More than 800 records of service members who were kicked out of the military under the ā€œdonā€™t ask, donā€™t tellā€ policy were recently upgraded toĀ receiveĀ honorable discharges, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.

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    this headline was 100% readable for someone old enough to have lived through this nonsense. seems trivial to lookup the policy if young ones are unfamiliar

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      A: ā€œDont ask dont tellā€ 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 ā€œhonorable dischargeā€ is an improvement or not.

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      Nah. Iā€™m plenty old enough and itā€™s a shit headline, probably purposeful ragebait.

      More than 800 service members ejected from US military under ā€˜donā€™t ask, donā€™t tellā€™

      WTF how is that possible, is that still in effect in some way??

      receive honorable discharges

      ā€¦ oh. Whew.