Message from @nobuyuki
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the new DLC for GTA 5
likin it so far
btw ameriburgers explain to me what "dont ask dont tell" actually does. for all i make of it you just dont ask people if theyre gay and dont tell people youre gay or something like that
from what I can gather it's just a discretion policy
It is now
Before it was zero tolerance afaik
just keeping gay stuff on the down low
You break dadt in the past and you could be discharged
cause, well, what does letting people know you're gay have to do with serving your time?
by you breaking dadt, what if its someone else who outed you
I think they get busted too
i guess you'd report it to your CO?
It's basically codified homophobia
Which is silly but not necessarily offensive, they tried to be respectful
It didn't end up working out in the long run it seems
i think its a misguided old rule, well meaning but misguided
Yeah
Guys are gonna talk about sex eventually, when a straight guy does it it might not seem like rubbing it in your face but maybe it does to a gay guy (and vice versa)
So i can see ppl breaking dadt who just want to be left alone or otherwise try to get out of a conversation they don't want to get any more awkward
These days I'd like to think ppl can handle it like adults without having to codify a policy whose lowest common denominator back in the day was your average homophobe
current_year politics is all about outdoing each others's extremeness
oh wait i misunderstood the last part
The radically centrist thing to do is settle one's prudishness towards others' attitudes on a man-to-man level
woah that's real pragmatic of you
Gachimuchi style <:hypersmugon:544638648721604608>
nah
<a:gachiBASS:405061767933460485>
Spar to the death like OG Star Trek
there is a weirdly progressive angle to dadt though
I'll claim the opposite. Today's progressivism has a neo-puritan angle to it
having your identity revealed would probably end up with bullying by your squad and worst case scenario some psycho might **accidentally** commit friendly fire
neo-puritan approach to things like jokes and sitting in a comfortable position
based centrist post-pepe post-ironic deep fried memer
The end of dadt to me makes me think that unresolvable issues with squad cohesion is no longer considered a major concern when it comes to individual homophobia
but wanting to normalize your degeneracy by constantly bashing it over people's heads
rather than just
doing it