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RobinA

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11. Well, I Have

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 07:24 AM

Jun 2016

but I work in a psychiatric hospital.

This is pretty much it. It's not one or the other or the next, it's the whole shebang. A multitude of cultural factors from not one but several cultures, plus what this guy's own genetic stew brought to the party. People can point out their favorite bugaboo as the cause, and there are plenty of bugaboos here to choose from, but it's really the sum of his experience.

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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