Letters to the Editor
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@noj
"now...re: this military politicization that folks are howling about. the military itself, like it or not and quite naturally, in my opinion, is an entity that typically aligns itself with the right of the political spectrum. "
noj -the point isn't how the military VOTES. They all can vote as right/left/whatever they feel. But suppose the guy who works at the grocery store is a Mormon and won't sell you wine? Or the pharmacist is anti-abortion and won't sell the morning after pill. Ideally these folks leave their beliefs at the door and do their jobs. Right or wrong, you can go someplace else and get what you want if they choose not to deliver. The military safeguards our rights, and we have no place else to go to get them if they choose to withhold them; and they have way more guns that we have so they can actually use deadly force to keep us from going to get them back. THAT is why it's a big deal. They can believe what they want, but on the job, they need to be completely neutral in order for that safeguard (i.e. their jobs) to be meaningful. That is the point of the flap here.