tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post2917724729397606008..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Promises, Promisesmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-76554424153017923782009-12-04T01:27:10.530-08:002009-12-04T01:27:10.530-08:00http://www.gallup.com/poll/120764/Conservatives-Sh...http://www.gallup.com/poll/120764/Conservatives-Shift-Favor-Openly-Gay-Service-Members.aspx?CSTS=alert<br /><br />It seems that it does poll alright. And as for being in a war.. that is the best time to STOP firing people for things completely unrelated to their ability to prosecute that war.<br /><br />And as for people being homophobes, lots of them were racists, they were told to get the fuck over it and do what they were told when the army was desegregated.Donalbainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807822953642571752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-54583948316370477932009-10-11T14:11:22.762-07:002009-10-11T14:11:22.762-07:00Again with the Top Gun rhetoric? Does every Repub...Again with the Top Gun rhetoric? Does every Republican aspire to be Tom Cruise pretending to be Duke Cunningham or something?<br /><br />In any case, its not 1994 anymore. Homosexuality is practically irrelevant as a political issue anymore. It was bad enough when the right claimed Clinton's life would be in danger if he visited a military base back then but you're essentially making the same argument right now. Talk about an anachronism.<br /><br />Do you seriously expect me to believe the military absolutely needs hatred of gays to motivate the troops? Because this whole "unit cohesion" nonsense sounds like what they said about blacks when Truman desegregated the military in the 50s. We were fighting a war back then, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com