They, the gun nuts and the crazies, will continue to crawl out of the woodwork. Its been my experience that they, the silent, reserved ones, grow over the decades to become more and more opinionated and bold in their identities. You know, the kind of thing that happens to most people after the 4th or 5th girlfriend or women rips your heart out and you decide to become a man. Sometimes other factors apply, but becoming a man by 30 is a fair standard. Sadly, the chances become slimmer after that.
Too many grown men, it doesn't matter if they're 90, never make it to manhood, but think that having a gun, beating people up, listening to hate radio, etc is a good enough substitute. It obviously works as a suitable substitute because enough other cowards (oops, I meant men) that they believe to be men approve, so they too must be a man.
I'm a man and I know it. I don't need a gun. I support LGBT and equality and the Dream Act. I'm straight, an ally, and a white male. I'm not afraid to call someone out if they're being a bigot, racist, misogamist, gay basher, etc. I live in the reddest part of Florida and I look like a hater because I'm a motorcycle mechanic. I hear less and less of it because once someone has run his mouth, I do my best to make him look stupid. I may not be able to write well, but occasionally I can articulate my feelings quite well.
Keep up the fight. Remember to stay off the social sites, return the little things your wife does for you, hold people blameless for what they do, for they only do what they think is right, help them if you can.
(sorry, didn't mean to write a book)
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