{"id":20129,"date":"2010-08-13T20:45:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T00:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20129"},"modified":"2010-08-13T20:46:28","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T00:46:28","slug":"nathan-lane-called-he-told-me-to-tell-you-to-stop-acting-like-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20129","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Lane called, he told me to tell you to stop acting like a girl."},"content":{"rendered":"

You know, I’ve been known to take a few on the chin here for my support of dropping DADT. I believe as the inestimably brilliant Uncle Jimbo<\/a> once sagely noted that:<\/p>\n

If I am lying by the road bleeding, I don\u2019t care if the medic coming to save me is gay. I just hope he is one of those buff gay guys who are always in the gym so he can throw me over his shoulder and get me out of there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That being said, look at this story from FoxNews<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The inspector general of the Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet is under investigation for the handling\u2014and dismissal\u2014of a Navy ensign\u2019s anti-gay harassment complaint, FoxNews.com has learned.<\/p>\n

Ensign Steve Crowston said he suffered months of continual anti-gay harassment and sexual discrimination from his fellow and commanding officers with Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Naval Air Station, Oceana, Va.<\/p>\n

The harassment began in August 2009, says Crowston, 36, when his fellow officers called him into a room for a review of call signs, a military moniker that easily identifies a service member. He says his name was written on a whiteboard with a list of call sign recommendations: \u201cCowboy,\u201d \u201cGay Boy,\u201d \u201cFagmeister,\u201d \u201cCowgirl,\u201d \u201cRomo\u2019s Bitch,\u201d \u201cTO,\u201d \u201cTerrell Owens\u201d and \u201cRedskins.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First off, on the scale on inappropriate names those rank about as low on my give-a-shit-meter as it goes. VT Woody is one of my best friends, and I have called him FAR FAR worse. In turn he calls me “shit pants” probably due to the fact that I actually shit in his pants. But, that is neither here nor there. The harassment was so bad, Steve Crowston had to complain. Further,<\/p>\n

Crowston said he was humiliated and offended by the call sign review and asked for an apology from officers responsible for coming up with the \u201cGay Boy\u201d and \u201cFagmeister\u201d suggestions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be acknowledgment that this is improper content \u2014 there’s obviously an issue with call signs \u2014 and I\u2019m seeking acknowledgment that this is improper conduct within the aviator community,\u201d Crowston said. \u201cI believe I\u2019m owed an apology for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that people that have the courage to step up and know right from wrong and say something,\u201d Crowston said. \u201cI\u2019m standing up for what I feel is right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Steve, I could absolutely care less about your sexuality. I don’t care if you are the life of the party over at the Blue Oyster Bar, giving out handies in “Don’t Tell Mama” or if you are nailing cocktail waitresses two at a time. But dude, you need to be booted for having all the rugged manliness of Andy Dick. Seriously. Is the call sign stuff inappropriate? Sure, but, and here’s a distinction I like to note….YOU SERVE IN A FIGHTER SQUADRON, NOT AS THE HR MANAGER AT IBM. Jesus man, at least act like you have a pair.<\/p>\n

If you are ever in any situation where either a superior or someone who works for you calls you “Gay Boy”, the appropriate response is to hit them in the side of the head with a chair. That’s it. Right there. You can give them a verbal warning if you must, but, I say swing. One of my dearest friends once called me chicken, and we ended up throwing punches in the mud at Ft. Bragg. After the fight we hugged and it was over. That man hug has been officially rated by Out Magazine as 1\/345th as gay as complaining about a call sign.<\/p>\n

If there was an entire squadron harassing you about being gay, assuming they never saw you playing tonsil hockey with a man, the most likely reason is that you are acting like a total phag. This is the kind of crap that is going to turn our military from the hard charging A types that we have now into a gelded fraternity of sphincter boys wearing polos and loafers. Don’t be that guy. If you can’t handle the interpersonal strife in a unit without resorting to IG complaints, you really need to rethink your occupational choice. <\/p>\n

Maybe Perez Hilton can get you a job drawing white stuff on celebrities faces, because war is a team sport, and there’s no U in team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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