Open Gays in military - how has it worked out?

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Homosexuals might get upset if you say things like that.

Surly the militant ones will!

[AndyJWest]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Homosexuals might get upset if you say things like that.

I dare say some might. Mostly right-wing ones.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

I dare say some might. Mostly left-wing ones.

Fixxed that for ya!

[AndyJWest]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

Fixxed that for ya!

Er, how? I point out that being right-wing can be cured. Why should left-wing homosexuals have a problem with it?

[Extreme_One]

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

... i once had to work with a really fat liberal lesbian...

It sounds like you feel your lesbian colleague should have been banned from your workplace because ... of what exactly?

Surely you have also worked with heterosexuals that make you laugh/cringe/angry?
Should they have also been banned from your workplace because you didn't get on?

ps. I'm not homosexual; I have five kids, but I'm no bigot either.

[Jaws2002]

I grew up during communism in Romania. I did the army right after the communism went down and there weren't any gays that i knew in he army where i served. At least we didn't know about it, as most likely they were afraid to even try anything. The whole society was very hompophobic back then. Anyone trying a move on another guy in the army, would have most likely end up beat up by the whole platoon.
My first contact with the "modern society" was when working on cruise ships. Oh what a shock. That was my "crash course" on "Modern society with all it's feedoms".
There were lots of gay of all kinds on the ships. Working and living with homosexuals was at first shocking, then funny and with time it became just normal. Later I even shared a cabin with a gay guy for a few weeks. It didn't bother me at all. We knew and respected eachothers sexual orientations and it didn't bother me at all.
There was a lot of fun working with some of the more flamboyant gay guys. You come with a big tray of food for your customers from the kitchen and you see this crazy little guy in front of you, pretend he droped a dish on the floor and instantly bends over "trying to pick it up" right in fron't of you knowing you have the arms bussy.
It was all in the name of fun of course. Most people were very cool and with time it all worked out just fine. If a gay guy is hitting on you, it's enough to tell them you are interested in fish not cheese.
Some did try very hard to look and be "different".

Louis C.K. has a funy one about that.
I don't dare posting it tho.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

story time?

Ok my turn.. Was back in 2000.. I was working on the mobile tactical high energy laser (MTHEL) project out a HELSTF.. Which is about 60 miles in the middle of no where! We had a small group of engineers, and after a few years we were pretty tight group. That is to say the jokes got pretty raw sometimes! Good fun.. Well one day our project lead (boss) pulled us into a room and had this funny look on his face.. He started in saying.. Ah, guys, I think we need to tone it down a bit. Than he went on to say that we are getting a new guy in next week, some analysis guy to help out with the work load. At that point, I was just joking, but said.. 'what is he gay?'.. Well than the boss really started to squirm around.. At that point we all knew he knew but could not say. So the new guy showed up, he was fine, no problem fit right in. Heck he could dish out the jokes as well as take em!

But the one that sticks out in my memory the most.. See we where in the middle of no where, you had to bring your lunch everyday because there was no where to eat from 60 miles. So we had to pass the time alot waiting on stuff.. So we all started playing hackie sack.. Well one day we were in the circle playing.. And I had just bought these funcky slipper looking sprts shoes from Walmart. I thought they would be great, didnt have any laces to lace up, just pull em on and go. Well.. truth be told them shoes were 'ghay' looking.. And one of the guys in the hackie sack circle (not the gay one) looked at my shoes and said.. 'Jezz Grant them shoes are GAY!' at which point he rememberd the gay guys (wont name names) was stanging right next to him! At which point he turned to the gay guy and said.. 'Oh man, sorry, I didn't mean it li' And before he could finish the gay guy looked at him and said 'Don't worrie, I wouldnt even wear them gay shoes!'

See.. now if all gay guys were like that.. There would be no problems! It is the militant wear it on thier sleeve everyone notice me and accept me or else gays I have issues with.. Heck gay or not I have issues with any militant group that wears it on thier sleeve everyone notice me and accept me or else types

[MadBlaster]

Originally Posted by Extreme_One

It sounds like you feel your lesbian colleague should have been banned from your workplace because ... of what exactly?

Surely you have also worked with heterosexuals that make you laugh/cringe/angry?
Should they have also been banned from your workplace because you didn't get on?

ps. I'm not homosexual; I have five kids, but I'm no bigot either.

She was a fascist. She was out to get every straight, white, politically right, male in the department. At first, HR department catered to her every complaint. Me, my coworker friends, all got the standard sexual harrassment lecture from our managers at some point due to her "sensitivities". I would say it was an agenda. A chip on her shoulder. Only after about 2 years, HR finally got wise I guess and moved her out of the department, back in the far corner of the building. I guess they were afraid to fire her in fear of getting sued. That's what it's like in the real world buddy. Sorry if you think I'm a bigot. Don't really care. Everything I said up there is absolute fact. No embellishment. We also had a homo in the department. I got along with him fine. I don't know where he was politically and I didn't care. He didn't push the homo agenda either. Just a co-worker I got along with and a brain and a sense of humor. But I also knew he would probably fudge pack me if I was willing. You sense these things. So, I made sure to keep a distance, so he didn't get any funny ideas.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

See.. now if all gay guys were like that.. There would be no problems! It is the militant wear it on thier sleeve everyone notice me and accept me or else gays I have issues with.. Heck gay or not I have issues with any militant group that wears it on thier sleeve everyone notice me and accept me or else types

+1 Exactly!

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

Er, how? I point out that being right-wing can be cured. Why should left-wing homosexuals have a problem with it?

So whats next reeducation camps? You libs are all the same. You claim to be open, tolerant and excepting of all others. Yet you are the biggest haters of all. You try to cure peoples opinions, thoughts and religious believes. I am tired your type. I'm sure you would be happy to see all that don't fit into your twisted mold be placed in internment camps. All I can say to your type is come and get some.