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- From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz)
- Subject: Re: Homophobes in the Military..what nobody is talking about: (Re: Gays in the Military..what nobody is talking about: )
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:18:00 GMT
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- Greg Halbrook (gsh@iti.org) wrote:
- : roby@chopin.udel.edu (Scott W Roby) writes:
- :
- : >> There is one issue I would like to bring up if I may, and that is what I
- : >>see as hypocracy on the part of many who are arguing for the end of the ban.
- : >>Having been in the military, I know what if feels like to be looked down on
- : >>and considered second-class citizens, especially by the same people who
- : >>expect the military to accept gays with open arms. It's kind of like saying
- : >>to the military "You must accept us and our values, but you are scum and
- : >>don't expect us to accept you and your values." To me, that is blatant
- : >>hypocracy. Well, that's just my opinion and I welcome any
- : >>flames/disagreement or discussions on the subject. Thanks :)
- :
- : >The two paragraphs above are the most thought provoking (to me, anyways),
- : >I have seen in this thread. Thanks!
- :
-
- Dittos :)
-
- : >With regard to the second paragraph, I will point out that gay people who
- : >are already in the military have accepted "you and your values" and
- : >simply want to be accepted themselves for the good soldiers that they are.
- :
- : >Didn't the "scummy military soldier" idea die out in the 80's or earlier?
- : >I thought most everyone was behind the military *personnel* in the Persian
- : >Gulf, even if they weren't all behind the leaders. This is an honest query,
- : >not a counter-argument -- you know more on this matter than I would.
- :
- :
- : It's hard to explain the feeling of being looked at like one of those losers
- : from high school who couldn't get a real job and had to join the military.
-
- Take about 10 seconds and think about all the movies and TV shows that portray
- members of the military as stupid, moronic, uneducated, incompetent, etc. It
- is too bad that a 2 hour movie gets 3 minutes of this crap stuck in it,
- ruining what is otherwise a possibly good movie...
-
- : --
- : Greg.
- :
-