Brain dead US conservatives getting their reactionary knickers in a knot, yet again:
A conservative military watchdog says she intends to question West Point Military Academy officials about why a former cadet was given an award for a thesis objecting to the U.S. military’s ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces.
“I do intend to bring this to the attention of some of the people in the leadership roles at West Point,” she says. “I think it ought to be questioned.”
Surely one of the key characteristics of working in the military is the ability to obey an order that one doesn’t necessarily agree with?
So – and work with me on this – what if, this essay doesn’t actually reflect Raggio’s personal beliefs, but was an exercise in convincingly arguing a point that he doesn’t personally believe in?
Wouldn’t that actually make him a better soldier?
(Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan, again, for the link).