I'll admit, I don't follow Rick Perry. For all I know, the man has done great things for Texas. I had no positive or negative opinions about the Republican party candidate hopeful.
...until I watched his campaign ad 'Strong'. If you have no idea what I'm talking about:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAJNntoRgA
At first I laughed because I couldn't believe he was saying, especially since he served in the military (thanks Wikipedia). Seriously people, does this make any sense? How is his campaign not dead? Isn't there a point where common sense kicks in & you realize that this message is utterly ridiculous? If you haven't & don't plan on watching the video, he chastens people who risk their lives every day fighting anonymous shadows, criticizing them for their service because of who they love. Furthermore, he compares this to the unthinkable: children in America who are unable to celebrate Christmas in schools...indeed, a true scandal.
The alarming thing is that I know there are others that agree wholeheartedly w/ this concept (evidenced in part by the number of 'likes' the video got- regardless of its tiny fraction to the 'dislikes). Never mind that many people who live in the US, including myself, are unwilling to serve in the armed forces & there are problems recruiting as is. No, let's just put those in the military who are straight at more risk by kicking out their gay counterparts. Let's ignore the fact that it means spreading our troops out more thinly across different regions or requiring more /longer deployments & the detrimental, not to mention costly, effects of PTSD, amputations, and other post war effect (like, oh, I don't know, death) associated w/ more time spent in war zones. How about families, who are torn apart when a loved one dies abroad serving, couples w/ young children left without a parent or engaged in an ugly custody battle after a divorce. Okay. Taking a breath. No I haven't looked at peer reviewed articles, no I haven't studied very much about war tactics or aftereffects. But at the risk of sounding super ignorant, I stand by it. Who cares about if some one is gay or not? We're multifaceted, that should never be a defining characteristic in a professional setting. Besides, they're the ones w/ the courage to put their lives on the line in order to protect our freedoms. Ironically, that include free speech, so idiots like Rick Perry can hang them out to dry.
On both sides of the aisle, we allow ignorant individuals who call themselves 'representatives of the people' to blindly point fingers at each other. It's always "I'm a Democrat/Republican but the evil Republicans/Democrats are out to destroy the country because they did ___ (fill in the blank)."
Since we're on the topic of politics, an article I read below:
Yeah...this is why people who aren't from America think we're all stupid.
No comments:
Post a Comment