# Hegseth & beardo thread - reopen? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 29, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-beardo-thread-reopen/1024401 "2025-10-29T20:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-beardo-thread-reopen/1024401/2 "2025-10-29T20:32:55Z")
Considering how limited the FQ thread is, if there is news to discuss then you are probably better off creating a new MPSIMS thread and linking back to the FQ thread if there is something there that you wish to continue discussing. Also, depending on exactly what you want to discuss, there are several existing threads that you might want to use instead: > [@What's wrong about a lethal military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-about-a-lethal-military/1023584/95): > > Y’know, if the YouTube algorithm is any sort of sample, a whole damn lot of the 2A Bros and “alphamales” and “protector warrior poet” and “sigma” macho types out there ARE a bunch of “beardos”. Right, the hood over the top of the head was to protect from contact contamination but the air seal was around the exposed forehead. As others have said, modern protective gear can handle a certain level of neatly trimmed facial hair. (But TBF knowing people I am not hopeful a large part of the formati… > [@Hegseth calls all of the top military brass together for an in person meeting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/144): > > Bleh, I haven’t had time lately to read much. So I’m going to post this then read the thread. So. Is it just me, or does kegstand seem to have some insecurities regarding his manhood, ‘lethality’, and whatever? He sure seems pretty sensitive about how other men look and behave. What’s up with that? Women? People of color? They can’t posibly be ‘manly’ enough for kegstads ‘lethal’ warfighting depatment of war. Don’t even get me started about all the, “ beardos.” Why, he might look all icky gi… > [@The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues/1010068/8441): > > [Who had “ADL are the real extremist hate group” on their Bullshit Bingo card?](https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-cuts-ties-anti-defamation-201329051.html) Of course the real reason for this bonkers nonsense is quite transparant. (The bolding is mine.) [Come see the Felon’s Revenge on Shutdown! Shutdown! Shutdown!](https://www.aol.com/articles/white-house-freezes-funds-democratic-220545679.html) (The bolding is mine.) [The felon’s too cheap to pay an American to do a job in America for America.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/everyone-pointing-1-lazy-thing-162032466.html)[Co-conspirator Vance says he’ll stop being racist if a Black man ends the government shutdown.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jd-vance-promises-hakeem-jeffries-180450143.html) And why has he been posting the racist videos in the first… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-beardo-thread-reopen/1024401)._