When you are over the drop zone of PC, watch out for the rabbit holes because there is no certainty of where you will land . If a Marine spots two men in his battalion kissing off-duty at a shopping mall, he should react as if he were seeing a man and woman. If he turns on the television news to see a fellow Marine dressed as a civilian and marching in a parade with a banner that reads, “Support Gays and Lesbians in the Military!” he should accept it as a free right of expression. Let's try this technique in some other scenarios: If a man goes to buy a Chevy Truck and the salesman shows him a Ford, he should react as if it is a Chevy, or if a man sees a woman wearing a green shirt, and he doesn't like green, he should just react as if it is blue. I am going to use this the next time I pay my bills, buy gas or come to a stoplight; I will just react like I already paid the bill, the price is 3 dollars less and that the stoplight was green in my direction. For those who oppose the new policy, the Marine Corps says it doesn’t expect anyone to change their personal beliefs. Still, everyone must follow orders. Nope, don't have to change your mind in this man's Marine Corps, just shut your pie-hole and do as you are told. You will be trained which way is the "correct" course of action and which is not "correct." What do you want to bet that my personal belief and the expression thereof would go like this; If I protest the ban, it is freedom of expression; if I protest removing the ban, I am guilty of a hate crime. Orwell couldn't have written this better... The nugget that these PC trainers don't get is that this isn't transitioning the Marines from the M-60 Machine gun to the M-240B Machine gun, it is about what you believe as a person. Just telling me to react like I would if I saw a man and woman kissing is telling me to change my personal beliefs. I don't generally want to heave when I see a man and woman kissing. My sexual perference never mattered at Firebase Olaes, and that is how it should be. Mark my words; continuing this trip own the PC rabbit hole will have a detrimental effect on the retention of combat vets and warfighters, warfighting in general, and our society as a whole.
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Apr 28 2011, 03:35 AM
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