You probably don't know who Charles Moskos is but you definitely know his work. He is the scholar who formulated the don't ask, don't tell policy for the US military. Here is a quote from his obituary:
"Charles was a remarkable man, a renowned scholar who repeatedly offered thoughtful
I found this quite humorous as this so-called scholar was simply trying to find a way to cover up bigotry and make it sound presentable, and that bigotry was, of course, full of flow blockages.
advice and thought-provoking ideas on the challenges with which we have grappled over
the years," said Gen. David H. Petraeus, the United States' commanding general in Iraq.
I found this quite humorous as this so-called scholar was simply trying to find a way to cover up bigotry and make it sound presentable, and that bigotry was, of course, full of flow blockages.
While admitting the system was imperfect, he was quoted as saying, "allowing gays to serve openly would hurt the morale of the military rank-and-file and would make many recruits uncomfortable".
This statement is even funnier as the same could be said (and was!) about blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Asians, and every other minority in America serving in the US military in the past 200 years. Until Vietnam War the US Military had to have "black squadrons" and "Asian squads" as it would "hurt the morale of the white military rank-and-file and would make many recruits uncomfortable" to serve alongside minorities they perceived to be inferior.
Things got so silly that black soldiers had to secretly give blood so that white soldiers did not know that the transfusion they were getting might have come from an African American.
Rather that deal with the flow blockages directly by teaching the rank-and-file about respect for their fellow soldiers, Moskos just added more flow blockages. The message was quite clear to the rank-and-file: homosexuality is wrong, and if you know someone is gay they are not to be treated as an equal.
Of course, the world is changing for the better and the ridiculous Moskos "solution" will soon seem as quaint and obsolete as the military's decree (until 1942) that African American men were too stupid to fly planes.
David Weber channeling The Rishis
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