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defrogAs you no doubt have heard, DADT is history. Here’s the official announcement from the US Army [via JoeMyGod].
I have to say – assuming it's the actual letter and not a hoax – it’s a strikingly well-written letter. You know, considering how hard the military in general tried to avoid repealing DADT in the first place over “morale” concerns.
Still, at least they didn’t write something like, “We’re only doing this because the Commander-in-Chief is making us, and if America start losing wars because the troops are too busy buttsexing each other, don’t blame us.”
And I’ve said it many times before, but it’s worth reiterating: as a primarily hetrosexual peacetime combat veteran of the US Army, this pleases me.
I joined the Army before DADT was implemented, which meant they asked and you told and if you lied you got thrown out. They asked me. And it took every ounce of restraint in my body to not reply, “I’m not homosexual, but I am willing to learn.”
Anyway, I thought the no-gayz rule was silly and pointless then. And I always thought DADT was a weak-ass non-solution, since it essentially amounted to the same thing – keep yr sexual orientation secret or get thrown out. The fact that you didn’t have to lie to a direct question wasn’t much of a compromise to me.
So it’s good that DADT is no longer in effect.
On the downside, it doesn’t mean the OMG THE GAYZ panic among certain political groups has subsided. Which means we’ll probably keep seeing at least some discrimination in the military for awhile.
And of course, DADT could potentially come back – say on Day 2 of President Bachmann’s administration.
In the meantime, there’s only one proper way to celebrate the DADT repeal:
We want you as a new recruit,
This is dF
I have to say – assuming it's the actual letter and not a hoax – it’s a strikingly well-written letter. You know, considering how hard the military in general tried to avoid repealing DADT in the first place over “morale” concerns.
Still, at least they didn’t write something like, “We’re only doing this because the Commander-in-Chief is making us, and if America start losing wars because the troops are too busy buttsexing each other, don’t blame us.”
And I’ve said it many times before, but it’s worth reiterating: as a primarily hetrosexual peacetime combat veteran of the US Army, this pleases me.
I joined the Army before DADT was implemented, which meant they asked and you told and if you lied you got thrown out. They asked me. And it took every ounce of restraint in my body to not reply, “I’m not homosexual, but I am willing to learn.”
Anyway, I thought the no-gayz rule was silly and pointless then. And I always thought DADT was a weak-ass non-solution, since it essentially amounted to the same thing – keep yr sexual orientation secret or get thrown out. The fact that you didn’t have to lie to a direct question wasn’t much of a compromise to me.
So it’s good that DADT is no longer in effect.
On the downside, it doesn’t mean the OMG THE GAYZ panic among certain political groups has subsided. Which means we’ll probably keep seeing at least some discrimination in the military for awhile.
And of course, DADT could potentially come back – say on Day 2 of President Bachmann’s administration.
In the meantime, there’s only one proper way to celebrate the DADT repeal:
We want you as a new recruit,
This is dF
