Intresting Article on Obama and his Anti-Military Stance

[DarkMaster24]

Originally Posted by wayno007

The military discharged more homosexuals under the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy than previously.

Even then, it's not as horrible as the previous rules that discriminated against gays. For one thing, alot of them were the victims of beatings/hazings for admitting their sexuality, and "Don't ask, don't tell" did much to stop that. But now it's time to ban ALL prejudice against gays, and "Don't ask, don't tell" is too outdated to be practical for accomplishing that goal.

[MadMac]

Thanks for the apology...I can understand terrible days...I have a lot of them.

I know Hollywood portrays the Military as nothing but a group of violent homophobes.
However, you’d be hard pressed to prove “a lot of them were the victims of beatings/hazing” in comparison to the civilian world.
I’m not saying it didn’t happen but it didn’t happen as often as Hollywood would like everyone to believe.
It was and still is very easy to remove someone from the service for being gay/lesbian…far easier than taking a chance on losing your career for gay-bashing (violent and non-violent).

[PigsnieLite]

Why is the US one of the few countries left (who knows, maybe its the only country?) which freaks out over gays in the military? The Brits (we came to our senses and lifted our ban in 2000) and the French (never had a ban) are hokay wid it.

[DarkMaster24]

Originally Posted by MadMac

Thanks for the apology...I can understand terrible days...I have a lot of them.

Sorry to hear that, Mac I only hope things turn better for you.

I know Hollywood portrays the Military as nothing but a group of violent homophobes.
However, you’d be hard pressed to prove “a lot of them were the victims of beatings/hazing” in comparison to the civilian world.
I’m not saying it didn’t happen but it didn’t happen as often as Hollywood would like everyone to believe.
It was and still is very easy to remove someone from the service for being gay/lesbian…far easier than taking a chance on losing your career for gay-bashing (violent and non-violent).

Point made. In saying alot, I just meant many gays had gone through abuse, not that I was suggesting most or even a high number of them. I know that the media outlets like Fox News embellish the cases of abuse just to make new rules favoring gays look ineffective, but only the cynical jerks believe it's true. I'm pro-troops and of course I don't believe the crap and outright lies the media spews as it's simply done for a political agenda.

[MadMac]

Tabloid media...it's the new news.