@@matthewnewnham-runner-writer compared to The West Wing… matey, you will be certainly disappointed. However, give it a try, this series has several moments of true brilliance.

most certainly quite delightful!

Of course, since Will McAvoy was an outspoken Republican, that makes sense how, exactly?

Because the issue is about gay soldiers being allowed to continue and start their military career. Also...why bring up your right to be a cunt?

@@slitor bravo on that final line. Effing bravo.

They're willing to sacrifice their lives to protect your beliefs, so the bare minimum you could do is keep your beliefs to yourself and pay due respect by keeping your mouth shut.

this show came out before Trump was even a candidate, and much of the news was revolving around the 2012 election.

Because you don't want him to be angry. Because in a clip about republicans booing a man who served his country because of a part of himself he has no influence on. You thought that the most annoying thing about this clip was that the man talking about it was angry. I'm guessing in 2012 you might've been there booing yourself. That's why you're angry.

@@jamesslater9098 im not angry, I'm just tired of liberals having such bad communication skills.

If only it was Don't Ask Don't Tell Don't SNITCH! "Has nothing to do with the mission, serving, etc." Yep, so why ban people from having a professional life for who they are in private life?

so that's a blatant ass lie and as a Chief, you should know better. How many of the men under you did you know have wives or girlfriends? how often could fellas talk about how much they missed their families back home? Pretty often. So folks like you or me can talk at length about OUR sexual story, but a SEAL gets discharged out of the Navy because he ends a phonecall with another man by saying "I love you?" How is those three words impeding the mission?

found the guy that booed

@@joelwillis2043 Found the Libtard.

@@Stuart267 don't look now, but you're also virtue signaling.

@@c0nd0rd4myt You may need to look up the meaning of virtue signalling. Fucklng imbecile

@@c0nd0rd4myt May want to look up the MEANING of virtue signalling. 🤡

you or I as straight men aren't expected to leave our personal feelings at the gate, so why should they? If you've ever talked to a fellow man in uniform about your wife or girlfriend, than under your own rules you should have been discharged too.

@@c0nd0rd4myt there’s things I don’t need to hear about from my hetero counterparts either and have said so over the years it’s just clearly more pronounced in the alphabet community because they’ve made that the foundation of their existence. Having said that, I do know some who are alphabet that are completely professional and great to work with so it’s not the crowd as a whole.

@@Jameski07 no, they haven't made that the foundation of their existence. If you actually talked with and knew the people you had these prejudiced views of, you'd stop holding these views. Point stands that we don't drum out straight people who talk too much about the intimate areas of their lives, so why should we hold a double standard for gay ones, other than the fact that you just don't like them?

this is where you show your ignorance. you think we went to war for the oil. this is not the case. we knew there were no wmd. and we did not want the oil. what we invaded iraq for was because saddam was producing oil and attempting to trade it in something other than US dollars. the petro dollar is the ONLY reason we have any semblance of an economy. its the reason we can stand alone on the world stage. if oil is traded in euros or whatever else our economy collapses in short order. so yes. those men and women fought and died for the america you live in. dont get it twisted and try to understand a little bit more than what your foolish buddy told you.

Even if you want to buy into that idea, that doesn't make refusing to allow gays to serve morally okay.

Does it feel good for you to hate?

i know many vets that have transitioned. .. and they would still be more than a match for the likes of you.

I was there in 1981. Things must have changed on one front - if you made it through your other schools (for me, Electronics Tech A school) you were an E-4. I made E-5 while in school. But the important thing had not changed. We lived in barracks with four men to a room, and all of us in our room knew (eventually) that Brian was gay. Several others had figured it out too, but he was our buddy - period. Then one night, a machinist's mate from Alabama finally caught on, because we would go party at the clubs in town, but Brian usually left after one or two drinks. We all knew he was going to a gay bar or some other thing like that, and we did not care, but this guy was going to "report that pervert!" We were forced to let him know that if he did he'd get his ass kicked so high that he'd be shitting out of his neck. Brian was one of the lucky ones, at least for a while. But I am sure he dreaded every transfer and new posting knowing that he might not have friends who would have his back. I lost touch with him after reactor prototype training, but I hope he never had to go through what you did.

In a combat zone. Maybe you don't get it. My dad commanded a small fire base in Vietnam. Most days he and his men were at the base, and relatively safe, but they could be called on to go on combat patrol or provide artillery support (drawing enemy fire) at any time. He was in combat.

@@pdoylemi Difference between in combat zone and in combat.... semantics matter.

@@rambo9199 Not in this case. This guy was in combat on a regular basis. You do not expect an Army Captain to do a TV interview in the middle of a firefight! The reason "in combat" is correct is because there are MANY troops in combat zones who do not see combat - they are support troops. My niece is an intelligence officer. She served in a combat zone in Afghanistan because she was trained in Farsi and Arabic, and could interrogate prisoners and help debrief local translators who worked with our people. She never was in combat - she wasn't even allowed off the base. So she was in a combat zone but NOT in combat - this guy was.

make whatever excuse you have to in order to make yourself feel better about hating people willing to die for the america you believe in. it was never about the oil. it was always about trading the oil in something other than US dollars. the petro dollar is what sustains us. did you learn anything at all? i would suppose not.

I was in the US Navy at the same time and this stuff happened here too - but not always. I had a friend in Nuclear Power School who was gay, and most of us knew it eventually and we did not care. And when one guy figured it out and wanted to make trouble for Brian, we made it clear to him that HE would get a beat down if he tried.

The SOLDIERS are fighting for freedom - but they do not choose the conflicts.

this is where you show your ignorance. you think we went to war for the oil. this is not the case. we knew there were no wmd. and we did not want the oil. what we invaded iraq for was because saddam was producing oil and attempting to trade it in something other than US dollars. the petro dollar is the ONLY reason we have any semblance of an economy. its the reason we can stand alone on the world stage. if oil is traded in euros or whatever else our economy collapses in short order. so yes. those men and women fought and died for the america you live in. dont get it twisted and try to understand a little bit more than what your foolish buddy told you