You Know What’s Driving Me Bananas Right Now?
This argument: “You have to be patient about the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, because we’re fighting two wars right now,” as though those two things were not related. Like it’s “I can’t cook you dinner, because my sweater is on fire,” when it’s really “I can’t bring you on as an extra housepainter, because I’m three weeks behind on my housepainting.” We know that the military is overextended. We want to help.
Framing DADT repeal as an issue of fairness and equality has swayed as many people as it’s going to. Maybe we might want to call it what has become, which is an issue of national security. If we get attacked again, and it’s because intelligence went untranslated (as was the case a little over 8 years ago), then a few people’s cultural and religious biases will have outweighed our collective safety.
Let’s shake the lingering ’90s political correctness off this argument. This isn’t about some of us feeling equal anymore, this is about all of us being non-blown-up. All hands on deck, please.
Source: daveholmes
