Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer mandate the flu vaccine for American troops. He cited “medical autonomy” and religious freedom.
  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    From that 2019 article:

    Fox News host Pete Hegseth has said on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing”.

    Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.

    This is a man who attended more than one very expensive university and didn’t learn a thing, then said this idiocy, immediately after which the world was hit by a pandemic, and again Hegseth didn’t learn a thing. The guy must be terminally stupid.

    Anyway, if you ever have the misfortune to meet Pete Hegseth, don’t shake his shit-covered hand. Although he probably doesn’t believe in wiping his ass or showering either. After all, a dirty butthole isn’t real because you can’t see it without using one of these new-fangled “mirror” gadgets.

    • Jhex@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The guy must be terminally stupid.

      I think the preferred term is “Proudly Ignorant”

      • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        Wilful ignorance was a key element in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity. It was the aggressive resistance to learning that he thought made the stupid person especially dangerous. And we see this characteristic in Trump, his sycophants like Hegseth, and his followers.