DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL....
OKAY....before I begin this rant, let me start by saying I have ZERO ill feelings toward homosexual people. I know some, even lived around the corner from a few! (LOL, that's what they used to say exclusively about us Black folk. Welcome gay people! I'll chop more about this in a post called: "Mexican's the New Black, Islamic's the New Gay" COMING SOON!)
I emphasize this, at risk of it sounding like a homophobic disclaimer, because I stand firm on the "THIS IS AMERICA!" platform.
Everyone is free to do as they damn well please, so long as no one is hurt in the making. "Life, liberty, and the pusuit of happiness...", applies to all of us; if that's what makes you happy, so be it.
I DO, however, belive that there is ABSOLUTELY, UNDOUBTABLY NO PLACE FOR GAY IN THE MILITARY! Before you get your fatigues in a bunch, notice I said GAY and not GAY'S.
When you are in the military you are doing a job; arguably the most important job, save the Presidents'. Your job title is SOLDIER, your job description: TAKE ORDERS and EXECUTE THEM to the best of your government sponsored abilities. YOU PROTECT THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN'T FUCK UP. YOU HAVE NO TIME TO BE WORRIED ABOUT SEXUAL PREFERENCE WHETHER YOU'RE ASKING OR TELLING. YOU PROTECT THE COUNTRY!
In the time it took you to bother somone else about whether or not they prefer PENIS or VAGINA, you could've been:
cleaning your weapon
learning a skill
honing the ones you have
writing your family
study to take the officers exam
discussing tactics
reading up on the enemy
learning a foreign language
HELL!, FANTASY FUCKING FOOTBALL if it will make you a better SOLDIER but nothing else. Your goal and focus is to "BE ALL YOU CAN BE" right?!
There's a saying: "small men speak about others, mere men speak about themselves, great men speak about ideas." (Some profound shit, not quite sure who said it.) The point I'm making here, is any discussion is too much; not because it is inappropriate for gay people to openly serve and BLAH, BLAH, blahsay BLAH.... But because ANYTHING THAT DETRACTS FROM THE EVER SO IMPORTANT JOB YOU ARE THERE TO DO IS DETREMENTAL TO ALL OF US. YOU INCLUDED!
SADLY, This is one arena that should hold no compromise. When you join the military you remove yourself from the civilian population. The military governs itself for a reason. They are the authority on what they do, which is why we trust them to protect us.
If they say, "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL", then "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL."
Assume they know how to best carry out their job. You wouldn't tell the doctor how to do his, nor the police how to do theirs. If they say "cough" or "freeze", you do. You don't ask why, or negotiate.
"Hey mechanic! That wrench isn't getting nearly enough use, you need to start using it a little more...."
YOU'D SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT.
SOME shit JUST isn't FAIR!
....and it's not supposed to be! If everything was, it would throw off the balance.
People just need something to bitch about, the lowdown, dirty truth is:
When they yell, "GRENADE!!" I don't give a shit if you like RuPaul, Ron Paul, or PAULINE!
MOVE!, THROW IT BACK!, OR JUMP ON THE MUTHAPHUCKA!
IF HE'S GONNA SHOOT ME, SHOOT HIM! GAY BULLET AND ALL, IT DOESNT MATTER!
....and I guess really that's the bottomline.
it doesn't matter....
....please just continue to keep us safe and free.
THANK YOU SOLDIERS!
....and I'm sorry we even bothered you with this BULLSHIT while you were at work.
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