Treason And Santorum

Assholes make Leo cry.

If I’m getting all political up in this space, you know I’m serious. And when I get serious, you best watch yourself. There’s only a few things in this world that gets my passions burning, and aside from wronging my children, a twinkly vampire throwing me around our honeymoon suite, or taking away my TV and/or internet, my passionate inner beast will cut a bitch over the gays.

Aside from being confused about some people having the rights to other people’s lives, there’s the whole Being A Major Asshole About The Gays deal I don’t get. But this is not about the gays. This is about respect and lack thereof.

If you are booing loudly at a man who is actively serving in our military when his video question is shown at a political debate?

You should be tried in a court of law for treason.

It happened at the Google/Fox News Republican Debate on Thursday when Rick Santorum* was asked via video by an active duty soldier if he would “circumvent the progress that has been made for gays and lesbians in the military.” Before Santorum answered the soldier’s question with an answer that included phrases like, “any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military” and “we would reinstitute [DADT] if Rick Santorum was president,” there was a several-second pause whereby several audience members booed the soldier’s question:

Not only is it despicable, deplorable, disheartening, and disgusting, booing an active duty military officer is a sign of treason.

I would hope that the people who are found to have shown that kind of disrespect to an active duty military professional are held accountable for their actions and are used as examples.

The actions by those people booing in the audience have nothing to do with that soldier being gay, Christian, a parent, white, midwestern, or a Nickelback fan. As an active duty military professional stationed ANYWHERE, that person deserves every single American’s utmost respect, and to otherwise is a treasonous act.

trea·son
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one’s government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. a violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or to one’s state.
3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.

*Santorum is my new favorite dirty word. Google Santorum. You’ll learn something new today.

image credit Allison

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