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Re: Don't Ask....Don't Tell. Good Policy?
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Originally Posted by Jeffrey
I don't buy the whole "for the protection of homosexual men." They can decide to ask or tell at their own risk as it is. Now, they are booted out of the army. So I don't buy that as an argument, and it seems rather disingenuous to suggest that it's all for their sake.
Abraham Lincoln and forward also had to deal with cultural issues like this when many refused to fight alongside a black man.
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I wasn't mentioning "protection of homosexual men" as an argument from anyone but me. When I consider the issue, I fear for the lives and wellbeing of homosexual men who might be outed, or for those who might be so idealistic as to think coming out of the closet will have no consequences. I don't see how that's disingenuous in any way; it's just a concern.
Per your reference to civil rights: you're illustrating my point. There were a lot of lives lost in that fight.
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Last edited by MissBrattified; 10-19-2010 at 08:40 PM.
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