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发帖数: 29846 | 1 by Mike Piccione
01/04/2011
Here is a sampling of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” responses I received
from my editorial last week. There was only one nasty name calling liberal
and I challenged him to write an article expressing his point. He has failed
to respond with nothing but name calling.
Mike P.
Army Warrant Officer
I enlisted in 1964 and retired in 2006. This gives me a fair amount of
exposure to military life including multiple tours in RVN, Korea, Japan and
the Philippines.(Purple Hearts included) Having gays in the military is
something that has always been and has never been a problem to anyone but
the political. All of us knew who was gay and who wasn’t and as long as
there was no intrusion on our beliefs and practices there was no problem
with something that was done privately. The only questions that we ever had
were; 1. Can you do your job? 2. Can you follow the rules? After these
questions were answered there was no concern if the person was male, female,
black, brown, orange, polka dot, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, gay,
straight, bisexual, or asexual. The problem with removing the ban in today’
s politically correct society is that it will create another privileged
class to abuse the system by claiming discrimination for the same two
reasons that minorities and women have done for years; to cover substandard
performance or retaliation, or both. I believe in protecting people from
discrimination but the creation of protected classes leads to abuse that
diminishes the legitimate claims and that in and of itself is the problem.
I have gay grandchildren that would love to serve in the military but I have
warned them of the problems once they are labeled and people look at them
and their actions with a distorted perspective instead of treating them as
individuals. I am against removal of the ban, not because of performance,
but because of the politically correct fallout.
Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant
I have to say that gays in the service still make the hair on my neck stand
up. Not because I am homophobic, but because I have seen abuses of power by
service personnel who tried to convince their subordinates to try to/ or
engage in "alternate" lifestyle activities. In fact, in 1977/78, a woman
Marine major and couple of staffncos were given the choice of court-martial
or discharge, because they were trying to force themselves onto hetero women
, on Okinawa. The whole thing was hushed up, but nonetheless, a number of
women personnel both marine and army, asked to be transferred(from MCB Camp
Butler) because of fear of reprisals from any other "gay" superiors who
avoided being exposed.
Most poignant to me, was the case of an exceptional woman Marine corporal,
who came to me--as both a friend and staff sergeant--to talk to me about a
situation that had her in tears and full of self-doubt. Apparently, a few of
her female seniors were trying to convince her that she was a latent
lesbian because she was a fine athlete, never dated male marines steadily,
and had turned a couple of male marines in for sexual harassment. This young
corporal was focused more on her career than having a long-term personal
relationship at the time. While I won't go into our counseling session, it
brought home to me, how some senior members of the Armed Forces could impose
their "gay" lifestyles on subordinates.
Among women personnel, out of uniform, public displays of affection, are
generally taken for granted by the general public. Girls hug, etc., and it's
no big deal. However, lesbianism in the military, could take an insidious
turn.
As for male personnel, living the "alternate lifestyle" it would be more
covert, but there will always be that 10% of senior personnel who may
attempt to compromise their subordinates or violate regulations concerning
fraternization...no matter what the lifestyle. Yet, I know of more than one
senior Marine who avoided being grilled about his behavior, by agreeing to
retire/accept an honorable discharge.
Being that our legislators and administrations have short memories, I still
remember a Marine Corps Colonel, telling a Congressional hearing, that he
would advise his gay son not to join the Marine Corps or any of the services
. Even with "don't ask, don't tell," the colonel quoted some of the same
reasons I have laid out and others.
While I have become tolerant of "alternate lifestylers" in the civilian
sector, I believe that gays in the military create special problems and have
and could compromise the professionalism and mission accomplishment of our
services. Hell, just getting our "heteros" to keep a lid on it, is
difficult enough. Our young troops have a direct link from their crotches
to their brain-housing groups, with no cut-off switch. Why add more
complications to the difficulties our career personnel have in keeping young
troops focused?
A Hate Filled Liberal
Your comments on DADT are flat out stupid. DADT is about people lying to
stay in the military. All the rest of what you have to say is macho
unsupportable rubbish.
DADT is not working "just fine" because you are kicking out people who we
have spent a fortune on to train.
Your unsupportable right wing homophobia may appeal to your audience but
there are no facts to support it. Macho behavior doesn't make for sensible
decision making.
How intelligent are you if you don't understand that homosexuality is normal
in the animal kingdom.
You are clueless on this subject.
Typical right wing macho garbage.
Mike Piccione is the Editor of Guns & Patriots. He is a long time shooter,
hunter and writer. Mike is a former United States Marine, NRA Marketing
Manager and a member of the Fairfax County, VA, Community Emergency Response
Team. | r*********s
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