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Military and Society Threatened by Women in Combat

Bulldog74 Wrote: Jan 25, 2013 7:34 AM

As far as I know, there's no rule or policy against women playing in the NFL. And MAYBE there is a woman out there somewhere who could make the cut. But so far it hasn't happened. That's because winning games is the standard of success in the NFL. Unfortunately for the US, political correctness now trumps winning as a standard of success for the military. And unlike the NFL, this is going to get good soldiers killed one of these days.

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Mother of 4 -- the original Wrote: Jan 25, 2013 9:07 AM

Somehow, 50-60 years ago, we decided that it was bad manners to actually win a war.

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Military and Society Threatened by Women in Combat

The first line of attack in political battles is language. Getting people to phrase things your way is the first step to getting them to think your way.

In the foggy mess of the debate over women in combat, you will see media references to a “ban” being “lifted.”

Bans are bad. Lifting bans is good. Therein lies the bias strangling this issue in the dominant media culture.

Am I “banned” from the women’s restrooms at work? No, I’m just not supposed to be in there, so that word doesn’t come up. The...

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