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- From: rlm@surfcty.com (Robert McMillin)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: Gays in the military (was:Re: Book Review "The Homosexalities")
- Message-ID: <RR04XB1w165w@surfcty.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 18:22:14 PST
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- cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
-
- > In article <randall.728017145@seashore>, randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
- > > The same arguments used against integrating the military back in
- > > the 40's are being used today to keep homosexuals out of the
- > > military. "Gays/blacks are oversexed and perverted", "they'll
- > > disrupt unity and harmony in the units", "Some people just can't
- > > stand being around people of THEIR kind", ... etc.
- >
- > Actually, the arguments are different. The claim was that blacks
- > weren't good soldiers. The reality, was that a lot of people were
- > scared spitless of blacks learning how to use a gun. (Lynchings
- > are more difficult when the victims are returning fire.)
- >
- > The real difference, is that being black isn't evidence of being
- > emotionally disturbed and damaged, as being a homosexual is.
-
- That's a bit much, there. Personal opinion follows: Gayness is probably
- influenced by genetics as well as by environment. To blankly label all
- homosexuality as "evidence of being emotionally disturbed and damaged" is
- unthinking at best. I know you can come up with better reasoning than
- this; please do so.
-