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Homophobia USA
Now that the TSA thread is dead, thank heavens, here's my take on the
guy who went viral with "Don't touch my junk...". Aside from giving birth to innumerable songs and jokes, his indignation calls attention to what some other countries consider American males' exaggerated attitudes toward their "junk". First, that's an interesting way to refer to one's priceless possessions.x Second, so what if the TSA guy brushes your nuts, intentionally or not. Has that caused them to wither and fall off? Or otherwise damaged your "manhood"? To me, this is part & parcel of the ridiculous and harmful attitude that has either kept gays in the military in the closet or caused them to be thrown out. Sometimes with actual harm to the U.S., as when skilled translators or intelligence operatives are discharged under DADT. The rank&file have been repeatedly shown in surveys to be accepting, but it's the senior officers, trained in an older cultural mindset, that are perpetuating this losing strategy. Wimp Obama could have ended this nonsense with an executive order, as did Truman with racial segregation. Instead he bucks it over to the Congress, as with so much else, notably health care. Where's the leadership??? HB |