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...wasn't surprised that Mansfield wouldtestify," said Henderson, who took Government 10under the Harvard professor. "He could be viewedas a bigot in academic clothes...
...long, those on the Left have indulged in cynically moralistic rhetoric intended to discourage the expression of dissent and especially to show how much more enlightened and sophisticated they are than the rest of us. Anyone who disagrees with them is branded a bigot, a racist, a homophobe and so on through the catalog of epithets the Left has rendered meaningless through reckless overuse. They explain away people who hold views different from their own by attributing to such backward folk the all-purpose motivation of Hate...
...response to William E. Pike's letter "Powell Not a Bigot," I must question why Mr. Pike has failed to see that "high school graduates who joined the armed services as their only hope" also includes gay and bisexual men and women. Why is it that only straight men and women should be given the benefit of military jobs which "often serve as the... only way out for young people coming from bad schools and poor homes?" These unfortunate conditions do not discriminate based on sexual orientation, so why should the military...
...Colin L. Powell is not the proper target for protest. Powell's distinguished career and inspiring success deserve our respect, not misguided hostility. It would be wrong to infer nefarious motives from Powell's frustrating conclusion about the issue of gays in the military. In fact, Powell is no bigot--he is merely a pessimist...
...consistent with utility: The ban is necessary. In Powell's eyes, the ban on gays in the military is much like war itself--a necessary evil. Powell apparently is a pessimist about achieving true tolerance and acceptance toward differences in sexuality. But he is definitely not a bigot...