D.a.d.t.
This thread will be shut pretty quick now, I'd guess.
As far as Habibi's thread about the muslim campers, If i recall correctly, he was complaining about the volume of their call to prayer and how it was disturbing his peace and quiet while camping. In all the time I've been on this site, I have never seen him diss muslims about how they worship the same god you christians worship or their religion itself.
As to gays being able to serve openly in the armed forces, every country in the western world, including Israel, Russia, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, et al, allows this and has, for the most part, for many years. None of those countries armed forces are disintegrating and falling apart because of related morale problems or issues.
Dlenkewich, I fully expect this thread to be closed because of the pics you posted (which I see you've now removed) and I won't be surprised if you are banned, at least temporarily, as a result and you will deserve it.
Habs, I'm glad that you've changed your mind, dude. Hope your Christmas was a good one and best for the New Year...
regards
As far as Habibi's thread about the muslim campers, If i recall correctly, he was complaining about the volume of their call to prayer and how it was disturbing his peace and quiet while camping. In all the time I've been on this site, I have never seen him diss muslims about how they worship the same god you christians worship or their religion itself.
As to gays being able to serve openly in the armed forces, every country in the western world, including Israel, Russia, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, et al, allows this and has, for the most part, for many years. None of those countries armed forces are disintegrating and falling apart because of related morale problems or issues.
Dlenkewich, I fully expect this thread to be closed because of the pics you posted (which I see you've now removed) and I won't be surprised if you are banned, at least temporarily, as a result and you will deserve it.
Habs, I'm glad that you've changed your mind, dude. Hope your Christmas was a good one and best for the New Year...
regards
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How is who they are going to be with when "the time comes" any of your or anyone else' business? How does that hurt you if they were beside you in a tent in a war zone before the "time came?" It doesn't, you're just butt-hurt that someone who has a different view than you do has a right to be there the same as you do.
Seem that there WAS a problem long before DADT... what was the reason for its inaction? seems like we've come full circle, and perhaps the same reasons why it was inacted in the first place. If you can't see why a heterosexual would not want to be forced to live with an OPENLY gay member then there's nothing to say to you, and yes that makes you the closed minded one. You fail to realize human nature, war zone or not.
It really doesn't matter what you want to be bunked with, you are there to do a job with people chosen to do their job in the same location. It's not your high-school locker room. I am sure that with your closed-minded views, they don't exactly want to be there with you or any other homophobes, either. And no, I don't buy for a second that harassment will be tolerated, DADT didn't protect you from being harassed, either, it allowed prosecution against people for the way they felt, not what they did to anyone else. This is not a law that allows gay men to touch you or anything of the sort.
And you'd be more comfortable in the tent with Muslims than a gay guy? He actually shot people, and what did the gay man there do? Yet it's still ok to be there with radical extremists, as long as they're not going to want to get freaky with their wingman when the war is over?
Object away, you can't do anything about it. Object to whoever you want, but remember, some Americans are gay people, and if you are in the military and you object, then you may be sued for harassment. I know that you don't like to think that gay people deserve any protection or any rights because it somehow hurts your "morality", but you're going to have to get used to the idea that you're not the only person in the world and not everyone agrees with your closed mind. Tough!
Again to help your reading comprehension skills... it does not "hurt" my morality one bit. It's my morality and that of a great many others that "object" to being told that a homosexual is somehow "special" and deserving of special treatment. You want to be gay, ok.. be gay... don't expect the rest of the world to share in your "specialness". Go surround yourself with those that do.
Nanny starter? I gave my oath, and I have given my duty and I have given plenty of time to my country and to the US Government. Bottom line is, that's the law, you're going to have to deal with it. I bet that when it comes down to it, you're glad that you're an American, or you wouldn't be here, so keep wrapping yourself in my government, too, it keeps you safe at night (sometimes using gay men to do so).
You don't have a right to be "protected" from people who you don't agree with. This is the United States, the door doesn't swing the way of oppressing people because you don't agree with them. They are not breaking the law, so you have no recourse. Just because you don't like the idea of being there with them doesn't matter. Just because you openly object doesn't matter. Object until you are blue in the face, gay people are now allowed to be openly gay and serve in the military. That is definitely something that you need to get over, or you're going to die pissed about it.
Being gay is nothing to do with mass murder and you know it...You're grasping at straws.
Tell me exactly, what is the 100% exact and correct set of morals? Yours? Who decides who is morally right and wrong? IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF MORALS. Yours are not the end-all be-all correct set of morals. There is no set of morals that we were handed out to live by. If you don't agree with gay men, so be it, but they don't agree with you, and in America, you're going to coexist, at least in the military, whether you like what they do or not.
Tell me exactly, what is the 100% exact and correct set of morals? Yours? Who decides who is morally right and wrong? IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF MORALS. Yours are not the end-all be-all correct set of morals. There is no set of morals that we were handed out to live by. If you don't agree with gay men, so be it, but they don't agree with you, and in America, you're going to coexist, at least in the military, whether you like what they do or not.
accepted moral standards: standards of conduct that are generally accepted as right or proper
2. how right or wrong something is: the rightness or wrongness of something as judged by accepted moral standards
3. virtuous behavior: conduct that is in accord with accepted moral standards
4. moral lesson: a lesson in moral behavior
That IS the end all and be all of morals. Not you, not me... "accepted moral standards". homosexuality is a perversion of generally accepted morals. Morals accepted by the majority of humans. Your wishcasting is the reason for the severe decline in human morality.
By your own argument.. that there are different standards of morality... mass murder fits in nicely. you just don't agree with it... but what if it's part of my moral code? it's MY morals... homosexuality is part of your morality... not mine.. and if you ask the majority of people it's not part of theirs either.
See this is the problem... it's not HATE... it's the fact that you will try and push this perversion on people that don't share your ideals. That's where you mix up hate with disagreement. either that or you don't have proper command of the English language and just like to mischaracterize everything... I'll go with the mischaracterization... any disagreement.. "HOMOPHOBE"... don't like Obama.. "RACIST"... so on and so on... you like your labels... admit it... it's classic projection.
awww... "butt-hurt"... I'm seeing a pattern here between you Habibi, and dlenka-whatever...
Seem that there WAS a problem long before DADT... what was the reason for its inaction? seems like we've come full circle, and perhaps the same reasons why it was inacted in the first place. If you can't see why a heterosexual would not want to be forced to live with an OPENLY gay member then there's nothing to say to you, and yes that makes you the closed minded one. You fail to realize human nature, war zone or not.
Yes I'm saying it.. and I'll say it again. You're close minded and can see no other point beyond your own. Just as you accuse everyone else of. You are not the sole arbiter of "what is right in the world", no matter how much you wish you were.
No it's not HS. it's the military, and deserves a much higher moral standard than that of which you could ever understand. DADT kept the overly flamboyant and aggressive "in line", as it was intended. I won't ask... you won't tell. As in KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. I honestly don't care what your sexual preference is until you make it my business. in other words... keep it to your self, act like an adjusted individual and there will be no problems.
Put away the straw man before you burn yourself.
No, if being gay is so natural and right.. then they don't deserve any special treatment, rights or privileges. You're arguing out of both sides of your mouth.
Again to help your reading comprehension skills... it does not "hurt" my morality one bit. It's my morality and that of a great many others that "object" to being told that a homosexual is somehow "special" and deserving of special treatment. You want to be gay, ok.. be gay... don't expect the rest of the world to share in your "specialness". Go surround yourself with those that do.
Got news for you sunshine, I keep myself safe at night. Your government or your vision of government is not shared. you can keep that to yourself as well. I prefer that "my" government stay as out of my life as possible. Yes I'm honored to be an American and one to the core... I don't share your ideology as to what an American should be. In no way or form shall I ever wrap myself in "your" nanny government... I'm self sufficient and don't need you to rock me to sleep at night, thank you very much. Judging by the reaction of the rest of the citizens of this country last November, I'm not alone.
(sorry Mods) WTF are you talking about? They will certainly be breaking the law should a service member be sexually harassed. Considering that there is NO privacy I expect this to happen real soon. I also foresee as Stealth pointed out that there may have to be separation between the hetero and homosexuals... is this what your utopian dream boils down to? Unintended consequences anyone? in your fervor to be everything to anyone, you're hurting those you are supposedly truing to help with your liberal wet dreams.
Morals:
accepted moral standards: standards of conduct that are generally accepted as right or proper
2. how right or wrong something is: the rightness or wrongness of something as judged by accepted moral standards
3. virtuous behavior: conduct that is in accord with accepted moral standards
4. moral lesson: a lesson in moral behavior
That IS the end all and be all of morals. Not you, not me... "accepted moral standards". homosexuality is a perversion of generally accepted morals. Morals accepted by the majority of humans. Your wishcasting is the reason for the severe decline in human morality.
By your own argument.. that there are different standards of morality... mass murder fits in nicely. you just don't agree with it... but what if it's part of my moral code? it's MY morals... homosexuality is part of your morality... not mine.. and if you ask the majority of people it's not part of theirs either.
See this is the problem... it's not HATE... it's the fact that you will try and push this perversion on people that don't share your ideals. That's where you mix up hate with disagreement. either that or you don't have proper command of the English language and just like to mischaracterize everything... I'll go with the mischaracterization... any disagreement.. "HOMOPHOBE"... don't like Obama.. "RACIST"... so on and so on... you like your labels... admit it... it's classic projection.
Seem that there WAS a problem long before DADT... what was the reason for its inaction? seems like we've come full circle, and perhaps the same reasons why it was inacted in the first place. If you can't see why a heterosexual would not want to be forced to live with an OPENLY gay member then there's nothing to say to you, and yes that makes you the closed minded one. You fail to realize human nature, war zone or not.
Yes I'm saying it.. and I'll say it again. You're close minded and can see no other point beyond your own. Just as you accuse everyone else of. You are not the sole arbiter of "what is right in the world", no matter how much you wish you were.
No it's not HS. it's the military, and deserves a much higher moral standard than that of which you could ever understand. DADT kept the overly flamboyant and aggressive "in line", as it was intended. I won't ask... you won't tell. As in KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. I honestly don't care what your sexual preference is until you make it my business. in other words... keep it to your self, act like an adjusted individual and there will be no problems.
Put away the straw man before you burn yourself.
No, if being gay is so natural and right.. then they don't deserve any special treatment, rights or privileges. You're arguing out of both sides of your mouth.
Again to help your reading comprehension skills... it does not "hurt" my morality one bit. It's my morality and that of a great many others that "object" to being told that a homosexual is somehow "special" and deserving of special treatment. You want to be gay, ok.. be gay... don't expect the rest of the world to share in your "specialness". Go surround yourself with those that do.
Got news for you sunshine, I keep myself safe at night. Your government or your vision of government is not shared. you can keep that to yourself as well. I prefer that "my" government stay as out of my life as possible. Yes I'm honored to be an American and one to the core... I don't share your ideology as to what an American should be. In no way or form shall I ever wrap myself in "your" nanny government... I'm self sufficient and don't need you to rock me to sleep at night, thank you very much. Judging by the reaction of the rest of the citizens of this country last November, I'm not alone.
(sorry Mods) WTF are you talking about? They will certainly be breaking the law should a service member be sexually harassed. Considering that there is NO privacy I expect this to happen real soon. I also foresee as Stealth pointed out that there may have to be separation between the hetero and homosexuals... is this what your utopian dream boils down to? Unintended consequences anyone? in your fervor to be everything to anyone, you're hurting those you are supposedly truing to help with your liberal wet dreams.
Morals:
accepted moral standards: standards of conduct that are generally accepted as right or proper
2. how right or wrong something is: the rightness or wrongness of something as judged by accepted moral standards
3. virtuous behavior: conduct that is in accord with accepted moral standards
4. moral lesson: a lesson in moral behavior
That IS the end all and be all of morals. Not you, not me... "accepted moral standards". homosexuality is a perversion of generally accepted morals. Morals accepted by the majority of humans. Your wishcasting is the reason for the severe decline in human morality.
By your own argument.. that there are different standards of morality... mass murder fits in nicely. you just don't agree with it... but what if it's part of my moral code? it's MY morals... homosexuality is part of your morality... not mine.. and if you ask the majority of people it's not part of theirs either.
See this is the problem... it's not HATE... it's the fact that you will try and push this perversion on people that don't share your ideals. That's where you mix up hate with disagreement. either that or you don't have proper command of the English language and just like to mischaracterize everything... I'll go with the mischaracterization... any disagreement.. "HOMOPHOBE"... don't like Obama.. "RACIST"... so on and so on... you like your labels... admit it... it's classic projection.
Secondly, DADT was enacted because of closed-minded people, such as yourself, who didn't want gay people to have the same right, but aren't stupid enough to turn away good soldiers as long as they kept to themselves. Also, in the past, women couldn't vote and minorities had separate schools. Just because something was a law before doesn't mean there's a good reason for it.
You're the one trying to tell everyone what is right, not me. I'm not the one objecting to someone's preference, you are, because it offends your "morality". That makes you narrow-minded, refusing to accept anything other than what you consider the norm.
Oh, the military is such a higher moral ground than anyone other than you could ever comprehend? Sure thing. It should be held to higher standards, not "I don't like him because he likes blah blah blah" like you are spewing. Grow up, deal with other people in the world, they don't all think the same as you. You'd think the military would have men who are confident enough in their own sexuality not to try to eradicate any other view from the whole military, but I guess that isn't the case. People don't have to keep it to themselves, just like you don't have to keep it to yourself if you see a hot girl at Hooters. Someone else may have a different view, and they shouldn't have to hide who they are just because you or some other close-minded person doesn't like it. Nobody cares if you don't like it or not.
Straw man? A radical extremist killed people, I don't remember the last time someone went on a shooting spree in a military base in the name of gay rights, yet you'd still rather be in a tent with extremists than gay people.
No, they don't deserve any special rights. You don't either. You deserve the same rights. They have the same right to be gay that you have to be straight, even though you don't want to accept that.
I'm not gay. I don't think anyone deserves special treatment. I think Americans deserve the SAME EQUAL treatment. You have a problem with that idea.
I ain't your sunshine, this ain't boot camp, you ain't my D.I., and you trying to talk down to me accomplishes nothing other than get in the way of an actual thought that you may have. My government is the United States, and they DO keep you safe at night. You're not laying awake on an island without a government. You don't have a different government. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel like Billy Badass, but truth of the matter is, if not for my government, you'd be speaking German, if you weren't exterminated for not being part of the master race. So, go on believing that you fight the whole world by yourself, keep believing that the rest of the world doesn't mess with you because you're such a bad dude, keep telling yourself that nothing to do with the United States has protected you. Sure.
You are correct, they would be breaking the law if the harassed someone, and if you had taken the time to read and could comprehend my post, I never said that they wouldn't be breaking the law if they harassed you, what I said was if they like other guys, that isn't harassing you. There is no law allowing them to harass you. There are laws against you harassing them because they are gay, though, and there should be, because once again, and maybe you'll one day understand, you are not the only person in the world, and not everyone shares your views, and the ones who don't are entitled to their own views.
I don't think that giving equal rights is hurting the whole world. Oppressing people because of their preference of whatever is not a good way to save the whole world. Keep trying.
Morals are standards that are generally accepted as right or proper. Guess what, in gay communities, being gay is accepted as being right or proper, so they have A DIFFERENT SET OF MORALS. To your group, you have a set, to their group, they have their own set, whatever is generally accepted. Are you incapable of grasping that concept? It doesn't say only your group gets to decide for everyone.
I don't think the majority of the people give a crap if people are open in the military or not. Why don't you poll the majority of the people and find out. Until you do, your claim is baseless, and since some Americans are gay, they deserve the same rights as other Americans who aren't gay.
You don't have any more right to push your projection of what is right upon gay people any more than they have a right to push theirs on you. I don't see them refusing to serve or objecting because straight people are there. I don't foresee them trying to get you to be gay, therefore they won't be pushing their ideals on you, they are simply having their own. I know it hurts, but some people have different views, and you may not like them, but since they are humans and Americans, you can like it or lump it. I know you object, and you hate the person that is gay because you object, that's obvious by your fear of serving with gay people. Disagreement is one thing, but straight refusing to be around them because you disagree is hate.
I'm not a liberal. I think Americans deserve equal rights, that doesn't make me a liberal.
Secondly, DADT was enacted because of closed-minded people, such as yourself, who didn't want gay people to have the same right, but aren't stupid enough to turn away good soldiers as long as they kept to themselves. Also, in the past, women couldn't vote and minorities had separate schools. Just because something was a law before doesn't mean there's a good reason for it.
You're the one trying to tell everyone what is right, not me. I'm not the one objecting to someone's preference, you are, because it offends your "morality". That makes you narrow-minded, refusing to accept anything other than what you consider the norm.
Oh, the military is such a higher moral ground than anyone other than you could ever comprehend? Sure thing. It should be held to higher standards, not "I don't like him because he likes blah blah blah" like you are spewing. Grow up, deal with other people in the world, they don't all think the same as you. You'd think the military would have men who are confident enough in their own sexuality not to try to eradicate any other view from the whole military, but I guess that isn't the case. People don't have to keep it to themselves, just like you don't have to keep it to yourself if you see a hot girl at Hooters. Someone else may have a different view, and they shouldn't have to hide who they are just because you or some other close-minded person doesn't like it. Nobody cares if you don't like it or not.
Straw man? A radical extremist killed people, I don't remember the last time someone went on a shooting spree in a military base in the name of gay rights, yet you'd still rather be in a tent with extremists than gay people.
No, they don't deserve any special rights. You don't either. You deserve the same rights. They have the same right to be gay that you have to be straight, even though you don't want to accept that.
I'm not gay. I don't think anyone deserves special treatment. I think Americans deserve the SAME EQUAL treatment. You have a problem with that idea.
I ain't your sunshine, this ain't boot camp, you ain't my D.I., and you trying to talk down to me accomplishes nothing other than get in the way of an actual thought that you may have. My government is the United States, and they DO keep you safe at night. You're not laying awake on an island without a government. You don't have a different government. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel like Billy Badass, but truth of the matter is, if not for my government, you'd be speaking German, if you weren't exterminated for not being part of the master race. So, go on believing that you fight the whole world by yourself, keep believing that the rest of the world doesn't mess with you because you're such a bad dude, keep telling yourself that nothing to do with the United States has protected you. Sure.
You are correct, they would be breaking the law if the harassed someone, and if you had taken the time to read and could comprehend my post, I never said that they wouldn't be breaking the law if they harassed you, what I said was if they like other guys, that isn't harassing you. There is no law allowing them to harass you. There are laws against you harassing them because they are gay, though, and there should be, because once again, and maybe you'll one day understand, you are not the only person in the world, and not everyone shares your views, and the ones who don't are entitled to their own views.
I don't think that giving equal rights is hurting the whole world. Oppressing people because of their preference of whatever is not a good way to save the whole world. Keep trying.
Morals are standards that are generally accepted as right or proper. Guess what, in gay communities, being gay is accepted as being right or proper, so they have A DIFFERENT SET OF MORALS. To your group, you have a set, to their group, they have their own set, whatever is generally accepted. Are you incapable of grasping that concept? It doesn't say only your group gets to decide for everyone.
I don't think the majority of the people give a crap if people are open in the military or not. Why don't you poll the majority of the people and find out. Until you do, your claim is baseless, and since some Americans are gay, they deserve the same rights as other Americans who aren't gay.
You don't have any more right to push your projection of what is right upon gay people any more than they have a right to push theirs on you. I don't see them refusing to serve or objecting because straight people are there. I don't foresee them trying to get you to be gay, therefore they won't be pushing their ideals on you, they are simply having their own. I know it hurts, but some people have different views, and you may not like them, but since they are humans and Americans, you can like it or lump it. I know you object, and you hate the person that is gay because you object, that's obvious by your fear of serving with gay people. Disagreement is one thing, but straight refusing to be around them because you disagree is hate.
Secondly, DADT was enacted because of closed-minded people, such as yourself, who didn't want gay people to have the same right, but aren't stupid enough to turn away good soldiers as long as they kept to themselves. Also, in the past, women couldn't vote and minorities had separate schools. Just because something was a law before doesn't mean there's a good reason for it.
You're the one trying to tell everyone what is right, not me. I'm not the one objecting to someone's preference, you are, because it offends your "morality". That makes you narrow-minded, refusing to accept anything other than what you consider the norm.
Oh, the military is such a higher moral ground than anyone other than you could ever comprehend? Sure thing. It should be held to higher standards, not "I don't like him because he likes blah blah blah" like you are spewing. Grow up, deal with other people in the world, they don't all think the same as you. You'd think the military would have men who are confident enough in their own sexuality not to try to eradicate any other view from the whole military, but I guess that isn't the case. People don't have to keep it to themselves, just like you don't have to keep it to yourself if you see a hot girl at Hooters. Someone else may have a different view, and they shouldn't have to hide who they are just because you or some other close-minded person doesn't like it. Nobody cares if you don't like it or not.
Straw man? A radical extremist killed people, I don't remember the last time someone went on a shooting spree in a military base in the name of gay rights, yet you'd still rather be in a tent with extremists than gay people.
No, they don't deserve any special rights. You don't either. You deserve the same rights. They have the same right to be gay that you have to be straight, even though you don't want to accept that.
I'm not gay. I don't think anyone deserves special treatment. I think Americans deserve the SAME EQUAL treatment. You have a problem with that idea.
I ain't your sunshine, this ain't boot camp, you ain't my D.I., and you trying to talk down to me accomplishes nothing other than get in the way of an actual thought that you may have. My government is the United States, and they DO keep you safe at night. You're not laying awake on an island without a government. You don't have a different government. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel like Billy Badass, but truth of the matter is, if not for my government, you'd be speaking German, if you weren't exterminated for not being part of the master race. So, go on believing that you fight the whole world by yourself, keep believing that the rest of the world doesn't mess with you because you're such a bad dude, keep telling yourself that nothing to do with the United States has protected you. Sure.
You are correct, they would be breaking the law if the harassed someone, and if you had taken the time to read and could comprehend my post, I never said that they wouldn't be breaking the law if they harassed you, what I said was if they like other guys, that isn't harassing you. There is no law allowing them to harass you. There are laws against you harassing them because they are gay, though, and there should be, because once again, and maybe you'll one day understand, you are not the only person in the world, and not everyone shares your views, and the ones who don't are entitled to their own views.
I don't think that giving equal rights is hurting the whole world. Oppressing people because of their preference of whatever is not a good way to save the whole world. Keep trying.
Morals are standards that are generally accepted as right or proper. Guess what, in gay communities, being gay is accepted as being right or proper, so they have A DIFFERENT SET OF MORALS. To your group, you have a set, to their group, they have their own set, whatever is generally accepted. Are you incapable of grasping that concept? It doesn't say only your group gets to decide for everyone.
I don't think the majority of the people give a crap if people are open in the military or not. Why don't you poll the majority of the people and find out. Until you do, your claim is baseless, and since some Americans are gay, they deserve the same rights as other Americans who aren't gay.
You don't have any more right to push your projection of what is right upon gay people any more than they have a right to push theirs on you. I don't see them refusing to serve or objecting because straight people are there. I don't foresee them trying to get you to be gay, therefore they won't be pushing their ideals on you, they are simply having their own. I know it hurts, but some people have different views, and you may not like them, but since they are humans and Americans, you can like it or lump it. I know you object, and you hate the person that is gay because you object, that's obvious by your fear of serving with gay people. Disagreement is one thing, but straight refusing to be around them because you disagree is hate.

If you desire equal rights for everyone... you're also subjected to equal negativity. Therein no more biased lawsuits. A gay man propositions a straight male and a fight ensues? Kiss your hate crime legislation good bye. They are all equal now, right? So a fight with a gay man is no longer a hate crime? You can't have it both ways. Sexual harassment suits? Who's the "protected class" now that they are all equal?
So DADT was created because of narrow minded people like me? You think you know me? You think I have anything against gays? See you want your little homophobic blanket to cover everything. See, I'm not homophobic, but according to you since I don't live in the middle of SOHO, I am one. Since I don't travel in those circles I fit in to your wide ranging and by default, narrow minded ideal that I'm a homophobe. I couldn't care less what one man does with another, but pushing that ideal on me as something I need to accept based on the "gay mans" morals or that of your own, thereby displacing my own morals, we have a problem. That's not American. You want to live the gay lifestyle... there are plenty of places to do so and be amongst your ilk. Don't bring it to my front door, and don't chastise me because I don't accept your perversion as "normal". it's not MY pursuit of happiness... it's yours... take it elsewhere. It NOT hate, it's my desire to not take part in that lifestyle you hold so close to your heart. For the same reason why I'm not out killing people or any other type of human perversion, your so called morality accepts.
Yet, you can't think beyond your kitschy little labels of homophobe, racist, hatemonger... because you can't understand nuanced thought, or the fact that people just don't care enough to warmly embrace a perverted lifestyle.
there is no place for "openly gay" in a professional environment, let alone a cohesive unit in the military. The fact that someone doesn't want to share a bunk, shower, bathroom... or any other private facility with an openly gay man, doesn't make anyone afraid of losing their morals or hating the individual... They don't want that specific interaction with an openly gay man. Period.
Disagreement is one thing, but straight refusing to be around them because you disagree is hate.
I ain't your sunshine, this ain't boot camp, you ain't my D.I., and you trying to talk down to me accomplishes nothing other than get in the way of an actual thought that you may have. My government is the United States, and they DO keep you safe at night. You're not laying awake on an island without a government. You don't have a different government. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel like Billy Badass, but truth of the matter is, if not for my government, you'd be speaking German, if you weren't exterminated for not being part of the master race. So, go on believing that you fight the whole world by yourself, keep believing that the rest of the world doesn't mess with you because you're such a bad dude, keep telling yourself that nothing to do with the United States has protected you. Sure.
Save your hypothetical BS for someone dumb enough to fall for it. I do not share "your" governmental ideals nor your characterization of it. True we are under the same, but it doesn't represent my ideals at this present time. Deal with it.
I mean just because I support equal rights doesn't mean I want a front row seat to the show.
To be honest, I don't want to see anyone doing their 'business' regardless of what their orientation is.
I think Dlenk meant well but I also think he had one too many beers tonight and went a bit crazy; hopefully tomorrow he will straighten out after he realizes some of those pics he posted were not the best decisions hes ever made.
There's a lot of anger in this thread boys, maybe both sides could do with toning it down a notch and not make everything so frikkin personal.
Just because I think some of you are bigots doesn't mean I hate ya's, sheesh.
i'm in support of a dlenk vacation... especially after posting those photos. What does that achieve? What people do in their bedroom is to remain there, we don't need to see it all over this forum or anywhere else.
I think Dlenk meant well but I also think he had one too many beers tonight and went a bit crazy; hopefully tomorrow he will straighten out after he realizes some of those pics he posted were not the best decisions hes ever made.
The truth be told delenk had nothing more to add to the conversation and decided to take the in your face approach.
And I don't hate you.

but that's ok!
Time to bow out of this one, its getting a little out of hand. But i did learn some things.
I am narrow minded because i do not agree with you
I am wrong in my beliefs that two ****s touching is wrong, because you said so
You know my situation and how i should act accordingly better than i do
Im a homophobe because i dont agree with homosexuality
A gay guy is the same as a black guy
Its not going to lower morale or create an uneasy work atmosphere because you said so
and have been in said work enviroment before
I am wrong because i dont want to share showers with homo's just as woman dont share showers with men
There will not be any special considerations that will have to be made for them because of the lifestyle the were apparently born into and didnt have a choice in.
If i get bunked with a gay roomate in the barracks i just have to deal with the fact he is going to have his boyfriends over.
Its sexual harrassment for me to be against gays but its not sexual harrassemtn for them to create an unwanted hostility in the work enviroment
It will not create unrest among the ranks with those who do not support gays and we will function perfectly as a team.
2 *****'s touching is perfectly acceptable in every aspect
Cases of Hazing and sexual harrassment will go down due to the ability to flaunt their faggotry
I could go on but these are just some of the things ive learned.
Deuces
I am narrow minded because i do not agree with you
I am wrong in my beliefs that two ****s touching is wrong, because you said so
You know my situation and how i should act accordingly better than i do
Im a homophobe because i dont agree with homosexuality
A gay guy is the same as a black guy
Its not going to lower morale or create an uneasy work atmosphere because you said so
and have been in said work enviroment before
I am wrong because i dont want to share showers with homo's just as woman dont share showers with men
There will not be any special considerations that will have to be made for them because of the lifestyle the were apparently born into and didnt have a choice in.
If i get bunked with a gay roomate in the barracks i just have to deal with the fact he is going to have his boyfriends over.
Its sexual harrassment for me to be against gays but its not sexual harrassemtn for them to create an unwanted hostility in the work enviroment
It will not create unrest among the ranks with those who do not support gays and we will function perfectly as a team.
2 *****'s touching is perfectly acceptable in every aspect
Cases of Hazing and sexual harrassment will go down due to the ability to flaunt their faggotry
I could go on but these are just some of the things ive learned.
Deuces
If only the enemies of our nation would realize this so quickly.
I see the dadt repeal ending up as an avenue for workplace and sexual harassment suits for straights against homosexuals.
This whole thing could be a bigger issue than everyone thinks.
Could this eventually create a scenario where the military is forced to keep homosexual men and women are separated from the straights according their sexuality? Think about it.
This whole thing could be a bigger issue than everyone thinks.
Could this eventually create a scenario where the military is forced to keep homosexual men and women are separated from the straights according their sexuality? Think about it.
Hetero couples can’t openly display their affection for one another, either, so what’s the purpose of the repeal?
Some of you people should be ashamed of yourselves trying to push your own perception of 'morality' on everyone else, I've never in all my life seen a bigger collection of hateful and closed-minded bigots in all my life than on this site, a real testament to how hateful some of you people are.
If they’re not going to change their behavior, what’s the point of the repeal? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Obviously there is some form of change that’s expected to come of this, though no one can seem to define exactly what that change will be. Kinda reminds me of all the poor saps that voted for “Hope” and “Change” in 2008. We see how well that’s gone.
Well, I'm out of this thread, there's too much stupidity and closed-mindedness for me.
You can't say "Those guys are being oppressed" without everyone jumping on the "My sacrafice and lineage gives me the right to oppress whoever and impose my views on whoever" and "It's not ok!" Nobody said it was right or wrong, all that was said was that adults have the right to think for themselves, whether you agree or not.
S-76, I would hope that your lineage, if it is a military one, had more sense to know that they were fighting for freedom. Not just for you and your ideas, but for America, freedom for everyone who lives here, including gay people. If not, then I'm not sure why they were fighting. Also, what is the gay lifestyle in a combat zone? You think you're going to have to watch them doing it in a tent in a war zone? They can like who they want, you have the right to like who you want. Other than a preference of what they would do in a different situation, there's no difference between their war-zone military lifestyle than yours, but I guess that means that I don't know what I'm talking about, because obviously repealing DADT means that they are free to have sex on your bunk.
black bullitt, a priest touching little boys is wrong. it is illegal, it is not consensual, but that doesn't fit your argument, so I guess that you don't want to acknowledge that there's a difference between an authority figure taking advantage of a child and two adults consensually doing what they want.
rustyninja, if that's all you got out of the conversation, then you obviously either can't read or can't comprehend, either way, I'm done in here, you're set in your ways, and you refuse to look at anyone else's point of view because they must not have rights. What exactly you are defending, I don't know, but it isn't freedom for America.
Bye all, have fun fighting amongst yourselves, you can sit in here and be morally right and protect yourselves from the evil gay men! Meanwhile, just remember, gays can openly serve, and there's really not anything you can do about it, thank God our government isn't as closed-minded as you and it actually wants to protect and equalize all Americans!
You can't say "Those guys are being oppressed" without everyone jumping on the "My sacrafice and lineage gives me the right to oppress whoever and impose my views on whoever" and "It's not ok!" Nobody said it was right or wrong, all that was said was that adults have the right to think for themselves, whether you agree or not.
S-76, I would hope that your lineage, if it is a military one, had more sense to know that they were fighting for freedom. Not just for you and your ideas, but for America, freedom for everyone who lives here, including gay people. If not, then I'm not sure why they were fighting. Also, what is the gay lifestyle in a combat zone? You think you're going to have to watch them doing it in a tent in a war zone? They can like who they want, you have the right to like who you want. Other than a preference of what they would do in a different situation, there's no difference between their war-zone military lifestyle than yours, but I guess that means that I don't know what I'm talking about, because obviously repealing DADT means that they are free to have sex on your bunk.
black bullitt, a priest touching little boys is wrong. it is illegal, it is not consensual, but that doesn't fit your argument, so I guess that you don't want to acknowledge that there's a difference between an authority figure taking advantage of a child and two adults consensually doing what they want.
rustyninja, if that's all you got out of the conversation, then you obviously either can't read or can't comprehend, either way, I'm done in here, you're set in your ways, and you refuse to look at anyone else's point of view because they must not have rights. What exactly you are defending, I don't know, but it isn't freedom for America.
Bye all, have fun fighting amongst yourselves, you can sit in here and be morally right and protect yourselves from the evil gay men! Meanwhile, just remember, gays can openly serve, and there's really not anything you can do about it, thank God our government isn't as closed-minded as you and it actually wants to protect and equalize all Americans!





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