My mind goes a million miles an hour. I might say one conclusion to an issue but to be honest I constantly have a battle going on in my head as to what is the right solution. More often than not I come to the conclusion in my head that there usually is no truly right solution. The world is not black and white and it’s impossible to truly know the outcome of what is going to happen once a policy is passed.
Today the main debate going in my head is Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Watching the news and the pundits and reading the articles from both sides and I can’t help but be extremely annoyed with both sides on the issue.
For one, the right is constantly insinuating that gays are some how more immoral than straight people and that allowing gays in the military will have tremendous effects on unit cohesion. Then there’s the left, who says that Obama should have just issued an Executive Order to abolish the military just like Truman did when blacks and white troops were integrated. That no study is needed.
For one reason there is no need to even bother to argue the rights side right now because lets be honest. At the end of the day it’s just plain fear mongering. No, the side I’m going to argue against is the far left. First off, Truman did not instantly integrate the army. He too, like President Obama, had two studies conducted to see how this would effect the U.S. troops. Not one but two. Saying this study is not needed is foolish. They’re not studying it for the sole purpose of seeing if the law should be repealed. They already said they would. They’re studying the issue to see what is the best way to implement the law and how to deal with cases of abuse, discrimination, and hatred that might come forth after the law is repealed. At least, listening to the hearings that is the conclusion I have come to. It’s about 4 hours long on youtube if you feel like watching it yourself.
Then, there is the issue that segregation of the military was not law. There was the law of the land that Separate But Equal was okay to impliment if a state wanted to, but they did not have to. Here’s where the issue differs. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is a law, passed by congress in 1993. Therefore, even if the President issues an Executive Order to abolish the law, it would only be valid while he himself was in office. The next President, if they saw fit could just as easily have the law re-enforced if he saw fit. The part I can agree on is that the President could, and should stop people currently being discharged under the rule but to say that he should just issue an Executive Order is both foolish and short sided. But he also could do both. I will admit to that also.
Then there is an instance where Gay Rights Activist always like to call blacks hypocrites when it comes to the Gay Rights Movement while at the same time comparing the Civil Rights Movement and the Gay Rights Movement. When in reality, if you asked a large portion of the black community on the issue most are either indifferent or for granting another minority their rights. Even my Southern Baptist family may not agree with gay marriage on a personal level but they can’t find the will to actively go out and campaign and vote against it. And I see this everywhere. And last but not least, the Gay Rights Movement has never tried to engage the black and latino communities. If they did, they would have strong allies which leads to my last point.
Many of the representatives that are pushing so hard for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell are in fact the black Civil Rights Leaders. They’ve been there the whole time but they don’t get the attention that they so rightly deserve. Instead the Gay Rights Movement overlooks them and jumps on bullshit polls that were later proven to be drastically skewed that ZOMG BLACKS HATE THE GAYS.
Representative Lewis Starts @20 seconds
I’m also confident that with an actual repeal of DADT will lead to the White House debating domestic partner benefits for spouses of LGBT soldiers in the military which will eventually lead to some type of federal definition of a civil partnership. Anyone who doesn’t see that is being short sited. I’m usually right. I’m not even going to hide my cockiness there.
I know there are probably a lot of typos here. I’ll have to look over them later but I just wanted to get my thoughts out for once before I forget them because I’m already thinking about Japan/US/China relations and that’s a long rant.
