http://bigwhackattack.blogspot.com/2018/04/comfort-and-love.html
Is it necessarily "gay" to want human contact - to want to be soothed and comforted and no matter the gender of the person providing it?
My best friend and I often embrace each other. Sometimes we will even put our arms around each other and just stay that way. Such was the case this past weekend when a group of people passed by and made the most insulting remarks. How do people behave like that? What do others do in that situation?
I believe it is the times we are living in. Sad that our society has taken steps backward, but we can see where that stem sprouts. Extremists of the right wing have been given permission from the hate speech and bigotry coming from some who are considered leaders in our country. They're spoiling for the fight- they savor negative reaction.
Those of us who prefer to believe that we are all human and desire empathy, comfort, and love must continue to live as if we are on the right side of history. So, hug, embrace, hold hands, kiss, or otherwise show your caring and compassion to everyone and anyone with whom you connect. It's human, it's normal.
Be the person you are and don't let others bully you, or otherwise make you feel inferior for the way you engage your friends.
The more the rest of us continue to express our care, the less effect the others will have on us and on our society at large.
4 comments:
some great thoughts!
Thanks for the shout-out, Steve. Hope things are well with you! Happy Hump Day, kind sir.
I appreciate this post. I did something similar (see https://agrumpyguy.tumblr.com/post/172938188034/i-found-this-picture-on-the-internet-and-couldnt) because human touch is one of the greatest gifts we have to give. Let's keep giving it, as often as possible!
Yours is still the last blog I read because it is the best, and entries like this keep it that way (definitely love the pics, too -grin-).
This is my comment I left on this subject.
Big Wack Attack is one of the sites I visit and often put my comments.
I think all the ways we do some affectionate gestures are the result of our education and our culture.
See in Russia, men kiss often.
In France they cheek kiss and to have been there, the numbers of kisses vary in numbers left right depending on the region of France you are.
Here in Province of Québec, we cuddle easily without any problem, straights do it in a very manly way. Best friends here often hug themselves as a sign of brotherhood and to show our feelings.
Nothing «gay» is told forward by anyone here.
The more «religious» believes are in your education, the less you're enable to express freely your affection to another man because it's going to look bad to others.
To me it's the same than the old telling that men never cries.
Men are also sensitive beings and showing it isn't bad.
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