This guy is just completely stuck in 1992. He carps about 'Social Engineering' in the US Military when it comes to DADT, and ignores all the other social engineering that's been implemented with some real success stories coming out it all.
Black people serving side-by-side with white people. That was a bit of social engineering. They said we couldn't do it because unit cohesion would be disrupted. Guess what - it disrupted unit cohesion. Guess what else. The unit got over it; and in fact, the unit got better because we started drawing form a wider and deeper pool of prospective talent.
(ok - so I lifted most of that from an episode of The West Wing - it's exactly the point and it bears repeating)
Women - see preceding paragraph.
LGBT - see preceding paragraph, and understand that there's been an LGBT presence in the US Military FOREVER.
Santorum loves to warn us about the dangers of sexuality - especially HOMO SEX - In fact, it seems like every time anything pops up regarding LGBT, the guy goes straight to the Oh-My-God-There's-Gonna-Be-Just-Way-Too-Much-Fucking-Going-On-I-Can't-Stand-It-But-I-Can't-Stop-Thinking-About-It card. Why should I not think he's just a little too obsessed with it? Why should I not wonder if he's battling his own demons? OK, too easy. If he's a latent case, I gotta figure it'll show up soon enough.
What really gets me tho', is that none of the Press Poodles has picked up on the claim about LGBT's wanting us to "grant them special rights". That's been bullshit going back 20 years as the Repubs have been trying to pass all those fucked up amendments aimed at denying equal rights to LGBTs. Where the fuck is one decent journalist who'll ask Santorum to delineate exactly what 'special rights' LGBT's are demanding?
Black people serving side-by-side with white people. That was a bit of social engineering. They said we couldn't do it because unit cohesion would be disrupted. Guess what - it disrupted unit cohesion. Guess what else. The unit got over it; and in fact, the unit got better because we started drawing form a wider and deeper pool of prospective talent.
(ok - so I lifted most of that from an episode of The West Wing - it's exactly the point and it bears repeating)
Women - see preceding paragraph.
LGBT - see preceding paragraph, and understand that there's been an LGBT presence in the US Military FOREVER.
Santorum loves to warn us about the dangers of sexuality - especially HOMO SEX - In fact, it seems like every time anything pops up regarding LGBT, the guy goes straight to the Oh-My-God-There's-Gonna-Be-Just-Way-Too-Much-Fucking-Going-On-I-Can't-Stand-It-But-I-Can't-Stop-Thinking-About-It card. Why should I not think he's just a little too obsessed with it? Why should I not wonder if he's battling his own demons? OK, too easy. If he's a latent case, I gotta figure it'll show up soon enough.
What really gets me tho', is that none of the Press Poodles has picked up on the claim about LGBT's wanting us to "grant them special rights". That's been bullshit going back 20 years as the Repubs have been trying to pass all those fucked up amendments aimed at denying equal rights to LGBTs. Where the fuck is one decent journalist who'll ask Santorum to delineate exactly what 'special rights' LGBT's are demanding?
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