So basically, as long as the military ignores everything -- not only following the wondrous "don't ask, don't tell" policy, but serenely ignoring evidence of harrassment -- they won't be held responsible for anything that happens.
Well, that works, right? If the person can't say, "Hey, I'm gay," then how can they report anti-gay harrassment? They can't even try to report it without saying that, because the only possible response left to the military is, "Well, tell them you're not gay. Go out with someone of the opposite sex. Act like a hetero, dammit! And they'll stop bothering you." Because, of course, the military is filled with MANLY men! (And if they try hard enough, they'll get rid of those pesky women.) And MANLY men do not complain about a little name calling, a little shoving, maybe a fight here and there, or a baseball bat repeatedly applied to the head -- oops! forgot! you can't complain about a baseball bat to the head, because, of course, you're DEAD! Silly me.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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