Gays: You scare soldiers, you are pathetic, and in heat 24/7.
Honestly, I can’t believe gays in the military is still an issue, however, it does appear to be a lovely depiction of the social conservatives’ view on gays in general.
Look, there’s really two reasons to keep gays out of the military:
1. They can’t do the job.
This is obviously not the case. There are gays in the military now, so we know they can do the job. Furthermore, the standards for being accepted into the military are so low that being gay would have to mean that you are actually a retarded child who has been deprived of oxygen until comatose.
2. They would cause others to not be able to do their job.
This one breaks down a bit more
a. Other soldiers will be so upset that they can’t, um, soldier.
Going this route is basically saying that we value bigotry. Its also pretty insulting to, I suspect, the majority of those serving in the armed forces would, though perhaps not thrilled about the situation, would still get the job done. Further, given that these men and women have to do their jobs while people are actively trying to kill them with guns and bombs, I think its pretty insulting to any soldier that somehow the presence of a guy with a boyfriend might keep them from doing their duty.
b. gays can’t control themselves and would be jumping every straight soldier they could.
This, actually, is the real reason, no matter what people say, and, for the most part, the core of all homophobia. The subtext is, of course, that gays are little more than animals. Oh, sure, straight guys can control themselves (which is obviously not true given the incidence of men raping women in the military, notably in Iraq). They are just gonna go try and fuck any guy that gets near them. They aren’t really human.
If anyone can come up with a different reason, please, let me know.
And if you can’t, then please, decide which camp you fall into:
Gays are weak and incompetant
Soldiers are pathetic bigots who will go to pieces around gays
Gays are animals.
Do you sleep at night knowing you risk the safety of our country with your hate?
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2 Comments:
I really think at least PART of it has to do with war being a man’s game. We need uber-manly soldiers. How can you tell if someone is manly? By how virile they are, of course. How can you tell how virile they are? But how many women they fuck, of course. You don’t want to fuck women? Then you are not a REAL man, and are therefore not manly enough to be in our army.
They’d get rid of the chicks altogether, if they could. I’m damn sure that’s why the current rape situation is so out of control. I can almost hear their reasoning:
1. It might drive the women off
2. It’s testament to the virility of the rapists.
See? It’s win-win!
Siobhan
1:00 am
Actually they don’t think straight guys can control themselves either, which is their justification for keeping women out of combat roles (and out of the military entirely if they could).
DarthVelma
4:38 pm