Actually, I was responding to the more broad concern that I wrote about being a military person, that somehow we are suppose to respect "people". No where does it say that military personnel must respect individuals. We respect the office, and we follow the "lawful - you are correct LTS" orders given by those IN those OFFICES.
But yes, if you want to find fine print in the forums, I'll trust you that is says that when writing posts, that we are suppose to be respectful of PEOPLE in certain offices. That's not practical or enforceable. It's a "poor choice of words". However, the fact that politics is not to be discussed makes the "respect" portion a moot point.
I believe that there should be a "Political section" to the forum. I believe that it's important that especially on a military oriented forum, that our young cadets, enlisted, and officers realize that just because they are willing to die for our constitutional rights, and that because we took an oath that we would follow the lawful orders of those appointed over us, that we have NOT LOST OUR RIGHT to disagree and to express ourselves. The only difference is in HOW we are allowed to express ourselves. But there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with disagreeing with an elected official, and even not respecting him/her. As long as the office that they hold is respected, and by association, their lawful orders are followed. That is a very difficult thing for many people to comprehend. How do you follow orders that you disagree with, and you disagree with the person giving those orders. WELL, that's what makes the military a special breed of individuals, and why not EVERYONE has what it takes to be in the military. If you can't separate the two, then you have no business being in the military. And there are so many complacent people when it comes to politics and our government, and that THEY, the GOVERNMENT, works for us, that I am all for ANYTHING that gets people more involved with our political system.