies even though nothing else does. Because... Reasons. Yeah. That makes sense, right?
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Frankly if Christians are following anything in the OT, they aren't real Christians anyway.
I am of a sect that only follows the Old Testament, we are called The Only Real Christians.
You mean Jews?
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he pretty famously has quite a lot of tattoos.
The Department of War's grooming standards tribunal has determined his tattoos are violations and must be brought to standards immediately. The flaying will commence in 3...2...
Sincerity isn’t one of his strong suits
They love their grooming.
What are the odds he just can't grow a beard and is weirdly insecure about it?
Nah, he's just a fucking racist targeting black people (which it's odd this article doesn't mention, right alongside with Sikhs).
Most shaving waivers are for soldiers diagnosed with pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB, a condition in which hairs curl back into the skin after shaving and cause irritation. The Pentagon may cover the laser treatment, but that can cost thousands of dollars per soldier, depending on the number of sessions required. It's unclear how many soldiers would require the procedure.
The American Osteopathic College of Dermatology estimates that up to 60% of Black men are affected by the condition. Laser treatments can cause scarring and changes in skin pigmentation.
"Of course, this is racially motivated," one senior noncommissioned officer familiar with the plans told Military.com on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation. "There's no tactical reason; you can look professional with facial hair."
Huh, apparently he used to have one when he was on Fox News but they made him shave it: https://www.foxnews.com/video/5829694071001
And yeah you can see it's kind of patchy, in the image in OP's article too. But I don't think it's insecurity because he was on live national TV like that. (I also found pictures of him with stubble and he actually looks good like that. But no, the culture war takes priority.)
Must be a leftover policy from Fox Entertainment stuck in his head.
After all, Trump's entire cabinet is just Fox Entertainment on a global scale, figuratively and literally.
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Man it took me way too long to realize the goatee fad in the 00s was because most tweens couldn't grow a full beard.
I thought the Joe Dirt:
You're just so white trash it grows in like that?
Was a complete joke, and didn't have one foot in reality.
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After everything my wife has told me about the Sikhs she serves with, I'll honestly be happy if the US kicks them all out; if it comes down to a war between Canada and the US, the last thing I want is for our troops to be going up against some of the most relentlessly committed, brave and selfless soldiers you could ever hope to meet. The US military will be weaker without them, and at this point that's a good thing.
You had me going there in the first half. Glad you brought it back around in the end.
Continuing the Republican tradition of focusing on all the most pressing problems first.
The more this pissant and others of his ilk rage against beards the more I'm tempted to grow a big auld John Brown beard. I have the capacity to and simply choose not to because it gets right fucken itchy.
Beard oil. It exists, it is amazing, and it stopped my itching. I comb a little into my beard every one or two days, takes like 5 minutes if I go slow.
Beard oil and beard balm are why I don't look like a crazed mountain hermit. They're really phenomenal stuff!
for many types of beard itch, beard oil can also be a long term negative. if the itch is caused by fungal infection (same as dandruff and lots of skin issues), that infection feeds on the oils
in that case, you need daily anti dandruff shampoo, and not all are created equal: different types may work better or worse for different people
And it's not always treatable with shampoo. At some point, dandruff is dermatitis, and at some point after that, dermatitis may be psoriasis. If OTC topicals don't cut it, check in with a dermatologist. That's how I learned I also had psoriatic arthritis, as it was resolved with prescribed medication
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I’ve had a beard for years now. The itchiness goes away after the first few weeks.
Anti dandruff shampoo also helps.
I grew up in a fundamentalist environment and heard tons of crap about how beards were bad or whatever. Never made sense to me, Jesus had one. Soon as I left high school I grew a beard (dirty-ass chin-strap because it was the year 2000 lol). I've sported a full beard pretty much ever since. It gives me a jawline, plus I enjoy the feeling of spite.
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The only time mine itched against my neck was a fresh cut to under 1/2". It was the right combo of fresh-cut squared hair ends and short length allowing a stiff stab to the neck. The hair ends taper to a flexible point after a couple weeks. It's been significantly longer for years. Now I just get some surprise tickles in my ears on polo shirt days
For me it's not the hairs making things itchy, it's the hair follicle itself that gets itchy past a certain length.
Either everybody should be able to have beards, or nobody. Believing in a fairytale should not be tied to special privileges.
That’s an easy and convenient stance to take when you nonchalantly disregard other’s religious beliefs as a “fairytale.” Those “special privileges” aren’t a “privilege,” but a duty to one’s faith.
I’m not religious, closer to modern atheists than anything else. Even I can understand and respect the nuance to the situation.
The right answer, in my opinion, would be to ban them from any form of service which would require conflicting grooming standards. That’s how you address the safety issue, not by implying “fuck your religion.”
Edit: if you so please, you can even make it illegal to (officially) change your religion during a single contract term. That way the issues are resolved then and there, before they’re assigned any duty.
For a nation that is all about personal freedom, they sure spend a lot of time telling other people what to do in areas that don't really matter. Even for the sake of military uniformity, facial hair must be maintained and groomed seems like an acceptable stance. Anything else is just power tripping.
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Those “special privileges” aren’t a “privilege,” but a duty to one’s faith.
If I were to say I had a "duty" to my own atheist sense of beard honor or whatever, that'd fly out the window. Religion is a preference, a choice. The duty is only to the persons own sense of pride and morality.
We have similar problems with nurses of certain religions in my country, refusing to do their job (for instance related to abortion) and endagering patients citing religion.
Thankfully the regulations have been upheld and these people have been told "If you refuse to do your job, you're fired." in these cases, but there is a religious lobby rapidly growing in influence in my country, and have already secured exceptions from stuff like hygiene rules in healthcare.
A "beard exception" matters little in truth, but allow one such exception and suddenly they're everywhere (I'd argue let people have their beards ffs!). However, this kind of pandering is insane, dangerous and my patience for it is very limited. Religion is their choice, but that is no excuse to impose their will on the rest of society.
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I just keep thinking back to all the bullshit after 9/11, these assholes are just Al Queda with white skin and a different book to lie about
He sure does like his men smooth.
The drunk pedo protector is a complete sack of shit. However, to properly wear a protective mask, in a chemical warfare environment, you need to shave or the damn thing will not seal.
This made me think of a question/issue potentially. For those with fast growing facial hair how would that effect them? Like what if they shaved and had the mask on. Would the hair be able to grow and break the seal potentially? Or how long would it take between shaves for it to become unsafe? 5 hours? 10?
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I wonder how "JD" "Vance" feels about all this beard hate.
Anyway, glad that Kegsbreath is focusing on the important things: attacking the Scouts for having girls as members, awkward videos of him improperly exercising, and.....beards.
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Hegseth only shaves so he can splash his face with aftershave to cover up the permanent smell of alcohol emanating from his pores.
He looks like he's about to kiss a butthole.
Well, he works for that guy, so...yeah.
I think journalists have started exclusively using unflattering pictures of him after his fit
Nothing wrong with that fetish, he should just keep it private
Imagine if they did this for COVID vaccine exemptions
The better way to manage religiously mandated hair: Have an appropriate cleric give an exemption in the eyes of [insert], but only if the soldier is being deployed to a theater that has genuine NBC threat that requires properly sealed gear. I think most people can agree that to be a reasonable compromise.
Unfortunately, we got Kegsbreath, Prima Donna of Defense.
hesgeth has a whole suite in the DOD dedicated to his glamour makeup routine.
What. A. Loser. Just because he is a babyface bitch who can’t grow a beard doesn’t mean he needs to take it out on others who can.
Hegseth likes his RAARGH WARFIGHTERS ERS Ers ers faces to be smooth as a baby's bottom. That's right. Just like everyone in Trump's inner circle, baby bottoms appeal to him.
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Ah yes, give them baby face. That will make them more intimidating.
He just a salty bitch because he can't grow one himself.
It's just him in a pope hat, bare nekkid while wearing a giant strap on, saying the lord demands they do body shots.
This REMF keeps being fucking funny.
Soldiers, especially men called "tier one", have gotten so used to have facial hair in the field.
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