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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
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.
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!!
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.
“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.
One more important reason to like Pence.
All good and up to snuff. Excellent analysis by Pence.
The Hill: swing and a miss.
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.
Women do NOT belong in military combat roles. PERIOD.
Are you a triathlete?
In the actual fictional Mulan story she goes back to a typical ancient chinese female life.
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?
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 :)
“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?
Throw in transgender and I really get confused.
Back in 1992, I remember an interview with Clinton’s date to the senior prom. I agree with you on DeBama.
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).
re: “proof”
The headline is idiotic propaganda. Whoever wrote it has no grasp on the word “proof” and totally mis-represents what Pence said.
No woman or man should ever trust anyone following islam or blm.
Rosie the riveter isn’t Jane the GI
It’s hatred of God that does it. Kill chivalry then pan the zombies that result.
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