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arcane1

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2. Thank you. That toxic culture fucks up men and boys of all kinds, in all kinds of ways.

Reply to markpkessinger (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 08:27 PM

Jun 2016

If he had killed himself instead of going on a murder spree, the situation would be looked at differently.

(Disclaimer: I am in no way intending to lessen his responsibility for his actions, I'm just trying to understand what led him to commit those crimes)

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Calling out the extremely toxic effects of repressive hetero-normative culture is NOT homophobia... [View all] markpkessinger Jun 2016 OP

The problem is when B does not follow A in these discussions Prism Jun 2016 #1

"I'm not sure I've ever seen such a perfectly chaotic psychological clusterfuck in my life" arcane1 Jun 2016 #3

Well, I Have RobinA Jun 2016 #11

I wsh I could Rec this post! (nt) mr blur Jun 2016 #9

Thank you. That toxic culture fucks up men and boys of all kinds, in all kinds of ways. arcane1 Jun 2016 #2

I agree but many may not be thinking so deeply REP Jun 2016 #4

IOW RobertEarl Jun 2016 #5

Not true. Fort Hood Prism Jun 2016 #6

And guns were illegal there, too RobertEarl Jun 2016 #7

You make an excellent point. Prism Jun 2016 #8

It seems as if the point you're making meow2u3 Jun 2016 #12

Did you even bother to read my post beyond the headline? markpkessinger Jun 2016 #15

But claiming he killed 'because he was gay' while declaring that all repressive cultural factors Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #10

Who has said that he "killed because he was gay" or that "repressive cultural factors" ... markpkessinger Jun 2016 #14

Good post. If you're generating controversy/heat, likely you've struck gold. closeupready Jun 2016 #13