Cornflake wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
It was a COMPROMISE that said they were allowed as long as they didn't make it an issue or obvious. THEN, they make it sound like DADT was a BAD thing for them and claimed they "repealed" it. It wasn't repealed, the original rule was overturned. This really only allowed the homosexuals to make it an issue.
Being forced to deny who you are should be an issue for everyone, not just gays willing to sacrifice their lives for their country.
You say: "as long as they didn't make it an issue or obvious"
I say: "but that would require me to live a lie".
How would
you set about denying your sexuality, if you were required to?
And how do you think doing that might affect your ability to function?
Think about it for a while...
It didn't require denying one's sexuality. It simply required not expressing it. Straight people go around not expressing that they are straight quite often. The difference with don't ask don't tell is that the homosexuals had to always be in that don't express your sexuality mode. Something that's normal for everyone as a some of the time thing, they had to do all the time.
And really not comparable to Asperger's.
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not aspie, not NT, somewhere in between
Aspie Quiz: 110 Aspie, 103 Neurotypical.
Used to be more autistic than I am now.