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Vladimiro, in my opinion you are viewing this in a denunciatory and moralistic
point of view. that's not a revolutionary tactic... its a liberal tactic.
Besides, not all military members are killers... gays have often been found on
the frontlines, but are have been historically concentrated in non-combat
roles, particularly medics.
Most do a tour or two of duty and then are discharged. Most aren't in it for
the longterm. Most will return to the normal occupations of the working class
along with their experiences. Should straight soliders learn that it's
perfectly acceptable to castigate homosexuals? Should gay people learn that
they are powerless to resist castigation?
With the "economic draft" most have very few choices out of poverty or for
education. LGBT are subject to many more pressures in the military due to the
likelihood of isolation. Getting dishonorably discharged can be a brutal and
crushing way to rejoin civilian life.
Revolutionaries during the Vietnam war didn't castigate returning veterans who
where fighting a revolutionary civil war didn't castigate and denounce
soldiers. That is exactly what the Rightwing in the US has tried to portray
has having happened. We helped to organize veterans... the government used
them brutally. Their rage contributed to the antiwar mobilizations and toward
the building of mass support to end the war.
Would you like to go to a meeting of the Iraq Veterans Against the War and
suggest that they are murderers and should therefore be ashamed?
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