20220117 Newsletter
Is my opinion wrong, or my identity wrong? My fundamental ideas on being Gay. Push back is starting against cancel culture.
IS MY OPINION WRONG OR MY IDENTITY WRONG?
That is the phrase to use when you have some person whose argument consists of stating that you are cis white Gay.
It annoys them since it concisely shows that they don’t have an argument and further are engaging in a misleading tactic. They are arguing from identity to avoid the issue at hand.
Make sure you use it often.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CONNECTED ON MORE THAN ONE PLATFORM
If I get canceled on one platform you will still be able to find me.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/473985827246638
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaycentric/
https://twitter.com/PartisanGay
I am not saying you should be connected on all these platforms, but at least the Substack and one of the ones listed above.
PEOPLE GETTING FED UP WITH CANCEL CULTURE
This article has nothing to do with Lesbian or Gay issues. However, it is interesting in how there is beginning to be push back against the self-righteous social media brigades that pile on denunciations and baseless accusations of racism.
I think that the politics of relentless attacks by those who are intoxicated with being self-righteous is coming to an end.
I think we can expect that trans will become less able to engage in the tactics similar to those used against the writer in this article.
STARTED MY BOOK
Even though the following is short, I gave it a lot of thought as to what the basic ideas are. I am likely to do some editing with this. Sometimes you just need to write to get your ideas on paper to start developing them.
This is my initial text:
What is being Gay? What are the possibilities and opportunities in existing as a Gay person? What do we think about our place in the universe? How do we value being Gay? What should be our basis in thinking about these questions?
I think that these are important questions. Without considering these questions a Gay person could miss out on the great possibilities in Gay life and avoid adopting anti-Gay ideas and their self-destructive consequences. Also, without considering these questions we can’t effectively defend the Gay community from anti-Gay forces and ideas, develop and advance policies and programs that benefit the Gay community and meet its needs and avoid destructive bad policies.
The answers to the questions asked in the introduction are as follows
1. Being Gay is a central element in defining who we are and through its manifestations and its unfolding impacts makes us different than others.
2. We have the potential to live our lives in many ways other than that in imitation of straight people. The unfortunate focus has been, however, on enabling Gays to live in imitation of straight people rather than to explore what possible different ways, perhaps radically different ways, we might live.
3. We are part of the creation of the universe. We have a fundamental right to exist and to pursue our lives as Gays. All beliefs, ideologies, movements, religions that deny our place in the universe need to either correct themselves or be understood to be trash.
4. We should consider that it is a great and good fortune to be Gay.
5. We should have a philosophy and value system thought out by ourselves, for ourselves. We should judge values and beliefs relative to the needs of ourselves and the Gay community. Straight people and their beliefs should not be our standards. There are just more of them.
For our security, happiness, and self-realization as Gay people we need an inner temple of thought for ourselves and away from the pressures and propaganda of society and the discord of anti-Gay noise.
SENDING THIS OUT A DAY EARLY
I am very busy tomorrow.
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