Technically, we are ending a 17-year-old set of procedural rules implementing a centuries-old policy.
I think Clinton actually thought DADT was a step in the direction of tolerance: rather than chasing you down to kick you out of the military, we're going to turn a blind eye to your sexuality as long as you don't force us to acknowledge it. But in the process, it forced thousands of military personnel to lie to their superiors and co-workers, thus becoming a security risk, in order to keep their jobs; how self-destructive is that?
[In the same way, Mohammed can be viewed as a crusader for women's rights: he decreed that two women's testimony in court was equivalent to that of one man, and that a man could have only four wives, or as many as he could support, whichever was fewer. Previously in that culture these numbers were both infinite.]
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I think Clinton actually thought DADT was a step in the direction of tolerance: rather than chasing you down to kick you out of the military, we're going to turn a blind eye to your sexuality as long as you don't force us to acknowledge it. But in the process, it forced thousands of military personnel to lie to their superiors and co-workers, thus becoming a security risk, in order to keep their jobs; how self-destructive is that?
[In the same way, Mohammed can be viewed as a crusader for women's rights: he decreed that two women's testimony in court was equivalent to that of one man, and that a man could have only four wives, or as many as he could support, whichever was fewer. Previously in that culture these numbers were both infinite.]