Don't Ask, Never Tell vs. Civil Rights and Brokeback Mountain

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Don't Ask, Never Tell vs. Civil Rights and Brokeback Mountain

January 30 2006
Counterbias.com
MEL SEESHOLTZ


Is it any surprise that under the despotic, fear-mongering, theocratic rule of George W. Bush spying on Americans who disagree with his faith-based, ultra-conservative domestic and foreign policies has become commonplace? As a January 18, 2005 New York Times article noted,

In times of extreme fear, American leaders have sometimes scrapped civil liberties in the name of civil protection. It’s only later that the country can see that the choice was a false one and that citizens’ rights were sacrificed to carry out extreme measures that were at best useless and at worst counterproductive.

That could not be more accurate than when it comes to gay and lesbian military personnel and those who oppose the fiasco called “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Bush’s deficit-ridden administration has dismissed thousands of gay and lesbian military personnel under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, estimated it cost the Pentagon nearly $200 million to recruit and train replacements for the nearly 9,500 troops that had to leave the military because of the policy. Those dismissed included thousands of highly skilled troops and personnel, including translators.

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1. ''don't ask don't tell'' was one of the biggest disasters

for gay folk who serve in the mlitary -- it's a fuckin crime that rule is.

fuck it -- i can't get into it -- it pisses me off so much.