tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500552486163601478.post2036640037535586324..comments2023-09-26T09:10:00.441-07:00Comments on DEREKS BIG FAT DEMOCRATIC ADVENTURE: DAN CHOI: MEDIA BULLY or IT DOESN'T GET BETTERdwashington314@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02609634020180915663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500552486163601478.post-13192182815575377742010-10-27T23:24:49.720-07:002010-10-27T23:24:49.720-07:00Laura, until you experience foreclosure yourself, ...Laura, until you experience foreclosure yourself, stfu. Your assumptions are incorrect, but I'm sure you felt much better posting them. Yeah, truth is, I did cry. I lost my house, not because I bought more house than I could afford, I lost it because I had back surgery, outrageous medical bills and then lost my job. <br /><br />Yes, we need to survey the military to see how to let gay people serve like they've been serving since the beginning of time? There have always been gay people serving, there always will be, and most people don't give a crap unless they're hateful bigots. So, we don't need to know how hateful bigots think openly gay people should serve. The answer is simple, they should serve like they always have, except they shouldn't have to lie about their partners or the mere fact of just being gay. Yeah, I'm sure we had to ask military racists just how we should allow black men and women to serve, because their ideas would be so revolutionary.<br /><br />I have a fabulous idea - how about we let any qualified individual serve, and we let the homophobes, racists, etc., get some therapy if they can't stop thinking about other people's sex lives or the color of their skin or the fact that they might like different books, music, or food than you. Because other than the people we choose as partners, there's not a damn bit of difference between any of us. <br /><br />There isn't a damned bit of difference between gay military people and straight military people, other than the differences that all people have.Argyle McBeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500552486163601478.post-38754201641003852482010-10-27T15:46:00.489-07:002010-10-27T15:46:00.489-07:00Argyle, your comment was so stupid it almost doesn...Argyle, your comment was so stupid it almost doesn't deserve a response<br /><br />Harry and Barack haven't done anything about foreclosures? Lie. Did you call Harry's senate office and ask for help? Did you call your Representative's office (Dina or Shelley) and ask for help? Or did you just sit on your ass and cry.<br /><br />The DADT survey was to figure out how the military would adjust and how commanding officers could help it adjust once DADT was repealed. Again, your comment about that is just more lies.<br /><br />How dare you support Dan Choi and his use of the same homophobic language that keeps him from serving in the military. It's his attempt to get more media attention, that is not activism.Laura Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985804920568447891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500552486163601478.post-5203648031803544352010-10-27T12:50:17.742-07:002010-10-27T12:50:17.742-07:00Oh, boo hoo, Dan isn't acting exactly how you&...Oh, boo hoo, Dan isn't acting exactly how you'd like him to act. I live in Nevada, I lost my home to foreclosure, and no one did a damned thing about it, nor are your heroes, Barack & Harry doing anything about DADT, except making sure that it never goes away. (hey, let's survey all the homophobes in the military and see how they feel about letting gay people in - isn't that just a swell idea?) Without Dan Choi, we wouldn't get the publicity that we have. <br /><br />And, Jeremy, Dan's "disregard of what being a uniform is all about"? Seriously? Is being "a uniform" all about getting kicked out of the military, even though you have an exemplary record, and taking it laying down? Should Dan say, "Thank you, sir, may I have some more second class treatment?"<br /><br />Harry Reid is a big boy, and he's been a politician a long time, and I think he can certainly handle a gay boy dissing him. If he can be such a pussy about some of Sharron Angle's lying commercials that he doesn't counter, he can clearly handle Dan Choi's disgust with the fact that Obama & Reid obviously don't give a shit about their LGBT constituents.<br /><br />I can't believe that ANYONE can blame a guy who is angry about losing his career because he's gay. As long as Dan Choi doesn't commit any crimes (other being gay, of course), I don't care how much he embarrasses the politicians who have pretty much assured us of being stuck with DADT until the next Democrat is President. Obama certainly won't be doing anything other than fighting its repeal (because he "has to", huh? Right), and since Obama's been such a crappy ass wishy-washy President, I doubt he'll be re-elected, so we'll probably have DADT for at least another 7 years. And you're mad at Dan Choi??? Give me a break.Argyle McBeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500552486163601478.post-83025151510590623242010-10-27T11:40:26.491-07:002010-10-27T11:40:26.491-07:00With all due respect, of course, isn't "t...With all due respect, of course, isn't "the now is the right time," my phrase, not yours, a cop out?<br /><br />I'm not disagreeing here. I've been calling out Choi myself for months, and my reward is I got thrown under the bus.<br /><br />I'm just saying, it's rather ironic that you are coming to this conclusion now.NGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596248342650129563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500552486163601478.post-2545191991834929572010-10-27T11:35:47.844-07:002010-10-27T11:35:47.844-07:00You're pragmatically correct, but everybody lo...You're pragmatically correct, but everybody loves a rock star and Dan is that. He's motivated more people to join the fight, even if only long enough to see what the real fight is and who the real stars are. I give him credit for taking the heat of his own actions and yes, I, as DADT veteran, despise his tactics and his disregard of what being a uniform is about, but as an activist, he was willing to step outside the lines and make people take notices. I have people with no clue about DADT asking me about Dan Choi and it's always a gateway... an apologetic one, but there nonetheless.Jeremy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859075284195349597noreply@blogger.com