in which I say something unpleasant, incendiary and triggery about those opposed to DADT repeal

[rm]

I'm following the hearings a bit and the usual chestnut of "there will be more male-on-male rape if we allow homosexuals in the military" keeps getting dragged out.

1. There are already gay people in the military.
2. If they were going to commit rape, a change in the DADT laws wouldn't stop them.
3. Gay women exist.
4. Why do you think all gay men are rapists?

And then I go "Ooooooooooooooooooh."

Because for me, the only reasonable explanation I can find for the "all gay men want to do is rape other men" bullshit isn't the "homophobia comes from latent homosexuality" argument.

Nope, I hear this shit and I think to myself that these straight men arguing this want to rape every woman they see (whether they ever would or not). And knowing their own desires, they assume that their rape impulses are normal, and that all men, including all gay men, must harbour them too.

It completely creeps me out.

Because let's be clear: the desire to rape, regardless of gender or orientation, is not a default state, and most men aren't rapists and don't desire to be rapists.

But I am completely creeped the fuck out by our politicians that keep arguing the damn gay rape angle.

Comments

[delchi.livejournal.com]

I heard some of this drivel on talk radio. This one caller ( who was beaten to a pulp verbally by the host ) kept referring to gay men in the army as " Nocturnal feeders " ... which apparently means that they wait until other men are asleep and " feed " off of them. The guy seriously said ' How woudl you like it if you woke up in the middle of the night and saw someone down there feeding of of you'.

The stupid, it burns.

[amberite2112.livejournal.com]

the reverse implication being that they feed off of women? i am now triple-creeped out.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Well the (idiot) caller suggested that gay men feed off of straight men, and that lesbian women feed off of women .... in the barracks, in the middle of the night. It almost sounded like he was trying to tell a scary campfire story. Thankfully the host of the show and many other people shut the guy down.

[malle-babbe.livejournal.com]

I'd imagine that anyone who believes in the existence of Incubbi and Succubi is a lost cause in the logic department.