May 22, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on Savage Love.
Great column as usual, but I've been waiting for Dan's comments on the President's support of gay marriage and (even more so) his comments on rabid homophobe Charles Worley, a North Carolina preacher who's said that gays should be penned up somewhere with an electric fence around them, and that "40 years ago, they would've been hung from a tree."
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May 11, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on I, Anonymous.
I also just Googled the original story. A follow-up indicated that prosecutors declined to press charges against Anon; she was carrying a licensed gun and her version of the story was backed-up by several fellow passengers.
Further, she stayed to wait for police after the incident and fully cooperated. State law in Washington says that a licensed handgun owner mayu shoot in self defense if he/she believes they or their familiy is in danger. She gave him warning to stay back and get away and he continued to charge her anyway.
The fact that she was not prosecuted and was acting in her opwn self-defense was enough for me. No, I don't like people carrying guns, yes I do not care if they do so legally, know how to handle them and act responsibly with their use.
Google the death of a friend of mine named Julio Rivera, who was killed by gay bashers in Jackson Heights (NYC) in 1990. I often wonder if his young life would not have been cut short, had he had something to protect himself. His attackers ripped his skull open with the claw end of a hammer and watched his brains spill onto the sidewalk.
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Further, she stayed to wait for police after the incident and fully cooperated. State law in Washington says that a licensed handgun owner mayu shoot in self defense if he/she believes they or their familiy is in danger. She gave him warning to stay back and get away and he continued to charge her anyway.
The fact that she was not prosecuted and was acting in her opwn self-defense was enough for me. No, I don't like people carrying guns, yes I do not care if they do so legally, know how to handle them and act responsibly with their use.
Google the death of a friend of mine named Julio Rivera, who was killed by gay bashers in Jackson Heights (NYC) in 1990. I often wonder if his young life would not have been cut short, had he had something to protect himself. His attackers ripped his skull open with the claw end of a hammer and watched his brains spill onto the sidewalk.
May 1, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on I, Anonymous.
I hate people who think they can do anything they want for some fucked-up reason like having a gun in their pocket.
Truth or fiction, this was a very well-written I-Anon and one of the most entertaining I can remember in the series. It got plenty of great comments also.
Truth or fiction, this was a very well-written I-Anon and one of the most entertaining I can remember in the series. It got plenty of great comments also.
May 1, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on Savage Love.
Wow. Ball-busting. That is one strange fetish. I personally have had a testicular varicocele since I was 14 (the veins in my scrotum are exteremely enlarged, resulting in the appearance that I have abnormally large testicles). This condition is considered benign, but can be painful and my scrotum is extremely sensitive. I cannot imagine having someone kick, punch or even mildly squeeze my balls.
Be that as it may, I am curious about this week's letter. I would think that such activity as described is extremely painful, if not dangerous. I cannot imagine the agony that such treatment would encompass.
@ #7 -- clearly you are upset at Dan's controversial speech this week in which he upset some uptight Bible-thumping idiots. I listened to Dan's speech on the internet; all I heard was a man who told the truth. And in reaction, I saw some people who couldn't accept the truth walk out of his talk. Dan is 100% correct; the Bible is full of bullshit. It's nothing more that a collection of superstitious myths strung together with a bunch of uptight "moral" admonitions thrown in. It's time we stopped letting people act like complete assholes in the name of religion, or being intimidated to call out those religions - and I mean ALL of them -- as a bunch of old superstitions and fairy tales. Thank God that Atheism has become the fasting growing "creed" in the US, with a full 17% (more than blacks, Hispanics, gays or almost any other demograph) now admitting to having no religious beliefs whatsoever.
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Be that as it may, I am curious about this week's letter. I would think that such activity as described is extremely painful, if not dangerous. I cannot imagine the agony that such treatment would encompass.
@ #7 -- clearly you are upset at Dan's controversial speech this week in which he upset some uptight Bible-thumping idiots. I listened to Dan's speech on the internet; all I heard was a man who told the truth. And in reaction, I saw some people who couldn't accept the truth walk out of his talk. Dan is 100% correct; the Bible is full of bullshit. It's nothing more that a collection of superstitious myths strung together with a bunch of uptight "moral" admonitions thrown in. It's time we stopped letting people act like complete assholes in the name of religion, or being intimidated to call out those religions - and I mean ALL of them -- as a bunch of old superstitions and fairy tales. Thank God that Atheism has become the fasting growing "creed" in the US, with a full 17% (more than blacks, Hispanics, gays or almost any other demograph) now admitting to having no religious beliefs whatsoever.
Apr 18, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on I, Anonymous.
Really doesn't matter if it was published before or not. It didn't tell me anything I don't already know, and I am one of the lowestf the 99%. In fact, I'm more like -2%.
Apr 17, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on Savage Love.
Your advice to tush was perfect and confirmed my own experience 100%. The only difference is that when I was his age -- 40 years ago! -- I had to figure it all out for myself, which took some time.
Wonderful column!
Wonderful column!
Mar 21, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on I, Anonymous.
I do not like the followers of LaRouche. They also put up offensive posters and talk nonsense on the East Coast, so I applaud your desire and, as a non-violent person, your restraint.
@ #7 - As for healthcare I'm afraid that big insurance and drug companies are far too powerful here in the US. It is essentially a dead issue at this point, and I fear it may always be. Far too many of the disappearing middle-class here swallow the propaganda that people in countries with public health systems are miserable, over-taxed and not properly cared for. They ignore the reality that, eventually, most of us may need public health, but it won't be there.
@ #7 - As for healthcare I'm afraid that big insurance and drug companies are far too powerful here in the US. It is essentially a dead issue at this point, and I fear it may always be. Far too many of the disappearing middle-class here swallow the propaganda that people in countries with public health systems are miserable, over-taxed and not properly cared for. They ignore the reality that, eventually, most of us may need public health, but it won't be there.
Mar 7, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on Savage Love.
I am entirely with Dan on his "gold star pedophile" theory.
As a gay man who is not a pedophile, I have often wondered what it would be like to live with that particular branch of "sexual orientation" and shuddered to think how lucky I am that I am not so inflicted. I know fropm experience how many people view my sexual orientation (gay) as sick and immoral, and I can just imagine what it must be like to be a pedophile.
I have always believed that pedophiles who do not act on their attractions, and maybe even some that do, deserve more sympathy that scorn. I one had a friend who actually admitted to many of his friends that he was attracted to young guys. He "solved" his problem by simply dating a guy in his late 20's who looked like a teenager. His boyfriend wasn't very good looking; in fact, he was skinny and short and baby-faced, and had bad skin like a teen. It sure worked for him.
I have no idea if they're still together, but I remember thinking he was lucky to find someone who could legally fufill his fantasies.
I just think many gay men who discuss pedophilia and say, "That's sick, creepy and disgusting" are rather hypocritical, when there are coutless straight people who think the same thing about them.
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As a gay man who is not a pedophile, I have often wondered what it would be like to live with that particular branch of "sexual orientation" and shuddered to think how lucky I am that I am not so inflicted. I know fropm experience how many people view my sexual orientation (gay) as sick and immoral, and I can just imagine what it must be like to be a pedophile.
I have always believed that pedophiles who do not act on their attractions, and maybe even some that do, deserve more sympathy that scorn. I one had a friend who actually admitted to many of his friends that he was attracted to young guys. He "solved" his problem by simply dating a guy in his late 20's who looked like a teenager. His boyfriend wasn't very good looking; in fact, he was skinny and short and baby-faced, and had bad skin like a teen. It sure worked for him.
I have no idea if they're still together, but I remember thinking he was lucky to find someone who could legally fufill his fantasies.
I just think many gay men who discuss pedophilia and say, "That's sick, creepy and disgusting" are rather hypocritical, when there are coutless straight people who think the same thing about them.
Feb 9, 2012
Gay Movie Fan commented on Church or Cult?.
The article asks, "Is this a cult?" I only had to read the first few paragraphs to answer that one.
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