I run into two kinds of gay people online who drive me BONKERS!
Grrr!
The first is the kind who say, “Ugh! Politics are icky! I don’t want to get involved.”
I hate to say it but their existence has already been politicized, whether they like it or not. If they don’t get involved, they’re not going to end up at the back of the bus. They’re going to end up UNDER the bus.
The second group are the ones who have decided to cozy up to their oppressors. They’ll say things like, “I’m just living my fat dumb happy gay life and nobody’s bothering me.”
That’s because they’re solipsists. They’re so utterly and irredeemably self-absorbed they can’t see anything happening around them. They seem to think if everything’s OK for them then it must be OK for everyone else, too. They got the “dumb” part right, anyway.
What a life.
Or they’ll say, “What rights have YOU lost?”
Honey, there ain’t a video long enough to list all the ways this regime threatens the LGBTQ community, but I’ll mention one thing because I think it’s the worst thing they’ve done.
They’ve Made America HATE Again.
You know I’m telling the truth. You’ve seen it yourself, and I’m not just talking about the LGBTQ community. I’m talking about ANYBODY who isn’t white, male, Republican and so-called Christian.
You’ve seen the racial attacks in videos online. You’ve seen the guys pouring out of rental trucks and marching down the street wearing their swastika armbands. You’ve seen the attacks on gay people, a fact supported by crime stats from the FBI and the Southern Christian Poverty Law Center.
But hey, don’t take my word for it. The groups themselves say they’ve been emboldened by the current regime to come out of their dark closets and parade their hate for all the world to see.
If you can’t see that, it’s because you don’t want to see it. You’re deliberately averting your gaze to preserve your reprehensible identity.
And you know what? I have no use for you.
You’re a traitor to your community, and you’re a traitor to your country.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
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Should I stop talking about politics?
I got a message from a fellow who asked if I could talk about things other than politics. He said the politics are getting old.
I told him I talk about politics for two reasons – No. 1 that, obviously, we’re having a moment in this country and it’s important to seize that moment and talk about politics now, while we still can.
The other reason is that when I talk about things other than politics I don’t get nearly the interaction and the engagement I get with a political topic.
However, I thought I would ask you guys.
About the author:
Del Stone Jr. is a professional fiction writer. He is known primarily for his work in the contemporary dark fiction field, but has also published science fiction and contemporary fantasy. Stone's stories, poetry and scripts have appeared in publications such as Amazing Stories, Eldritch Tales, and Bantam-Spectra's Full Spectrum. His short fiction has been published in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology More Phobias; the Barnes & Noble anthologies 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, and 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories; the HWA anthology Psychos; and other short fiction venues, like Blood Muse, Live Without a Net, Zombiesque and Sex Macabre. Stone's comic book debut was in the Clive Barker series of books, Hellraiser, published by Marvel/Epic and reprinted in The Best of Hellraiser anthology. He has also published stories in Penthouse Comix, and worked with artist Dave Dorman on many projects, including the illustrated novella “Roadkill,” a short story for the Andrew Vachss anthology Underground from Dark Horse, an ashcan titled "December" for Hero Illustrated, and several of Dorman's Wasted Lands novellas and comics, such as Rail from Image and “The Uninvited.” Stone's novel, Dead Heat, won the 1996 International Horror Guild's award for best first novel and was a runner-up for the Bram Stoker Award. Stone has also been a finalist for the IHG award for short fiction, the British Fantasy Award for best novella, and a semifinalist for the Nebula and Writers of the Future awards. His stories have appeared in anthologies that have won the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award. Two of his works were optioned for film, the novella “Black Tide” and short story “Crisis Line.”
Stone recently retired after a 41-year career in journalism. He won numerous awards for his work, and in 1986 was named Florida's best columnist in his circulation division by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. In 2001 he received an honorable mention from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his essay “When Freedom of Speech Ends” and in 2003 he was voted Best of the Best in the category of columnists by Emerald Coast Magazine. He participated in book signings and awareness campaigns, and was a guest on local television and radio programs.
As an addendum, Stone is single, kills tomatoes and morning glories with ruthless efficiency, once tied the stem of a cocktail cherry in a knot with his tongue, and carries a permanent scar on his chest after having been shot with a paintball gun. He’s in his 60s as of this writing but doesn't look a day over 94.
Would you rather I talk about things other than politics? Or maybe occasionally talk about something other than politics?
Leave me a comment and I’ll read them and take them to heart.
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