is anyone else worried about the current social climate in the usa?

the usa has taken a hard right turn. is anyone else worried about the direction things are going? is this a good time to explore bi urges?

I've been doing this for so many years , that is doesn't matter who is in charge of the country. nothing has interrupted my cocksucking . and i bet the same is true with everyone else here .the biggest obstacle is probably your wife.

Your fine relax

Stop reading headlines. The MSM and social news is the problem!

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Originally Posted by marine20

I've been doing this for so many years , that is doesn't matter who is in charge of the country. nothing has interrupted my cocksucking . and i bet the same is true with everyone else here .the biggest obstacle is probably your wife.

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I'll second that!

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Originally Posted by AbiMan69

Stop reading headlines. The MSM and social news is the problem!

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I'll second that. Stay far away from Reddit. It's the worst.

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Originally Posted by AbiMan69

Stop reading headlines. The MSM and social news is the problem!

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I have no desire to talk politics here and sincerely hope that the moderator will kill this post. But, in the meantime, I'm going to call Bull Shit on this.

The U.S. just sided with Russia and North Korea in the UN and is negotiating what amounts to a complete surrender to Russia in Ukraine, getting nothing in return. Not only aren't we helping leverage this to get a promise of security in Europe, the U.S. told NATO they can't count on us if Putin decides to expand his aggression into other parts of Europe.

The military has had top leaders replaced with people whose primary qualification is that they are loyal to the Trump first and foremost. Virtually every major department in the US government is headed by someone that is underqualified and / or an out-and-out nut job. The Secretary of Defense is a Fox News host for Christ's sake. And the head of Health and Human Services is a roided-out ex-heroin addict who doesn't believe in vaccines.

They are removing watch dog organizations like inspector generals and judge advocates. They have rolled back ethic rules and opened the entire country's personal data to Musk and his 20-something hackers with virtually no accountability. They've abandoned the concept of conflict of interest.

They are cutting staffing to NOAA, the FDA, FAA, Health and Human Services, park rangers, CIA and FBI to name just a few. They are talking about eliminating FEMA and the Department of Education. They have cut funding for scientific research on pesky little things like Bird Flu and Cancer. Hell, they fired the people responsible for safeguarding our nukes because Musk's flunky didn't have a clue of what they did for this country.

And that's a BIG part of the problem. They have no idea what they are doing and no regard for the impact of what they are doing. They point to small line items in the budget of a department they don't like, tell everyone they found fraud or criminal activity and then cut all its funding. It's the equivalent of looking at your grocery receipt, seeing a beer purchase, gleefully telling the world you're a drunk, and cutting off funds to your entire family. No proof, context, or evidence, just a post, and to hell with the impact on lives or the economy or pretty much anything.

Over and over again there are real-world consequences that are being ignored. Some people will laugh and say it's "fake news and there is nothing to worry about" right up until it's their plane that falls out of the sky, their benefits that are cut, or their job that is lost.

None of these things make our country more secure, safer, or greater and they sure as hell don't lower the cost of groceries or the price of gas.

So let me make this as clear as I possibly can, if you aren't worried about what's going on, you aren't paying attention.

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Originally Posted by DMercator

I have no desire to talk politics here ...

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But there you go off on a rant. Please save your political opinions for another venue.

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Originally Posted by Lucky 61

But there you go off on a rant. Please save your political opinions for another venue.

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Sorry you opened a post on a political topic and read a political response. Silly you. But I agree this is not the right venue for politics.

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Originally Posted by DMercator

I have no desire to talk politics here and sincerely hope that the moderator will kill this post. But, in the meantime, I'm going to call Bull Shit on this.

The U.S. just sided with Russia and North Korea in the UN and is negotiating what amounts to a complete surrender to Russia in Ukraine, getting nothing in return. Not only aren't we helping leverage this to get a promise of security in Europe, the U.S. told NATO they can't count on us if Putin decides to expand his aggression into other parts of Europe.

The military has had top leaders replaced with people whose primary qualification is that they are loyal to the Trump first and foremost. Virtually every major department in the US government is headed by someone that is underqualified and / or an out-and-out nut job. The Secretary of Defense is a Fox News host for Christ's sake. And the head of Health and Human Services is a roided-out ex-heroin addict who doesn't believe in vaccines.

They are removing watch dog organizations like inspector generals and judge advocates. They have rolled back ethic rules and opened the entire country's personal data to Musk and his 20-something hackers with virtually no accountability. They've abandoned the concept of conflict of interest.

They are cutting staffing to NOAA, the FDA, FAA, Health and Human Services, park rangers, CIA and FBI to name just a few. They are talking about eliminating FEMA and the Department of Education. They have cut funding for scientific research on pesky little things like Bird Flu and Cancer. Hell, they fired the people responsible for safeguarding our nukes because Musk's flunky didn't have a clue of what they did for this country.

And that's a BIG part of the problem. They have no idea what they are doing and no regard for the impact of what they are doing. They point to small line items in the budget of a department they don't like, tell everyone they found fraud or criminal activity and then cut all its funding. It's the equivalent of looking at your grocery receipt, seeing a beer purchase, gleefully telling the world you're a drunk, and cutting off funds to your entire family. No proof, context, or evidence, just a post, and to hell with the impact on lives or the economy or pretty much anything.

Over and over again there are real-world consequences that are being ignored. Some people will laugh and say it's "fake news and there is nothing to worry about" right up until it's their plane that falls out of the sky, their benefits that are cut, or their job that is lost.

None of these things make our country more secure, safer, or greater and they sure as hell don't lower the cost of groceries or the price of gas.

So let me make this as clear as I possibly can, if you aren't worried about what's going on, you aren't paying attention.

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TDS is a disease. LOL. Keep supporting wars and terrorism. Keep your anti American stance and be anti Constitution! Rant your brain farts on social media not here. Blocked!

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Originally Posted by Lucky 61

But there you go off on a rant. Please save your political opinions for another venue.

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I'll second that.

Well said sir, and spot on.
Sadly, living in the LBTQ community has been political my entire time in it, and long before my time. The idea, that things will keep on chugging along as they were is insulting to someone like myself and my husband. Waking up to the news that 9 states are now going to try to overturn Obergefell is terrifying, personal, and political. Sure, it may not have that big of an impact for guys on the DL a
aren’t out, but to those of us who are, it will. The government opening the doors for employers to once again have no shame in firing folks because of their sexuality is terrifying, denying housing, turning a blind eye to us again when we’re discriminated against is terrifying. Being lied about to gain support in stripping away our rights as Americans has a societal impact as well. You might think “nothing has changed for me”. I can attest that even in my blue state, the way we have been treated recently has. For almost a year, if my husband and I were out, we would maybe get someone once a month calling us fags, or some other bullshit, in the last two months, I’ve run out of fingers to count the amount of times I or we have had slurs and even a threat of “just you wait until next month! It’s gonna be hunting season on a
you fags!” Oh, I just wanted to get some groceries, didn’t know I was going to get that and some arugula. Well we’re not going back to the closet. Never. My husband works for an energy company that is based in Texas, he’s been told to expect to remove me as being listed as his spouse soon by HR. But glad to hear that nothing is going to change for others. Where is the support of and for the community that will face an impact?

Let's not forget the threats toward Canada.
Both trade tarrifs (which hurt everybody), and annexation (which would be WAR).

Canada side, there is a massive boycott of america goods going on which is set to be expanded, talks of shutting down major exports to the US that support farming, manufacturing and fuel, and people are cancelling vacations to the US ( potentially $20 billion in lost revenue to the US).

Not to mention people (who normally would not) are beginning to buy up guns in anticipation of having to domestically repel US forces.

Our boarder is preparing criteria to deal with expected refugees coming from the US (Gay, Trans etc) due to the current political climate.

Trump has single handedly destroyed all trust the US has held internationally in an incredibly short amount of time.

And it's already beginning to have negative effects.

It is clearly confirmed reading some posts that they push the agenda and want it to be political!
Well, y'all can learn a lot going to the other side of our planet. In almost all of Asia there's noting political about it and people accepting all sides in daily living!
And trans and ladyboys and Tomboys are not out to make themselves the center of society!

Is wanting to be treated the same as others that pay the same taxes I do looking to be the center of attention? How about we just start there. Or is equality a bridge too far?

Yeah nothing to fear here, just “TDS”.
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove...illance-policy

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Well said sir, and spot on.
Sadly, living in the LBTQ community has been political my entire time in it, and long before my time. The idea, that things will keep on chugging along as they were is insulting to someone like myself and my husband. Waking up to the news that 9 states are now going to try to overturn Obergefell is terrifying, personal, and political. Sure, it may not have that big of an impact for guys on the DL a
aren?t out, but to those of us who are, it will. The government opening the doors for employers to once again have no shame in firing folks because of their sexuality is terrifying, denying housing, turning a blind eye to us again when we?re discriminated against is terrifying. Being lied about to gain support in stripping away our rights as Americans has a societal impact as well. You might think ?nothing has changed for me?. I can attest that even in my blue state, the way we have been treated recently has. For almost a year, if my husband and I were out, we would maybe get someone once a month calling us fags, or some other bullshit, in the last two months, I?ve run out of fingers to count the amount of times I or we have had slurs and even a threat of ?just you wait until next month! It?s gonna be hunting season on a
you fags!? Oh, I just wanted to get some groceries, didn?t know I was going to get that and some arugula. Well we?re not going back to the closet. Never. My husband works for an energy company that is based in Texas, he?s been told to expect to remove me as being listed as his spouse soon by HR. But glad to hear that nothing is going to change for others. Where is the support of and for the community that will face an impact?

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While I agree this is not the correct forum for politics, it is absolutely the correct place for your post. This isn't left vs right and what you think about the guy in office. This is personal and real and relevant to the LBQT community. I'm sorry you are going through this and (despite the sound of crickets in response to your post) I'd like to think there are many people in this country that stand with you.

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Originally Posted by AbiMan69

It is clearly confirmed reading some posts that they push the agenda and want it to be political!
Well, y'all can learn a lot going to the other side of our planet. In almost all of Asia there's noting political about it and people accepting all sides in daily living!
And trans and ladyboys and Tomboys are not out to make themselves the center of society!

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I'm old enough that the sight of two men kissing or making love in a mainstream movie still makes me do a double-take. While seeing LBQT on-screen gets a disproportional amount of my attention, that has a lot more to do with me than it does with them "making themselves the center of society." Forget center stage, I'm still adjusting to seeing them on the stage at all. Sometimes I have to remind myself that somewhere between 6% to 11% of the U.S. identifies themselves as LBQT. Given the number of men that identify themselves as "straight" and then spend time daydreaming of sucking cock, I suspect the number is probably higher. And it's definitely much higher for people under 30. With that in mind, their representation on the stage is just now catching up with the real (if somewhat historically closeted) world and it's about damn time.

Where I do think the LBQT community gets more than their fair share of attention is in the world of politics. I'm tired of seeing politicians blowing up obscure issues like trans bathroom usage for the sake of political theater. It's obscene how much time and energy and our taxpayer dollars are spent on an issue that most people will 1) never come across 2) wouldn't know or care of they did (other than noting the novelty of it 3) wouldn't give a fuck about if the media and politicians didn't deliberately make it an issue for their own gains.

Thank you! Thank you brother! Seriously!
I’ve never known or been one to ask for more than equality. It fucking sucks that some of our very existence has to be political. But when our very existence is made political, we have to fucking get political. I find the very idea and stance that we should shut the fuckup and act like some other countries sex workers do, not only offensive, but straight up, that coward attitude is nothing but a betrayal. I don’t care who you voted for either!


I shouldn’t have to put up with someone telling me that they are looking forward to my end as I’m pushing my cart through the produce section, dressed in a black hoodie and shorts, while my larger framed husband is two aisles over getting potatoes. We weren’t holding hands, kissing or fucking on the lettuce, I wasn’t wearing a sun dress and prancing about either. Literally, crossing shit off our list.
It is sad that our community has to be political, as my husband and I prepare to move to San Francisco, I am reminded of people that had to and fought for our rights previously, like Harvey Milk. He started fighting for basic equality when our lives were made an issue over if people like us should be allowed to have certain jobs. Prior to that, it was political over if we as two consenting adults could agree to hookup, or even exist in the same space together.

you’re so damn right, it is abhorrently political, the ncaa tells us that out of 500,000 college athletes, maybe 10 are trans? So we are then told that that’s a major problem in our society? Get the fuck out.
I also understand the lack of support on this site to a degree, I actually semi appreciate the non engagement, as guys don’t want to see this side of the reality of it, or don’t care, fuck I respect that this is a different space even an escape for some, I’d like to keep it as such. I’m certainly not looking to gather a mob with torches and pitchforks. So I so appreciate you saying something positive. Going to agree with you too, I’m married to a man, and seeing two guys in a movie, I still have that “oh wtf” reaction too. Brokeback mountain is an uncomfortable watch for me and the hubs.

AbiMan69, you’re a fucking piece of shit, I hope everyone in your life finds out about your dirty little secret. lol Gadsden flag?? Don’t tread on me daddy, harder harder!
Fucking coward.

Triggered. Moderators, time to take the trash out.

You’re free to take yourself out all you would like. Triggered? Nope, I don’t tell you how to live your life, how about you grow up and do the same. Telling me I should be like the kathoey and just be happy with that? Yes, telling someone one to shut up, and be happy being treated as a second class citizen in another country.
Did you expect me or anyone else to just say “yes massa, we’ll take your scraps, we’re just glad you allow us to live!”.

Yes. Not so much for myself, because I present like an old straight white guy, but for those more noticeable and vulnerable. A friend of mine, really one of the best people I know, is a female-to-male transsexual who fought hard his whole life to finally reach the identity and personhood that allowed him to feel comfortable with himself in his body. He has not harmed anyone, and in fact is a lawyer who works for the state where he lives and represents some of the most vulnerable people in our society, children in foster care and children removed from horrifyingly neglectful or violent situations. But we are now led by people who ran against his very existence, who would use the law to try to prevent him from becoming or remaining as the person he wishes to be, and who would even find someone like me a target of their pure ignorant prejudice and hate if they knew I liked to have sexual relations with other people of my same gender. Seemingly the only sexual expression or preference acceptable to these fanatics is between a man and a woman of the same race (never mind the obvious hypocrisy of the leaders of this lying cult). Yes, it's pretty damn worrisome for a lot of us.

Right on Brother!!