Originally Posted by
Ewan Whosearmy
Incredible lady. Too bad the NY Times has decided to use her to play its identity politics game.
I would have thought that the fact that a woman worked up close with Special Forces was, simply, newsworthy. It also seems that some characteristics that are conventionally regarded as feminine were an asset (interviewing skills). After the remark about "identity politics" I thought I would find out that the deceased was a trans woman, but she was cis, hetero, and a mother. I see no sign of identity politics there. Just a recognition of a remarkable, and unexpected, kind of soldiering.