Don't ask, don't tell ... don't care!

Alright, so yeah, this whole “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” thing is really starting to piss me off. It’s repealed… no it’s not… yes it is… no it’s not. ARGH. Oh, the Obama administration doesn’t believe in “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but yet they want to appeal the injunction that was put against it. That really doesn’t scream that they are against it, no matter what sort of sugar-coating they put on it.

Here’s my take on it…

Who freakin’ cares if you’re gay or not? If you want to sign up to defend our country, then by all means, do it.

I’ve worked right alongside gays and lesbians before. Granted I wasn’t in the military with them, but I spent eight hours of my day with them and I didn’t care. Their orientation didn’t adversely affect what they did. A good soldier is a good soldier, period. End of story. It seems wrong to tell someone who would make a great soldier they can’t be because they share a bed with someone of the same sex. What a crock.

I’m more about keeping assholes out of the military who are only getting into it because it’s one of the few “jobs” in which it’s incredibly hard to get fired. Those who whine and bellyache about having to go overseas, even though they knew it was a possibility when they enlisted. Sign up – that means it’s voluntary. You knew what you were getting into, don’t be a pussy now boys.

If someone wants to be a member of the proud tradition that is the U.S. military, who cares what color they are, what religion they are, what orientation they are, if they are vegetarian or not … just let them serve.

I am well aware that, in a professional setting, we have to subdue some of our personality traits. But that doesn’t mean being a completely different person. If you are asking someone to not serve openly, even though being open is who they are, you are not asking them to subdue – you are asking them to suppress, which, in my non-professional opinion, can do some serious harm to their psyche in the long run. We have enough mental issues created by the military (PTSD, anyone?), do we need to add that to the list?

Look, I know some of the people against it are like, “But the military they are in close quarters and they share showers, and blah blah blah.” Yeah, and? You share showers at the gym, too, folks. You deal with people in close quarters in the dorms in college (in fact, barracks and dorms are quite similar). It doesn’t matter. It seems to me that the homosexuals (particularly males) are painted to be these overtly neanderthal beings who only care about the chance to ogle others, which isn’t the case at all. They are the same as you and me. They appreciate a hot guy as much as I do, and that’s cool. Gives me something to dish about with them later. They deal with the same issues we do (and I hate to even paint this out as a “we” and “them” thing) – but they love and hurt the same as everyone else. In fact, because of our society, they hurt more than the majority of us and that’s not fair.

So, the short version of this is … STOP IT. Just stop it. If they want to join the military, let them. I have said time and time again, it is not my place to judge someone for who they love. And it sure as hell ain’t the U.S. military or U.S. government’s place to do so either.

*climbing off my soapbox*