Asking and Telling

23Dec10

First, read the article. Then the comments.

http://comments.americanthinker.com/read/42323/733925.html

Here’s my response:

As a conservative man who happens to be gay, I am a bit confused by some of the comments here. I had started reading the comments on this very reasonable article out of curiosity, since I actually didn’t support the repeal of DADT (as I think it is merely a move to gain political traction with many gays and leftists.)However, reading through some of these comments has really kind of angered me. Yes, statistically, gay men do have a higher percentage of drug abusers, mental problems, etc. Higher rates of HIV infection. Some are flamboyant and some cross-dress. Not all do. Since joining the army is voluntary, do any of you really think that a six-foot-four flaming, lisping she-male who dresses in drag and calls himself Susan is going to join the military? Seriously?! Is the coke-head party boy going to give up his glitter-drenched life on the dance party circuit for olive drabs and a pre-sunrise reverie? Really?! No, the only gay men who will join the military (and make it through basic training) are going to be the all-American, patriotic, and could-kick-anyone’s-butt (happens-to-be-attracted-to-men) type of guy. Despite what you know from movies, television, and “pride” parades, there are normal, every-day sort of men (who happen to be gay) with minimal issues who we would be lucky to have protecting our country. Will there be some total idiot examples of gay men trying to join up to make some political point of some such? Probably.  Are there more important laws that congress could have been passing? Oh heck yeah (although this congress really ought to have done everyone a favor and gone on long recesses.) Will any of it matter in the long run? Probably not.

Do gay men have a PR problem, or what? Granted, I’m not the biggest fan of our so-called gay community (actually I completely distance myself from it) but some of those comments were quite goading.

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