Let me begin by saying that this is my first blog. It will not be child-friendly, so get your kids out of the room NOW if they can read. Also, I am kind of a Luddite when it comes to computers so there will be many screw-ups as this blog develops.
What you need to know: I am a former Marine, a combat and disabled veteran, a knife enthusiast (that's putting it incredibly mildly), a reasonably good shot (according to blogger ASM826, who I consider one of my few real friends), and a student of Aikido (which I am not so great at yet). I have an AA degree in art and science and I am close to a BA in creative writing with a multidisciplinary science minor. I often use many more words than I need to get my point across, possibly because I am in love with the sound of my own voice, or just I am just a verbose bastard. I am well-known for being a smart-ass, having strong opinions, and my rabid loyalty to my friends--the number of which I can count on one hand. This is for a reason. My loyalty, once given, can only be lost by two means--death or betrayal--and I'm not so sure about the 'death' one.
Semper Fidelis isn't just a cool way to show you know what a couple of Latin words mean. Understand?
Okay, now on to today's topic.
The name of this blog is My POV (My Point Of View). It is what I think about whatever crosses my mind at the time I write it. If we are all lucky, I will not have been drinking at the time of its writing. Today's topic is 'homophobia.'
First let me say that I am against gay marriage. Not for the reason that the more quick-to-judge of you will think. I am against 'gay marriage' for the same reason I am against people calling themselves African-America or Asian-American or whatever the hell kind of American it is currently popular to hyphenate. When I was becoming a young Marine we were all Green. Light Green, dark Green, or in-between Green, it did not matter. You knew that the guy next to you was Green before he was anything else. By the same token, you should be either American or not. If you want to be something else, please go there and leave America to the people who cherish her. The same goes for marriage. I don't think we need a special 'gay' category. You can be 'married' or 'single,' not anything else. Stop trying to confuse the issue, I am stupid and all of these false boundaries confuse and frighten me. As to whether or not homosexuals (either men or women) should have the right to be as unhappy as the heterosexual folks who have tied the knot I say this: shut up and share the misery you stingy bastards. Marriage is between two consenting adults--end of discussion.
Now, where does this cross my topic? Right here: I have thought long and hard about homophobia. I honestly could not not see what all the fuss was about, until I reasoned it out. Folks, it works like this, at least when men do it--a man who is violently homophobic is that way for a reason. Not for the reason you might think--e.g. that homosexuals deserve some kind of abuse for being the antithesis of all things Right, Good, Christian, or Whatever. No, it is more like this: these fellows are scared of gay men because they intuitively believe that homosexual men think about other men in the exact same way that they think about women.
Take a second and think about that for a moment, please.
If you are able to put aside any prejudices you might have, you probably came to this somewhat scary conclusion--that the level of homophobia a homophobic man displays is a direct reflection of his negative intent towards women.
The more violent his fear, the more all women should fear him.
Not pretty, is it?
No. But that is my point of view.
