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Societal Factors that Encourage Homosexual Behavior in Otherwise Straight Men

    Many might wonder why some people, especially men, who are not actually gay sometimes end up seeming gay. I have compiled a short list, because the elements are seem fairly obvious to me without much further research. This is not the result of a sociological study. It is my opinion. People have to be aware that the folkways and norms of society are in no way in their best interests. Also, the many factors involved in this list easily play into one another in terms of the capacity to pile on top of specific people. 1. The Jail and Prison Systems    Our incarceration systems group men together in close quarters. To add to many concerns, there's a known link between poverty and falling into incarceration.  https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/income.html   As I've opined elsewhere, the prison system is unnecessary and harmful. The system could be reformed to do away with it in such a capacity that people are only jailed a short time. I've given my full ...

One of the great things about The First Amendment is that political speech is protected

     It would definitely look like I am doing something wrong in posts here were it not the fact that we have a United States Constitution which is "the supreme law of the land," (see Article VI of the U.S. Constitution) in which the First Amendment (part of what is also known as the "Bill of Rights) expressly outlines basic freedoms of U.S. citizens that are not to be violated by the government. Citizens' right of "political speech" has long been understood as a bullet-proof component of First Amendment rights, and so therefore is sometimes listed in "exclusions" to behavior that can be prosecuted under penal code. The Supreme Court ruled on a case involving political speech even a year ago (in 2016) in Heffernan v. City of Patterson.     My previous few posts here fall within the boundaries of political speech. There is nothing anyone can say to my detriment, shame, (or even incrimination) over it, as least in legal terms.    I stand for the ...

Don't get me wrong (just to clarify the previous post)

    In the previous post I was not trying to say that I somehow think that work and a strong workforce for national economies is not important.  I do not have a skewed view of work neither personally nor in terms of national economies. America needs a strong, committed workforce to be prosperous and for the economy to thrive. It needs to be said, though, that I've fought agendas at a personal level that are strange. I am not a person who has a problem in terms of work ethic. I've never had a problem getting up out of bed and making it there in time. I have always been good at what I do, and excellent even, so that has not been my issue, either. I am not someone who was bad at their job.    In fact, were I to live under a communist government (or a situation where my job is chosen purely according to what I am good at), I would end up doing the same line of work I've already done (music, teaching music, and directing ensembles). None that was a plea for differen...

Re: Aimee Mann's remarks in an interview that "it's hard to be a person"

      Aimee Mann remarked in an interview about her recent album  Mental Illness that "it's hard to be a person," and she was speaking in regards to many people having a difficult time. A pastor at the church I was attending actually used the quote in his sermon in regards to the human condition and our need for a savior- the Lord Jesus. I obviously know that it's hard to be a person (and that Jesus saves), but on top of that everything is made harder if other persons won't let persons be themselves as who they are, or accept them as who they genuinely are. I wonder who would be interested in helping to write and ratify like a "Port Riga Statement" (title inspired by a blend of two other things- the Buddyrevelles song "Port Riga" from their first album September, November on Motorcoat Records, and the "Port Huron" statement by Students for a Democratic Society from the 1960's). The band members of the Buddyrevelles are my former...

I Have No Regrets About the Memoir or The Semantolkino'hara

   I have not encountered much direct opposition where someone is willing to say to my face that I should not have written a few of my books, but I will still just set the record straight here. There are so many people talked about in the memoir A Dragon Comes as Well , and so much is discussed in The Semantolkino'hara that all of it begs the question of whether I should have written and released them to the public in the first place .  My opponents can make the argument that "it is not typically done"- no one writes about others directly. Doing so is not in accordance with the folkways and norms of society. Some may see it even as rude or jeopardizing my career.        For my rebuttal to all this, I say that such criticism is derived from preconceived intent to place too much attention on me while ignoring the actions of everyone else and the circumstances that brought all of it about. I did not just one day wake up and conjure these works from not...