Posted on 12/23/2010 3:19:53 AM PST by Scanian
Hollywood is allowed to discriminate based on anything. "Sorry, but you're too black." "You're good, but you're too fat." "I like you, but you aren't pretty enough." Hollywood can pick whomever they want, for whatever reason and with no repercussions. Discrimination for the sake of art.
But the military, the people who protect the nation, can't choose whom they want now that gays got their win with the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Now they can be openly gay. What exactly is openly gay, anyway?
Gays are individuals and not defined by their sexuality -- at least not the smart ones. So there is a wide spectrum to being gay.
When I think of being openly gay, I think about the black folks who say to me that I don't "act black." Sure I do. I am openly black, but being black doesn't define me. Being American does, as does being human.
I believe that most gays in the military couldn't care less about exposing their sexuality and are content to just do their jobs. I say this because I don't walk through life being black.
Unlike Hollywood, where being gay or bi considered à la mode, the job of the military is to create military "personnel" regardless of sexual orientation, ethnicity, creed, or whatever. Black soldiers are not walking around saying, "I'm a black colonel." All the military cares about is the "colonel" part. Truth be told, the military is more concerned with one's competence. The same would be true of "gays," as most military men and women don't care what type of sex another soldier is having, as long as that sex doesn't infringe on them.
I suspect that the military has a much better "gaydar" than gays think.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
An excellent article. Thank you Scanian for posting it, and thank you Kevin Jackson for writing it.
I feel sorry for the first soldier or marine who knocks the dog crap out of some pervert in the shower.
Glad you liked the post.
Remember the good ol’ blanket parties?
Time to revive the practice, I think.
Once again, this is another example of trying to socially engineer the military into something it doesn’t need to be...
But what do I know about social engineering...
When the time comes, and this is going to hit like Sherman through Georgia on this whole matter...
They are going to have to force the Military in general to repeal or amend (however you want to put it), Article 125 of the UCMJ...Period to make their evil plan work...
I figure they’ll find some “flag” officer to champion the idea to support the liberal/progressive agenda on this even though there are more conservatives coming in to the next Congress...
But hey, what do I know...
Fine article - I love the clever “hook” of the first paragraph. I suspect that many blacks are appalled by the equating of their race with sexual prevision.
Absolutely...I even noticed Juan Williams making faces about it the other night.
Skin color and behavior cannot be equated. What a crock it is to suggest that they are comparable.
This equation reveals the real opinion that the left actually hold for black people. Despite their words, they DO view black folk as inferior.
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“Hollywood is allowed to discriminate based on anything. “
Good point! Shows me where our values lie. TV and The Mall. America is under attack. America is at the mall.
From the Democrat viewpoint, the two really ARE similar since the Dems think of everybody in terms of constituencies and voting blocks: both groups vote 90% Democrat on a regular basis which means that they are viewed as chumps to be politically used, abused, and taken for granted.
“America is at the mall.”
Good point...one reason the Senate pubbies sold us out in the lame duck was that they thought we were “at the mall” in December and preocuupied with materialism and holiday cheer and paying little attention to DC sneak attacks on our freedom.
Although gays in this country can’t currently marry, in June of this year the Obama administration directed the Office of Personnel Management to provide these benefits to same sex domestic partners within the federal government:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-extension-benefits-same-sex-domestic-partners-federal-emplo
Additionally, the administration provides a means for same sex domestic partners to form a civil union in the eyes of the federal government:
http://www.opm.gov/retire/pubs/bals/2010/10-901attachment.pdf
It follows that gays on active duty will be able to establish faux spouses who will receive all the benefits real military spouses receive.
These benefits include commissary/PX privileges, special job consideration for civil service appointments, base family housing assignments, moving expenses, active duty survivor’s benefits, retirement survivor’s benefits and probably a number I haven’t thought of.
My concern is that these benefits are paid for by taxpayers who morally object to this policy.
http://www.opm.gov/retire/pubs/bals/2010/10-901attachment.pdf
I can’t believe the military is able discriminate against people with below average intelligence. Can’t pass your ASVAB? No problem! Can’t keep you out of OCS just because you’re too dumb to lead troops in the right direction. People can’t help their intelligence, or lack thereof— they were born that way, and there’s nothing wrong with that! NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON I.Q.!
All tanks, fighter aircraft, and desert sands in foreign war theatres need to be handicapped-accessible too. If Joe-paraplegic wants to be able to road-march through the backward mountains of Afghanistan, there’s no reason accept ignorant discrimination that we shouldn’t make it possible for him/her/it to do so. NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAP!
And bullets are able to hit larger soldiers more easily than smaller ones. Either we need to pad the smaller soldiers to an equal size of the larger ones, or we need to force the enemy to make/use less discriminating bullets. Maybe a UN resolution? NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON BODY-TYPE!
Maybe not the best place to put this, but don’t the folks who want gays to be able to openly identify themselves, have any idea what will happen to them if they are captured in the Middle East?
Granted, Arab men walk around holding hands for whatever reason and maybe the openly gay troops will fit right in, but somehow I don’t think that the arabs will be as understanding of this behavior by Amierican soldiers.
Will the gays be able to request special dispensation so they won’t have to serve in non-gay-friendly countries?
Can’t wait for that crap to start.
I totally agree with the article’s point, being a military depenent who grew up on Air Force bases.
Until I began to live as a civilian, I was never aware of any difference between black and white Americans, only between ranks.
A schoolmate who happened to be black, whose father was a major, came to Ohio when I did to attend college. I remember a letter he wrote to me, where he stated that for the first time in his life he was experiencing discrimination.
This was in the late 60s.
Maybe they’ll be sold to local warlords who are notorious for their boy harems.
“Women are for making children; boys are for fun.” You’ve heard that one, haven’t you?
Very popular among the Afghan elite, I hear.
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