What A Shame

Don't ask, don't tell, commonly referred to as DADT, is stupid. No bother arguing this point, this will get you know where. The sad fact that we have the balls to ask our soldiers to die in wars they may or may not agree with but ask them to hide their true self's from their fellow soldiers is appalling to say the least. The funny (or not funny if you are one of the many personally affected by DADT) thing about DADT is that, speaking from a strictly psychological point of view, the policy has zero effect. Allow me to propose the following 2 scenarios as a demonstration, in the simplest way possible, as to how DADT does not work:

Scenario 1:

Soldier #1 (heterosexual)
Soldier #2 (Homosexual)

S# 1 - "Are you gay"
S# 2 - "Yes"

Combat - while being shot at from all angles, possibly about to die, neither is thinking of being tea-bagged by the other. They are thinking about working together to fucking survive.

Scenario 2:

Soldier #1 (heterosexual)
Soldier #2 (Homosexual)

S# 1 - "I will not ask you if you are gay as long as you don't tell me"
S# 2 - "I will not tell you, even though we both know you already think I am since you felt the urge to mention it in the first place"

Combat - while being shot at from all angles, possibly about to die, neither is thinking of being tea-bagged by the other. They are thinking about working together to fucking survive.

You see if you feel the urge to ask a fellow soldier if he is gay, the seed in your mind is already planted anyway, so you wouldn't need to ask. But the outcome is still the same; you both fight for not only your country but for your lives as well, and you trust each other. Neither of you is thinking about manberries and pork spears. DADT is nothing more than a useless and pathetic loophole for insecure Military personal and politicians to throw American heroes out on the streets because what they do in their personal lives makes them feel "icky". There are some stupid fucking rules in this country, but in my opinion, this one takes the cake. How dare we, as a country, insult and humiliate decorated war heroes who fought and died for our right to live our lives the way we choose while we simultaneously tell them they have no right to live their lives the way they choose. It's called "Freedom", look it up.

-B
What a shame, to judge a life that you can't change