Don't Ask; Don't Tell Repeal Blocked

[McTahr]

Originally Posted by Premmy

See, now, you're arguing the wrong thing, you seem to think I'm saying
"gay folks have special gay-psychic powers that predict the future as it pertains to gay stuff"
When I'm saying
"It's up to gay people to decide what will make things better or worse for them as a whole because it effects them, is about them, and really is none of your business unless you plan on doing things that THEY want you to do."
to wit this

might be more important to THEM than something else so the
"if we get rid of DADT it'll be WORSE for the gays"
argument is you, being a presumptuous ass and acting like you have special straight psychic powers that let you predict the needs and desires of gay people because you know so much.

They're uh, not exactly straight psychic powers.

What I'm saying is that as a bisexual person myself, (Hey! I'm like halfway in between both crowds anyway!) I still think it is ridiculous to place the task of prediction in the hands of any untrained individual.

Obviously, yes, the decision ultimately weighs heavier on them, but in the sciences, regardless of who the decision affects, the same scientific method should be used. It's definitely ridiculous for a straight layman to claim the right of speculation, but in terms of safety and qualitative predictions? A layman's a layman.

I mean, defaulting to a situation of absolutely no trained individuals or scientists, it's pretty much the concern of gays and gays alone, just like blah blah abortion and women. I'm not arguing that, obviously.