Irony sucks…
2009 May 13
I understand that life’s not fair.
People who work hard don’t always succeed. Bad things happen to good people. As hard as I work at lifting weights, I’m still going to look like Pee Wee Herman. I got a grip around all that.
What I don’t understand is how somebody can be asked to sacrifice their life to protect the idea of freedom in the United States, and then be denied those same rights that he’s fighting for.
I guess I get it. I just think it’s fucked up.
Lt. Daniel Cho was in essence given his pink slip from the armed forces because he’s been completely open about his sexual orientation.
“It jeapordizes the group,” “it’s a distraction,” “the idea of team would be compromised.”
Bullshit. To be honest, I understand that in some situations it could be a distraction… some troops may freak because they’re ignorant and scared. But if they do, they’re the ones in the wrong. They would be the ones who are compromising the safety of everybody else. And they get accomodated?
Does it seem at all ridiculous that Lt. Cho, who does so much for his country, is currently limited in his rights as a U.S. citizen, and yet Miss California Carrie Prejean, who was crying about being “persecuted” for expressing her beliefs, isn’t?
You got to give it to Lt. Cho for having juevos. First, he decides to sacrifice himself and serve his country, which not many people are willing to do. And secondly, he decided to go up against a very powerful and influencial system that doesn’t take well with being questioned.
It’s people like Lt. Cho who are going to continue to move us closer to the civil rights and freedoms that are promised in the U.S. Constitution.
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