| Occasionally, I will read Mike Rosen's editorials in the Denver Post. Mostly, it's just to keep the latest right-wing hate messages fresh in my mind. His column always includes lies and innuendo. He usually resorts to name-calling. Like most Teabaggers, he can't seem to help himself. It is rare, however, that he achieves what he achieved today: multiple groups got lumped into the same hate speech.
The supposed topic is the repeal of the odious, unconstitutional "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy keeping certain Americans from serving their country as proudly as Americans who more neatly fit the idyllic vision of an imaginary America that Rosen and other scared, angry white males hold dear. |
First, hatred of women,
When she [former Rep. Pat Schroeder] advocated the removal of restrictions on women in combat, it was to advance the cause of radical feminism.
then the real purpose of this diatribe, Rosen's hatred of homosexuals:
The same can be said for those gay activists whose main objective was to score a symbolic equal rights victory regardless of its toll on the military.
followed by those durned lib'ruls
Public opinion polls showing support for gays in the military include the views of a majority of people with no military experience and no desire to join - liberal sociology professors, for example, who might make lousy leathernecks.
But don't worry, Rosen's warrior-worship tendencies come out shining:
Far more significant will be the damage to careers of soldiers and their officers accused of insensitivity, and retention and recruitment losses of those with a warrior disposition - people we can least afford to lose - who will spurn military careers because of religious, moral or cultural objections to open homosexuality.
Heaven forbid a few bigots don't join or stay in the military. It would be far better, according to Rosen, if the bigots are allowed to openly display their hatred than allowing Americans who want to volunteer to actually do so. There will be no law preventing bigots from being openly bigoted, although that might do more to improve overall morale.
I have a better idea. Let's pass a law that keeps white, warrior worshipping, others-hating males from displaying those characteristics in public if they want the privilege of serving their country. Then maybe Rosen will want to seriously address civil rights issues.
This is no longer the 1750s, Mr. Rosen. Most of us are thankful that this country has moved beyond the ownership of certain human beings and the open denigration of one of the sexes. Advocating for the outright discrimination of a demographic is morally repugnant. |
