> I know we'll have to take a hit, just as the armed forces did take hits when they put negroes, and then women, and then homosexuals on the firing line. If b

> I know we'll have to take a hit, just as the armed forces did take hits when they put negroes, and then women, and then homosexuals on the firing line. If by "take a hit" he means "take political arguments," then this is true but irrelevant to his argument. If he means "became less effective," then that would support his argument, but it would also be false.