(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Let's thank Drag Queen Harpy Daniels for helping the USS Reagan get 2022 Battle Efficiency Award!!! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-05-05 Joshua Kelley, a 24-year-old yeoman 3rd class, performs as 'Harpy Daniels' for sailors aboard the carrier Reagan. ((MC3 Charles J. Scudella III/Navy)) Minorities were the object of scorn and the military was desegregated and Eisenhower took Truman’s order and made it happen. And there were those that were violently opposed. But Eisenhower was no friend to gay people. And yet there is the story of Johnnie Phelps which was no doubt driven by necessity. Then gay people were allowed to openly serve and die for their country. That executive order/policy was finally laid to rest 50 years later. They told us that would be end of the world’s greatest military. Well...that did not happen...so…. We have to find a new group to persecute, so let’s make it about drag queens. OH! PLEASE PROTECT US MR. POLITICIAN!!! (Did Texas Governor Abbott order the Texas National Guard’s Military Police to patrol the bathrooms???? OMG! What’s up with that? I don’t think he did!) We honor and press the ‘like’ button on social media — we support our veterans and soldiers. Except I have given to the USO for about 20 years now. That is support. Not some feel good ‘like’ thoughts and prayers that mean nothing. Local news outlet The Dallas Express is out there doing their bit to press that fear button. Drag Queen Recruitment Push Brings Navy Under Fire The last 2 paragraphs should lead the article. But more importantly, if young people see someone like Harpy serving, and they are ‘different’ they can now think maybe a lifetime of service to our nation in the military is a chance for a better life because if someone like Harpy can serve, maybe I can too. Navy recruitment is down and maybe this will help letting Harpy speak. Maybe we get the next Alan Turing? If you wanted to spin something, well, how about we thank Harpy for her service in helping the USS Reagan achieve the 2022 Battle Efficiency (“E”) Award. I keep asking myself how is it when I see this tripe it takes me all of 5 minutes to find articles to blow this crap up? Maybe because the Dallas Express article is about persecution? Are we really wanting to return to the past because we are so terrified by DEI? We keep fighting this battle over and over again. The movie Watermelon Man was another example of race relations and people who are different. The Jews have an old saying — If God lived on earth, people would break out all his windows. Ignorant people are so scared of the different that even if the divine walks among us we could not tolerate it and would destroy it. Our intolerance was played out in the 1963 Outer Limits TV series of the Zanti Misfits. Follow the link to read the plot line. But we destroy members of another species because they can’t bring themselves to do it. And in a twist of fate, this occurs on the USS Reagan, and Ronald Reagan was in the movie ‘This the Army’ which had a big drag number. So… where was the outcry then? Why weren’t they screaming and yelling how this movie would destroy the military? And for those in the know, should I quote 1st Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill??? So instead, how about we solve real issues and quit worrying about someone who dresses in drag and performs? But solving real issues is not the agenda is it. Or its not the agenda of those who donate. Or we need the loyal support of those who are intolerant. Remember Gil Fulbright the honest politician? (an amusing, but sad and true less than 2 minute video) [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/5/2167708/-Let-s-thank-Drag-Queen-Harpy-Daniels-for-helping-the-USS-Reagan-get-2022-Battle-Efficiency-Award Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/