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Pence Once Cited 'Mulan' As Proof Women Don't Belong In Military (here come tepid MSM attacks)
The Hill ^ | July 17, 2016, 03:26 pm | Jesse Helman

Posted on 07/17/2016 6:00:31 PM PDT by drewh

Donald Trump's new running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, wrote in a 1999 op-ed that the Disney film "Mulan" was liberal propaganda used to foster debate about women serving in the military.

“Despite her delicate features and voice, Disney expects us to believe that Mulan’s ingenuity and courage were enough to carry her to military success on an equal basis with her cloddish cohorts,” Pence wrote in the op-ed, which was first reported by Buzzfeed. “Obviously, this is Walt Disney’s attempt to add childhood expectation to the cultural debate over the role of women in the military," wrote Pence, who was a talk show host in Indiana at the time.

Pence wrote that "some mischievous liberal" at Disney created the movie to change the next generation's attitude about women in combat.

“(Just think about how often we think of Bambi every time the subject of deer hunting comes into the mainstream media debate.)

“It is instructive that even in the Disney film, young Ms. Mulan falls in love with her superior officer! Me thinks the politically correct Disney types completely missed the irony of this part of the story,” writes Pence.

“They likely added it because it added realism with which the viewer could identify with the characters. You see, now stay with me on this, many young men find many young women to be attractive sexually. Many young women find many young men to be attractive sexually. Put them together, in close quarters, for long periods of time, and things will get interesting. Just like they eventually did for young Mulan. Moral of story: women in military, bad idea.”

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To: drewh

The headline is misleading. Pence’s statement was about women in combat — against, which is the historical position of civilized societies, and still is in the United State. It is not in the entertainment, educational bureaucracy, and other Leftists brainwashing tools.


21 posted on 07/17/2016 6:55:49 PM PDT by odawg
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To: drewh

I am loving this guy more and more. Get this straight. WOMEN BELONG IN THE MILITARY BUT NEVER ON SHIPS OR COMBAT. This is insane and will be changed after the first acid baths or beheadings!!


22 posted on 07/17/2016 7:02:26 PM PDT by WENDLE (We must have LAW AND ORDER!!)
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To: dp0622

I hit the heavy bag with wrapped wrists and hands, and along with the bag gloves.

I haven’t tried it without the gloves using just wraps.


23 posted on 07/17/2016 7:02:47 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: dp0622

“I hit hard when I was boxing, and I would knock her out cold for a few.”

The first goal you have as a triathlete is to beat the girls who are a riding class above you. A category 5 guy who is in shape should be able to out run a category 4 female in the same age bracket.

If you can’t do that you need another sport.


24 posted on 07/17/2016 7:03:48 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: drewh

One more important reason to like Pence.


25 posted on 07/17/2016 7:05:10 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Trump - because this Constitutional Republic is already undone.)
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To: drewh

All good and up to snuff. Excellent analysis by Pence.

The Hill: swing and a miss.


26 posted on 07/17/2016 7:14:27 PM PDT by ecomcon
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To: Red Steel

Smart man! Was it VERY taxing on my fists? No. But I’m sure I fractured a few knuckles doing it.

Gloves are a MUST, as are wraps.

Actually, i think gloves without wraps are worse than wraps without gloves.

The glove doesn’t do much to stop your wrist from breaking.

I’ve hit with just gloves once and it hurt the wrists too much.


27 posted on 07/17/2016 7:15:30 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: drewh

Women do NOT belong in military combat roles. PERIOD.


28 posted on 07/17/2016 7:15:42 PM PDT by ZULU (Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the New World Order since Barry Goldwater)
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To: Fai Mao

Are you a triathlete?


29 posted on 07/17/2016 7:16:06 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: drewh

In the actual fictional Mulan story she goes back to a typical ancient chinese female life.


30 posted on 07/17/2016 7:27:22 PM PDT by jarwulf
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To: dp0622

Ha ha.

I have no trouble picking up heavy weights. I just look helpless in front of a guy like you, and *presto* the heavy object is lifted!

There is a place in the military for women, which is not on the front line. We can do medical tasks just fine (and that’s what I do). But those front line Soldiers must carry 80 to 120 pounds of armor, ammunition, weapons, etc. How many women can function optimally when carrying half or more of their body weight?


31 posted on 07/17/2016 7:29:10 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

Great post. Right across the board.

There are pleny of places in the military for wome.

Medical, tech, and on and on.

But not the front lines.

And I always help a helpless looking woman, even when I know i’m being suckered :)


32 posted on 07/17/2016 7:31:55 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

“She would Never get close enough to me to use the fancy stuff and would be out cold with one shot.”

Punch to a gun fight?


33 posted on 07/17/2016 7:36:37 PM PDT by sagar
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To: WENDLE

Throw in transgender and I really get confused.


34 posted on 07/17/2016 7:39:57 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ealgeone

Back in 1992, I remember an interview with Clinton’s date to the senior prom. I agree with you on DeBama.


35 posted on 07/17/2016 7:44:11 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: dp0622

Daredevil is a good show. But they had a tiny, 10-year-old Elektra kill an adult male in practice combat (he was mad she beat him, so he was going to kill or hurt her, but she did it first).


36 posted on 07/17/2016 7:44:47 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: drewh

re: “proof”

The headline is idiotic propaganda. Whoever wrote it has no grasp on the word “proof” and totally mis-represents what Pence said.


37 posted on 07/17/2016 7:46:04 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: drewh

No woman or man should ever trust anyone following islam or blm.


38 posted on 07/17/2016 8:02:53 PM PDT by soycd
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To: riverrunner

Rosie the riveter isn’t Jane the GI


39 posted on 07/17/2016 8:03:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: dp0622

It’s hatred of God that does it. Kill chivalry then pan the zombies that result.


40 posted on 07/17/2016 8:05:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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