Sarah Silverman, 'Weird' Al & More Take On DADT Supporters (VIDEO)

From Funny Or Die comes this hilarious and spot-on parody of the ridiculous reasons people support Don't Ask Don't Tell. With the help of Sarah Silverman, Tom Lennon, John Cho, "Weird" Al Yankovic and other comedians, the backwards logic of DADT is mocked to perfection in this mock ad for G.A.Y.S., or "Guys Against You Serving." The ad does a great job highlighting all the nonsensical reasons one could think of for supporting DADT. For instance: how could we stand having a military where the trenches are filled with men in tutus drinking Appletinis and watching "Sex & The City 2"?

WATCH:

G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) from Thomas Lennon

Comments

[rayzrface714]

11:00 AM on 10/02/2010

Why does Sarah Silverman engender the reaction to tie her up and slap her silly,all in good fun of course.

[bryan broome]

09:40 PM on 10/01/2010

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wyso/ppr/index.shtml

[Surge1000]

08:47 PM on 10/01/2010

I support DADT repeal fully, but this ad should be on remotelyamusingordie instead. I'd hate to lose Weird Al.

[in4success]

08:07 PM on 10/01/2010

sarah,

you put the snap into jap...the steam in the scream....it breaks my heart just watching you breathe.

thank you for that.

ABABA!!!!!

peace!

[spearsspears]

05:44 PM on 10/01/2010

I'm not sure that people realize that even soldiers are capable of discrimination. The issue isn't homosexuality; it's that if you are going to take a group of people, train them to be aggressive, and give them access to weapons, it is a good idea to make sure they have everyone's best interests in mind. Unfortunately, enough people are anti-homosexual enough that it is an issue. It becomes a safety issue for everyone in the group if just two of these people aren't getting along well. I agree that we should be more open minded but the sad reality is that not everyone else does, until the day that everyone can serve openly without discrimination I have to support DADT. It's tragic that it has to be this way, but I'm not personally willing to risk anyone's lives like that.

[jbowler]

06:49 PM on 10/01/2010

There is a certain irony to suggesting that someone should not join the military because ... well, f'gosh sake, they might get hurt. I can assure you that most people in the military are well aware of the risks involved, and most gays in the military are aware of the risks involved in being gay in the military. Fine, they are all adults, and I think capable of judging for themselves if the benefits to be gained, or the cause involved are worth the risk.

It's not as if gays outside the military are never at risk. As far as I know, neither Matthew Shepherd nor his attackers had anything to do with the military. The military recruiting process screens out anyone with a known history or predictable propensity for violence. As events at Ft. Hood, showed, their system is not perfect, but it's as good as any and better than most. I strongly suspect that anyone, gay or straight, is safer on a military base (or ship) than on the streets of most large American cities.

This is the same old "I'm doing for their own good" routine!

[Theatrixnyc]

04:47 PM on 10/03/2010

The military recruiting process screens out anyone with a known history or predictable propensity for violence**

The standards set for Military recruiting are at an all time low. Anytime you have a "Friendly Fire" rate of 51% you've got a serious, serious, problem. All the way across the board.

[darth geekboy]

01:46 AM on 10/02/2010

so you're worried that 2 "gays" will get into a "catfight" while in the middle of a mission.

man, you ARE ignorant.

[davyd56]

03:27 PM on 10/01/2010

Anyone who supports DADT is weak on national security.

[blingladen]

05:55 AM on 10/01/2010

I got a crush on you, Sarah - you're bright and beautiful. That combo is thankfully not that rare, but you're one of the best.

[roadwobbler]

07:12 AM on 10/01/2010

She fits the old saying: "No matter how good looking they are- sooner or later you're gonna have to talk to them."

[Chi--townfool]

11:08 AM on 10/01/2010

not if they don't speak english!

[jorkey]

01:02 AM on 10/01/2010

I agreed this policy should be remove and we should stop trying to regulate people way of living.
http://jorkey.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/why-so-much-hate-towards-gays/?preview=true&preview_id=233&preview_nonce=8affa1f3f1

[AlaninElkGrove]

12:44 AM on 10/01/2010

I love her mind!

[jeanrenoir]

11:44 PM on 09/30/2010

"Progressives" are so pitiful. They think there's some significance to The Daily Show, Colbert, Silverman, Lady Gaga, etc. They're all great, buy the vast majority of whites in this country are poor, ignorant, terminally unhip, and fans of Taylor Swift, at best, not these cool people. They RESENT these cool people. The endorsement of the cool is the kiss of death with these people. So it's entertaining to watch Weird Al and Sarah, but it's also totally politically irrelevant.

[quixoto]

02:54 AM on 10/01/2010

Just. Like. You.

[bdbbrooklyn]

12:08 PM on 10/01/2010

I think you're wrong about the "VAST" majority. The VAST majority of people don't give a hoot about politics so long as Monday Night Football and the View are on TV. I'd say the people who are active in politics, by and large, represent the two extremes in nearly equal number. Victory is about getting these apolitical people to shrug off their affluenza on election day. Presumably, these stars have thousands of fans . . . some of whom will embrace their political views.

[RatPack78]

11:38 PM on 09/30/2010

That wasn't Tom Lennon in that leather jacket, it was Tom of Finland!

[rjmtx]

09:40 PM on 09/30/2010

Didn't the Spartans have a respectable fighting force? Just sayin...

[RagingWaters]

09:32 PM on 09/30/2010

Permítame please if you, the girl of the black hair have the face of Alicia the Goon.

Thanks.

[TheBaffler]

10:43 PM on 09/30/2010

fuggoff

[ardethbay]

07:15 AM on 10/01/2010

x2

[parkerfly38]

09:10 PM on 09/30/2010

One of our favorite passtimes already is "gay chicken", where two guys will see just how far one will go before they actually do something definitively "gay." Half of the porn digested by male soldiers is female on female.

The gay is already there, we might as well just legitimize it. For heavens sake, even if you're inclined to have issues with homosexuality, the rampant heterosexuality can't be all that healthy.

[LLelantra]

08:37 PM on 09/30/2010

Prior to DADT > (ask and/or report your comrade) Clinton never thought this would be the final policy, but an improvement over the previous one one. I am tired of even good effforts being mocked because they don't go far enough. It takes working not whining to improve.

[TheBaffler]

10:45 PM on 09/30/2010

That's a popular myth. When, then, did Clinton also vehemently support DOMA if he were really for gay rights?

[John McIntosh]

09:13 AM on 10/12/2010

No, it is not a popular myth. In the face of Clinton's attempt to live up to his campaign promise, he learned that if he signed an executive order, Congress would pass a law countermanding it with a veto-proof majority, thereby keeping in place a far more draconian policy, and perhaps installing a worse one. He did the best he could. DADT sucks, but in 1993, it was indeed a vast improvement. I was there, in the military before and after that time, and life for gays got a lot better, on the whole. The policy should go, and now that strong majorities of Americans have caught up to this idea, it will go, soon.

As for DOMA, yeah, that was just Clinton throwing gays under the to blunt political damage. So, as adults we can learn to hold two opposing ideas in our heads without our heads exploding. He should be praised for DADT and damned for DOMA.