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if short people can't join the military why should gays? - CrazyNomad - 2010-10-25
Massachusetts congressional candidate Sean Bielat, after running an ad showing his openly gay opponent, Rep. Barney Frank, doing gay dance moves, has now shared his opinion on gays serving in the military: Short people can't serve, so why should gays?
Here's what how the ingenious Bielat explained things this weekend in a Boston Herald interview:
Quote:"There's no absolute right to serve. Men under the height of 5 feet, 2 inches can't serve - I don't see anybody protesting. Where are the people standing in front of the White House, the short guys standing in front of the White House? You don't see it," Bielat said. "We understand that there's no absolute right to serve in all these other areas."
Yeah, where are all the lil' fellas handcuffing themselves to the White House gates in protest? They know they're too damn short to go about warring; why can't gay people realize they're too damn attracted to members of the same sex? Hard to argue with Bielat's logic, as presented.
Except that one group isn't physically able to serve, while the other is. It's not like "gay" means, say, you have zero arms and charcoal for eyes. You just like banging people of the same sex, in your free time.
Or, as even the conservative Boston Herald put it:
Quote:Hmm. ... On the other hand, vertically challenged people are not forced to pretend they're tall, then drummed out once it's discovered they're short in spite of their service record.
http://gawker.com/5672745/if-short-people-cant-join-the-military-why-should-gays
if short people can't join the military why should gays? - OB3LISK - 2010-10-25
Because one is a physical challenge and the other is a stereotype?
That's like saying women can't serve in the military because they'd be in love with the men they're trying to kill.
if short people can't join the military why should gays? - Fiel - 2010-10-25
But they can serve just only in limited, non-battle positions. It's far easier to distinguish a woman from a man than a straight man and a gay man based on naked looks alone. Right now the main argument against letting serve openly in the military is about battlefield positions.
if short people can't join the military why should gays? - aslemn - 2010-10-25
I still don't get the relation between comparing being gay to being short.
Being short should be regarding the physical exams, because in some places and occasions, you'd need an specific height to do some exercises or activities. There's a scientific reason for not accepting much short people in military, the same goes to ashtmathic, or something, it's a physical challenge. There's a reason in the activities inside military that is explained.
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But what would being gay change out there? God, that has absolutely nothing to do with that. Do your sexual preference changes anything on exercising, battling, or doing any other things inside the military?
There's absolutely no connection being those comparisons. It just doesn't make sense.