That's a pretty gross generalization regarding that earlier topic. What I actually said was that in the young, first enlistment ranks, rape and sexual assault are much more common than they are with career military personnel. I drew a parallel between young recruits that are college age and non military personnel living in dorms on college campuses. The rape/sexual assault rates between THOSE two groups are nearly identical.
My point was that it was age and the experience of being away from home and suddenly freed from parental controls that contributed significantly to the rape rates in both groups. So therefore, you can't judge career military personnel by those statistics of the younger group.
I understand your point about communists, anarchists, socialists, neonazis, etc within and outside the OWS movement not NECESSARILY representing the OWS goals as a whole . But using your example, what would you think if NAMBA and other unsavory groups began issuing statements en masse supporting rapists and sexual predators within the military? And then the military did absolutely nothing to dissuade the public from believing that it shared values and goals with these groups?
Wouldn't that at least get your attention and make you go, "Hmmmmm...?"