This is one of the ballsiest things I've ever read on Substack. Kudos to you for telling the truth. Not just "your" truth, but the unvarnished, objective one.
Josh, I just want to tell you that I really respect you and your commitment to telling the truth, even when it is unfavorable to yourself. I admire that. God bless you for your courage.
Here's the thing. What Greenwald likes to do in his bedroom is between him and the adult that he's doing whatever he's doing. That being said once you become a parent, and a well known one to boot, what hits you hits your children. Then the picture completely changes. Your first thought needs to be how will this effect/impact my child(ren)? If I take another job and move to another city? Leave my spouse? Get involved in something kinky?
This is not 1985 where you can keep things under wrap (hello Tom Cruise). Whatever you do you should have an expectation of it becoming public, specifically if you're a public person.
Glenn ordinarily I'd say who cares as someone who has had his share of wild nights-well not this weird. But I never chose to have children and no gay man will ever just happen to get the girl he was seeing accidently pregnant. You wanted the permanent white picket fence therefore you need to act accordingly. BTW, it's not like you can't readily find kinky porn videos.
And a footnote. Right now this seems to be a somewhat "credible rumor." If it's false then none of this applies to Greenwald.
I'm asking you please to be specific. Tell me what the "it" is? What is the referent. Do you see? Are you saying "it equals the videotape"? Or "it equals some other aspect?"
OK making me think Josh. For me to say "he did it" would mean the videotape is verified as authentic and verified he tweeted it. Others are saying he was hacked, that seems doubtful, but if that's the case Greenwald needs to show evidence how/why. Otherwise, own up to it and take your lumps.
You may not know this. Glenn has confirmed it's real. Multiple times in public. You don't have to believe me on my word. You can confirm this yourself.
I don't know whether he retweeted it, but that's separate. The tape is real. Two different issues. This is why I was asking you tell me what you mean by "it." It's basic to understanding, not being a nitpicker.
I can't confirm whether he RT'ed i. I said right in the essay that I couldn't confirm it. But those denying it are *lying and pretending they haven't seen the photographic evidence that suggests he RT'ed it*. They're pretending they don't understand that RT'ing it could be explained by Glenn getting off on the humiliation of it.
If he confirmed it and the tape is real that's on him. He of all people should realize there's no expectation of privacy when you're a public person. His kids are teenagers. They're going to experience the brunt of the fall out. Too many gay men want their Mommy and Daddy life but still have a life of the wild boy. And BTW, Greenwald is about your age. Beyond the age that "I went to the club, did some strong X and Special K, and got wild with some other guys."
If Greenwald had not adopted children, it would still be the case that his practices call his mental fitness into question.
Those who protest otherwise are part of the problem. Many are only upset about stigmatizing Greenwald's fetishes because they're gay-coded, which is precisely what this article counters - something that would be deplorable if "straight" should not be any less deplorable because "gay". But to those who would play the "consenting adults" card to hand-wave away any "private" depravity, I say again: You are the problem.
You've internalized the left-wing notion that we cannot possibly stigmatize anything without being oppressive, which is ludicrous. You claim to believe in "freedom", but the entire benefit of freedom is that you earn the consequences of your actions, and that's meaningless if we decide that negative consequences are banned and all outcomes must be "equalized". No, freedom is wonderful precisely because we get to exercise our judgement, and just as that means I get to stop inviting my alcoholic friend to parties because he shows up drunk, it also means I get to say "I do not respect Glenn Greenwald, and if he happens to write an incisive article that I agree with, I am still prepared for his next article to be ridiculous."
Mental illness is unfitness. Unfitness for trust, unfitness for responsibility, and unfitness for authority. Drug addiction, sex addiction, depression, sociopathy, psychopathy, and yes, even OCD/ADHD/"autism" - all of these are negatives. The slightest whiff of one of them is not a life-ending disqualifier; they exist along spectrums. But we must stop lying to ourselves and claiming that obvious negatives are not negatives.
First, there's the other consideration of meth use, meth is a horrible addictive drug-it's not pot or booze or even ecstacy. Outside of that since the 1990s I've seen how the "nanny state" has taken over adult society. The nanny state is the fuel for the gas tank of the woke. Almost always from masking to "micro aggression" woke demands are rationalized to "protect people."
If you don't want a bunch of bureaucratic, Cluster B types telling you how to live your life than you have to be willing to put up with some behavior that you find really distasteful. Like I said in my original comments I definitely had my share of wild boy days albeit never this weird.
But when it impacts innocent people, particularly children then it's no longer "you do you and I'll do me." Becoming a parent means every action and behavior you take must be in consideration how could this effect my children. Much more so if you're a public figure. Don't like it Glenn, you should have stayed some unknown corporate lawyer. Or not adopted two kids.
If he had been some gay dude with no children my opinion would have definitely been weird and sleazy but it's his life not mine. Would I continue to listen to him? Maybe, I have some real disagreements on some of his views, particularly on illegal immigrants/deportations as it is.
I'm not going to hire an alcoholic. I'm not going to trust one in some unpaid capacity either. It's irrational to trust such a person to perform a responsibility. It's irrational to trust such a person to be honest.
Meth-heads? Even more so.
The nanny state is what happens when you believe that illegal and immoral have to be synonyms - that there is no role for the private sphere in policing society. What actually works best - by far - is for as much of "good" and "bad" as possible to be culturally enforced, with the state only intervening when the cost-benefit analysis clearly favors doing so. That cost-benefit analysis should include consideration of the risk of corruption and abuse in law enforcement, as well as the likelihood of inconsistent enforcement and declining social trust as a result.
I disagree that we avoid "nanny states" by tolerating bad behavior. To the contrary, tolerating bad behavior makes it worse until the "do something" crowd wins out and welcomes draconian solutions. What is needed is proactivity. We should proactively employ cultural guardrails against bad behavior and we should publicly explain that we do so as an explicit alternative to government enforcement. This is how we prevent decline to the level of "throngs of homeless addicts defecating in the streets and assaulting passers-by", which is the sort of development that really empowers the Cluster B busybodies.
“Greenwald released this himself as part of his fetish.”
If so I don’t know with what motive.. seeking humiliation? Just a guess
But my best guess is he put it out there to defuse the potential for blackmail or cancellation whether that had been happening or not (yet).
All that aside thank you 🙏 for the actually beautiful and heart rending post.
As to Beauty I try to remember to yield myself up in appreciation of it.
Yet Truth is something of a first love for me. Even when it’s heartbreaking as in the truths you wrote today…. if the heart breaks to love of the True the Good the Beautiful this is an unalloyed good.
This move is out of David Letterman's playbook, when the woman he had an affair tried to blackmail him. He himself announced it. It seems to be the best way to handle it, honestly.
Josh is right.... there's a fetish whar you MUST give up yer $$$ to yer "Dom" an' do this ON CAMERA so the humiliation is spread 'round in PUBE-LIck (ha ha). Addin' too... I fear fer those kiddos. Glenn made gay porno films with hookers an' failed ta pay 'em (fer like 30+ years!), it's on them innertubes. He wuz deep inta Brazilian BDSM stuff (he...pahrdon the wordin'--apparantly schtupped --financially--some men in the porno viddeo biz, not just the male prosty-toots, an' then there wuz tax evasion so he had ta leave the USA butt (!) pronto!) FWIW this is all nooz ta me but I had ta read up on HOW this "respectacle" pund-it fell from "grace." (I 100% disagree with 'im on HamAss but prior ta that he had some cred-ability...)
So I worry 'bout them boyz I mean...is he "safe" as a father as Glenn's late hubby was also inta the porno/violence stuff. Glenn also had a Nazi name an' would dress up as an SS office an' abuse men--so he played both top/bottom an' Ilsa She Wolf of the SS crap. Sikkko. Is he doin' stuff ta his boys? I mean it's not wrong ta ask... I wouldn't trust any fella (gay/straight/furry with donkey ears) who behaves like this online an' is PROUD of it?! Jus' in time fer pride month, jeeze...
ps his little mesh "nightie" top/pinnie seems ta have a HamAss flag onnit--red & green likely the colors of his future bruises...
I agree with your guess. When David Horowitz wrote “Radical Son” about his upbringing as a “red diaper baby” and his radical activism and black pill awakening, he also told every mistake he ever made in his personal life so that it couldn’t be used against him as a gotcha. I found it to be a very brave move on his part. He dedicated the rest of his life to fighting the communist movement that was once his cause. May he rest in peace.
Thanks Josh. That was brutally powerful. And I totally agree.
It seems to me from reading accounts on X, that most of the people defending GG are heterosexual. Of course lots of people condemning him are also heterosexual. I could be wrong, but that's what I see from the accounts I follow.
But I think that many of the straight people defending him are unaware of just how kinky and degrading SM sissy porn/sex is, or maybe they are aware but they don't want to appear homophobic, so they go against their gut instinct. "Love is love," and all that BS.
And it's Pride month, so they have to be extra careful. I'm rather disgusted.
Plus...Greenwald hates Israel and Zionists, so I have absolutely no love for him. I cannot watch him at all.
What do you mean "but", as if that were dispositive? Because Glenn says he didn't, that means Glenn is telling the truth?
I already said I couldn't confirm he RT'ed it. I've been clear, fair, and transparent. I haven't gotten anything "wrong." I qualified. I caveated. Sigh.
Know thy self. The good the bad and the ugly, the greatest gift we can give to ourselves is self-awareness. I love you for sharing this vulnerability and I respect you tremendously for that. As far as the Greenwald thing I didn't watch the video. I respect Glen as a journalist. I'm not sure I go with the blackmail situation as much as I do perhaps that maybe people don't like his comments about Israel and politics have gotten really out of hand so maybe that's a part of it and maybe it wasn't released by Glen, but by somebody out to smear him. Either way I cannot personally imagine wanting to demean myself in such a sadistic sad way....so all I can do is pray at this point.
Once again Josh, you've struck a match and set the Trojan horse on fire, to expose the rot that lays in its belly.
This is such a great call, not only to recognize and reject the "curated and crafted" lies society has been cudgeled with about gay men and the lifestyle in general, but everything the left has pushed since just after WW2 - when the subversion of societal guard rails was begun in earnest.
This extends to every single aspect of life - healthcare, finances, social programs and activism, migration, you name the leftist, queer, woke, progressive agenda and there are a bevy of these same lies, that hide the truth and shame anyone who question them.
The old Dutch "Live and let live" only works, when there are overarching societal conventions of behavior and morality, that are largely observed and enforced by the observant masses - in other words shaming and ostracizing. It used to be the case that the threat of that, would not have prevented Greenwald from licking feet and floor, clad in a schoolgirl's skirt, but it would have certainly prevented the video documentation and release.
The hard truth is these perverse incidences and the anger, you rightly point to, from bystanders so steeped in the dysfunctional abnormality that it feels like a personal attack, is the real problem.
This if course won't be the last of these "perverse leaks" and the future episodes won't be exclusively from gay men or the gay community, but much of it will, because of the turbo charged, radical, profitable push for "equity and human rights", presently occupying the global stage.
One thing is for sure - no matter the sex or sexual orientation, when you start to see these spirals in people, they usually don't stop and only accelerate. Your main point here, should not be skimmed over - there are kids in the mix and as I have long said, they will pay the price for the perversion, proclivities, abuses and choices of adults.
The hope is, this brings attention and scrutiny, before anything "major" happens to these kids, thought the public damage is already done.
Josh I have always responded to your open vulnerability and honesty. I'm female, 70, and I know what it is to be verbally and physically abused.
I don't quite understand my response to that tape, and I may be very naive, but what I saw in that tape was vulnerability. In this case, it seems, perhaps a safe way to act it out. He’s such a tough guy in his work. But it definitely changes the way I see him. It also cements into place an observation of gay couples I have known, male and female, that much in these relationships seems to be based on power.
Just for the record, sissy / humiliation are not unique to homosexuals. Many heterosexual men engage in the fetish. I do think it has to do with acting out power / vulnerability but I’m no expert. It’s always been my impression that it’s more common among straight men than gay men, but as a gay man myself, maybe I’m being optimistic. Many of the sissies end up being trans “lesbians”. Ie, straight men who adopt the fetish full time. Andrea Long Chu writes about this.
Josh I have always responded to your open vulnerability and honesty. I'm female, 70, and I know what it is to be verbally and physically abused.
I don't quite understand my response to that tape, and I may be very naive, but what I saw in that tape was vulnerability. In this case, it seems, perhaps a safe way to act it out. He’s such a tough guy in his work. But it definitely changes the way I see him. It also cements into place an observation of gay couples I have known, male and female, that much in these relationships seems to be based on power.
"It's also easy to write me off as a 'self-hating gay man.'"
Like so many things, it turns out that the truth is almost the exact opposite of what we've all been told. Anyone--not just gay men--with even a modicum of self-awareness really ought to have at least a bit of self-hatred going on. If anything, it should be seen as a signal of honesty. It's not conclusive evidence or anything like that, but it's a green flag, not a red one.
Needless to say, writing people off for giving off honest vibes is. . . not great.
The acceptance, and in some cases approval of alternative sexual lifestyles has steamrolled through our culture, and it started with the acceptance of gay marriage. I don't care if gay people adopt the accouterments of marriage, but it is a legal arrangement and should never have been called marriage. It is a civil arrangement. That is all.
I am irrevocably against gays adopting or using surrogacy, and no one will change my mind, with this caveat - I'm sad you won't be a father, at least since you regained your sanity. You'd make a wonderful parent. What you can do is be a wise and protective uncle, helping some youngster(s) navigate the evil too many adults have allowed to run rampant.
You are doing our culture, and especially our young ones, a huge benefit by calling out in graphic language the reality of gay/alternative sexuality. Thank you for your courage for using yourself as an example. You speak with the voice of experience, and almost nothing speaks louder than that.
At a trans demonstration in England, somebody had a sign that said, "All Boundaries are Conventions Waiting to be Transcended." When people tell you who they are, listen to them. They don't just want acceptance. Thank God they aren't even pretending about THAT anymore.
Your willingness to speak plainly and honestly about hard topics that hit close to home is helping others - maybe especially the ones who are the most uncomfortable.
Josh, I have a 14 year old granddaughter who has been in relationships (nothing beyond kissing and touching as far as I know) with girls for two years now. She dresses as a boy and is currently obsessed with her girlfriend of a year. She is on her phone constantly with her when she is not physically with her. Being old fashioned I believe she is too young to be in any relationship this intense. Does lesbianism carry some of the same issues you describe here for gay men? I worry for her emotional and mental health.
Young girls are being corrupted into thinking that their giddy “bosom buddy” friendships are sexual. This is deliberately done through schools, media, culture. They are so vulnerable at that age and don’t understand what’s happening to their bodies and minds. They are told that any affection or infatuation between friends is sexual and they should act on it. Many of these girls desire motherly protection so they seek relationships with girls.
This is one of many creepy sides to the push to queer everything. Everything is sexual, all the time. Close friendships among young adolescents of the same sex are inherently sexual, this thinking goes, and if you're not doing it that way, then you're choosing repression and doing it wrong. It's a creepy, manipulative message and it is deeply wrong.
This is partly why men are so lonely- having a close male friend is “gay” or a “bromance”. Boys and men can’t have natural male camaraderie without being made to feel embarrassed and ashamed.
There is a very harsh reality behind the decadent society we have become. Apologists for “sexual liberation” gain access to troubled individuals and absolve themselves through the virtual aftercare of supporting “rights” and “communities” and “sex work.” All of this is a thin veneer over the fact that powerful people abuse the vulnerable and then make that acceptable in many different ways. It’s a story as old as time really: men naturally seek to dominate and degrade, and damaged men damage others. I can’t speak to the darkness in women but that darkness is here inside me and all men. It’s a source of power and profound weakness.
I have a lot of respect for Glenn. He is a man of principle. He is also flawed and clearly has serious issues. I can’t imagine the pressure that has been brought to bear on him and it would be understandable if he has lost his grip as a result because I can feel the same forces inside myself. I understand the desire to adopt children, become a father, and live a full, normal life, but there are just too many stories like this. We are supposed to look past these incidents and not do the math on relative frequency of violence and abuse by various favored groups. The math is devastating though and it’s not “bias” it’s just the harsh reality.
This is one of the ballsiest things I've ever read on Substack. Kudos to you for telling the truth. Not just "your" truth, but the unvarnished, objective one.
Amen.
Josh, I just want to tell you that I really respect you and your commitment to telling the truth, even when it is unfavorable to yourself. I admire that. God bless you for your courage.
Here's the thing. What Greenwald likes to do in his bedroom is between him and the adult that he's doing whatever he's doing. That being said once you become a parent, and a well known one to boot, what hits you hits your children. Then the picture completely changes. Your first thought needs to be how will this effect/impact my child(ren)? If I take another job and move to another city? Leave my spouse? Get involved in something kinky?
This is not 1985 where you can keep things under wrap (hello Tom Cruise). Whatever you do you should have an expectation of it becoming public, specifically if you're a public person.
Glenn ordinarily I'd say who cares as someone who has had his share of wild nights-well not this weird. But I never chose to have children and no gay man will ever just happen to get the girl he was seeing accidently pregnant. You wanted the permanent white picket fence therefore you need to act accordingly. BTW, it's not like you can't readily find kinky porn videos.
And a footnote. Right now this seems to be a somewhat "credible rumor." If it's false then none of this applies to Greenwald.
What, specifically in detail, is a "credible rumor?"
My belief for something looks awfully real, others claim it's not, but the evidence it pretty strong that it is.
I'm asking you please to be specific. Tell me what the "it" is? What is the referent. Do you see? Are you saying "it equals the videotape"? Or "it equals some other aspect?"
WHAT is the IT? Please. Thank you.
OK making me think Josh. For me to say "he did it" would mean the videotape is verified as authentic and verified he tweeted it. Others are saying he was hacked, that seems doubtful, but if that's the case Greenwald needs to show evidence how/why. Otherwise, own up to it and take your lumps.
You may not know this. Glenn has confirmed it's real. Multiple times in public. You don't have to believe me on my word. You can confirm this yourself.
I don't know whether he retweeted it, but that's separate. The tape is real. Two different issues. This is why I was asking you tell me what you mean by "it." It's basic to understanding, not being a nitpicker.
I can't confirm whether he RT'ed i. I said right in the essay that I couldn't confirm it. But those denying it are *lying and pretending they haven't seen the photographic evidence that suggests he RT'ed it*. They're pretending they don't understand that RT'ing it could be explained by Glenn getting off on the humiliation of it.
But the tape is real.
If he confirmed it and the tape is real that's on him. He of all people should realize there's no expectation of privacy when you're a public person. His kids are teenagers. They're going to experience the brunt of the fall out. Too many gay men want their Mommy and Daddy life but still have a life of the wild boy. And BTW, Greenwald is about your age. Beyond the age that "I went to the club, did some strong X and Special K, and got wild with some other guys."
If Greenwald had not adopted children, it would still be the case that his practices call his mental fitness into question.
Those who protest otherwise are part of the problem. Many are only upset about stigmatizing Greenwald's fetishes because they're gay-coded, which is precisely what this article counters - something that would be deplorable if "straight" should not be any less deplorable because "gay". But to those who would play the "consenting adults" card to hand-wave away any "private" depravity, I say again: You are the problem.
You've internalized the left-wing notion that we cannot possibly stigmatize anything without being oppressive, which is ludicrous. You claim to believe in "freedom", but the entire benefit of freedom is that you earn the consequences of your actions, and that's meaningless if we decide that negative consequences are banned and all outcomes must be "equalized". No, freedom is wonderful precisely because we get to exercise our judgement, and just as that means I get to stop inviting my alcoholic friend to parties because he shows up drunk, it also means I get to say "I do not respect Glenn Greenwald, and if he happens to write an incisive article that I agree with, I am still prepared for his next article to be ridiculous."
Mental illness is unfitness. Unfitness for trust, unfitness for responsibility, and unfitness for authority. Drug addiction, sex addiction, depression, sociopathy, psychopathy, and yes, even OCD/ADHD/"autism" - all of these are negatives. The slightest whiff of one of them is not a life-ending disqualifier; they exist along spectrums. But we must stop lying to ourselves and claiming that obvious negatives are not negatives.
First, there's the other consideration of meth use, meth is a horrible addictive drug-it's not pot or booze or even ecstacy. Outside of that since the 1990s I've seen how the "nanny state" has taken over adult society. The nanny state is the fuel for the gas tank of the woke. Almost always from masking to "micro aggression" woke demands are rationalized to "protect people."
If you don't want a bunch of bureaucratic, Cluster B types telling you how to live your life than you have to be willing to put up with some behavior that you find really distasteful. Like I said in my original comments I definitely had my share of wild boy days albeit never this weird.
But when it impacts innocent people, particularly children then it's no longer "you do you and I'll do me." Becoming a parent means every action and behavior you take must be in consideration how could this effect my children. Much more so if you're a public figure. Don't like it Glenn, you should have stayed some unknown corporate lawyer. Or not adopted two kids.
If he had been some gay dude with no children my opinion would have definitely been weird and sleazy but it's his life not mine. Would I continue to listen to him? Maybe, I have some real disagreements on some of his views, particularly on illegal immigrants/deportations as it is.
I'm not going to hire an alcoholic. I'm not going to trust one in some unpaid capacity either. It's irrational to trust such a person to perform a responsibility. It's irrational to trust such a person to be honest.
Meth-heads? Even more so.
The nanny state is what happens when you believe that illegal and immoral have to be synonyms - that there is no role for the private sphere in policing society. What actually works best - by far - is for as much of "good" and "bad" as possible to be culturally enforced, with the state only intervening when the cost-benefit analysis clearly favors doing so. That cost-benefit analysis should include consideration of the risk of corruption and abuse in law enforcement, as well as the likelihood of inconsistent enforcement and declining social trust as a result.
I disagree that we avoid "nanny states" by tolerating bad behavior. To the contrary, tolerating bad behavior makes it worse until the "do something" crowd wins out and welcomes draconian solutions. What is needed is proactivity. We should proactively employ cultural guardrails against bad behavior and we should publicly explain that we do so as an explicit alternative to government enforcement. This is how we prevent decline to the level of "throngs of homeless addicts defecating in the streets and assaulting passers-by", which is the sort of development that really empowers the Cluster B busybodies.
Thank you for saying the things no one else has the courage to say. Gay men should not be adopting children.
“Greenwald released this himself as part of his fetish.”
If so I don’t know with what motive.. seeking humiliation? Just a guess
But my best guess is he put it out there to defuse the potential for blackmail or cancellation whether that had been happening or not (yet).
All that aside thank you 🙏 for the actually beautiful and heart rending post.
As to Beauty I try to remember to yield myself up in appreciation of it.
Yet Truth is something of a first love for me. Even when it’s heartbreaking as in the truths you wrote today…. if the heart breaks to love of the True the Good the Beautiful this is an unalloyed good.
😊 🙏
This move is out of David Letterman's playbook, when the woman he had an affair tried to blackmail him. He himself announced it. It seems to be the best way to handle it, honestly.
That's an interesting theory
Josh is right.... there's a fetish whar you MUST give up yer $$$ to yer "Dom" an' do this ON CAMERA so the humiliation is spread 'round in PUBE-LIck (ha ha). Addin' too... I fear fer those kiddos. Glenn made gay porno films with hookers an' failed ta pay 'em (fer like 30+ years!), it's on them innertubes. He wuz deep inta Brazilian BDSM stuff (he...pahrdon the wordin'--apparantly schtupped --financially--some men in the porno viddeo biz, not just the male prosty-toots, an' then there wuz tax evasion so he had ta leave the USA butt (!) pronto!) FWIW this is all nooz ta me but I had ta read up on HOW this "respectacle" pund-it fell from "grace." (I 100% disagree with 'im on HamAss but prior ta that he had some cred-ability...)
So I worry 'bout them boyz I mean...is he "safe" as a father as Glenn's late hubby was also inta the porno/violence stuff. Glenn also had a Nazi name an' would dress up as an SS office an' abuse men--so he played both top/bottom an' Ilsa She Wolf of the SS crap. Sikkko. Is he doin' stuff ta his boys? I mean it's not wrong ta ask... I wouldn't trust any fella (gay/straight/furry with donkey ears) who behaves like this online an' is PROUD of it?! Jus' in time fer pride month, jeeze...
ps his little mesh "nightie" top/pinnie seems ta have a HamAss flag onnit--red & green likely the colors of his future bruises...
I agree with your guess. When David Horowitz wrote “Radical Son” about his upbringing as a “red diaper baby” and his radical activism and black pill awakening, he also told every mistake he ever made in his personal life so that it couldn’t be used against him as a gotcha. I found it to be a very brave move on his part. He dedicated the rest of his life to fighting the communist movement that was once his cause. May he rest in peace.
Wow cool piece of history to know, thanks 🙏!
Thanks Josh. That was brutally powerful. And I totally agree.
It seems to me from reading accounts on X, that most of the people defending GG are heterosexual. Of course lots of people condemning him are also heterosexual. I could be wrong, but that's what I see from the accounts I follow.
But I think that many of the straight people defending him are unaware of just how kinky and degrading SM sissy porn/sex is, or maybe they are aware but they don't want to appear homophobic, so they go against their gut instinct. "Love is love," and all that BS.
And it's Pride month, so they have to be extra careful. I'm rather disgusted.
Plus...Greenwald hates Israel and Zionists, so I have absolutely no love for him. I cannot watch him at all.
All very valid commentary and very brave. But Glen is denying he released the videos and is calling them criminal.
What do you mean "but", as if that were dispositive? Because Glenn says he didn't, that means Glenn is telling the truth?
I already said I couldn't confirm he RT'ed it. I've been clear, fair, and transparent. I haven't gotten anything "wrong." I qualified. I caveated. Sigh.
Forget it. You're being dishonest about what I said, and I'm not having any more of it.
Know thy self. The good the bad and the ugly, the greatest gift we can give to ourselves is self-awareness. I love you for sharing this vulnerability and I respect you tremendously for that. As far as the Greenwald thing I didn't watch the video. I respect Glen as a journalist. I'm not sure I go with the blackmail situation as much as I do perhaps that maybe people don't like his comments about Israel and politics have gotten really out of hand so maybe that's a part of it and maybe it wasn't released by Glen, but by somebody out to smear him. Either way I cannot personally imagine wanting to demean myself in such a sadistic sad way....so all I can do is pray at this point.
Once again Josh, you've struck a match and set the Trojan horse on fire, to expose the rot that lays in its belly.
This is such a great call, not only to recognize and reject the "curated and crafted" lies society has been cudgeled with about gay men and the lifestyle in general, but everything the left has pushed since just after WW2 - when the subversion of societal guard rails was begun in earnest.
This extends to every single aspect of life - healthcare, finances, social programs and activism, migration, you name the leftist, queer, woke, progressive agenda and there are a bevy of these same lies, that hide the truth and shame anyone who question them.
The old Dutch "Live and let live" only works, when there are overarching societal conventions of behavior and morality, that are largely observed and enforced by the observant masses - in other words shaming and ostracizing. It used to be the case that the threat of that, would not have prevented Greenwald from licking feet and floor, clad in a schoolgirl's skirt, but it would have certainly prevented the video documentation and release.
The hard truth is these perverse incidences and the anger, you rightly point to, from bystanders so steeped in the dysfunctional abnormality that it feels like a personal attack, is the real problem.
This if course won't be the last of these "perverse leaks" and the future episodes won't be exclusively from gay men or the gay community, but much of it will, because of the turbo charged, radical, profitable push for "equity and human rights", presently occupying the global stage.
One thing is for sure - no matter the sex or sexual orientation, when you start to see these spirals in people, they usually don't stop and only accelerate. Your main point here, should not be skimmed over - there are kids in the mix and as I have long said, they will pay the price for the perversion, proclivities, abuses and choices of adults.
The hope is, this brings attention and scrutiny, before anything "major" happens to these kids, thought the public damage is already done.
Josh I have always responded to your open vulnerability and honesty. I'm female, 70, and I know what it is to be verbally and physically abused.
I don't quite understand my response to that tape, and I may be very naive, but what I saw in that tape was vulnerability. In this case, it seems, perhaps a safe way to act it out. He’s such a tough guy in his work. But it definitely changes the way I see him. It also cements into place an observation of gay couples I have known, male and female, that much in these relationships seems to be based on power.
Just for the record, sissy / humiliation are not unique to homosexuals. Many heterosexual men engage in the fetish. I do think it has to do with acting out power / vulnerability but I’m no expert. It’s always been my impression that it’s more common among straight men than gay men, but as a gay man myself, maybe I’m being optimistic. Many of the sissies end up being trans “lesbians”. Ie, straight men who adopt the fetish full time. Andrea Long Chu writes about this.
Josh I have always responded to your open vulnerability and honesty. I'm female, 70, and I know what it is to be verbally and physically abused.
I don't quite understand my response to that tape, and I may be very naive, but what I saw in that tape was vulnerability. In this case, it seems, perhaps a safe way to act it out. He’s such a tough guy in his work. But it definitely changes the way I see him. It also cements into place an observation of gay couples I have known, male and female, that much in these relationships seems to be based on power.
"It's also easy to write me off as a 'self-hating gay man.'"
Like so many things, it turns out that the truth is almost the exact opposite of what we've all been told. Anyone--not just gay men--with even a modicum of self-awareness really ought to have at least a bit of self-hatred going on. If anything, it should be seen as a signal of honesty. It's not conclusive evidence or anything like that, but it's a green flag, not a red one.
Needless to say, writing people off for giving off honest vibes is. . . not great.
The acceptance, and in some cases approval of alternative sexual lifestyles has steamrolled through our culture, and it started with the acceptance of gay marriage. I don't care if gay people adopt the accouterments of marriage, but it is a legal arrangement and should never have been called marriage. It is a civil arrangement. That is all.
I am irrevocably against gays adopting or using surrogacy, and no one will change my mind, with this caveat - I'm sad you won't be a father, at least since you regained your sanity. You'd make a wonderful parent. What you can do is be a wise and protective uncle, helping some youngster(s) navigate the evil too many adults have allowed to run rampant.
You are doing our culture, and especially our young ones, a huge benefit by calling out in graphic language the reality of gay/alternative sexuality. Thank you for your courage for using yourself as an example. You speak with the voice of experience, and almost nothing speaks louder than that.
At a trans demonstration in England, somebody had a sign that said, "All Boundaries are Conventions Waiting to be Transcended." When people tell you who they are, listen to them. They don't just want acceptance. Thank God they aren't even pretending about THAT anymore.
Your willingness to speak plainly and honestly about hard topics that hit close to home is helping others - maybe especially the ones who are the most uncomfortable.
Josh, I have a 14 year old granddaughter who has been in relationships (nothing beyond kissing and touching as far as I know) with girls for two years now. She dresses as a boy and is currently obsessed with her girlfriend of a year. She is on her phone constantly with her when she is not physically with her. Being old fashioned I believe she is too young to be in any relationship this intense. Does lesbianism carry some of the same issues you describe here for gay men? I worry for her emotional and mental health.
Young girls are being corrupted into thinking that their giddy “bosom buddy” friendships are sexual. This is deliberately done through schools, media, culture. They are so vulnerable at that age and don’t understand what’s happening to their bodies and minds. They are told that any affection or infatuation between friends is sexual and they should act on it. Many of these girls desire motherly protection so they seek relationships with girls.
This is one of many creepy sides to the push to queer everything. Everything is sexual, all the time. Close friendships among young adolescents of the same sex are inherently sexual, this thinking goes, and if you're not doing it that way, then you're choosing repression and doing it wrong. It's a creepy, manipulative message and it is deeply wrong.
This is partly why men are so lonely- having a close male friend is “gay” or a “bromance”. Boys and men can’t have natural male camaraderie without being made to feel embarrassed and ashamed.
There is a very harsh reality behind the decadent society we have become. Apologists for “sexual liberation” gain access to troubled individuals and absolve themselves through the virtual aftercare of supporting “rights” and “communities” and “sex work.” All of this is a thin veneer over the fact that powerful people abuse the vulnerable and then make that acceptable in many different ways. It’s a story as old as time really: men naturally seek to dominate and degrade, and damaged men damage others. I can’t speak to the darkness in women but that darkness is here inside me and all men. It’s a source of power and profound weakness.
I have a lot of respect for Glenn. He is a man of principle. He is also flawed and clearly has serious issues. I can’t imagine the pressure that has been brought to bear on him and it would be understandable if he has lost his grip as a result because I can feel the same forces inside myself. I understand the desire to adopt children, become a father, and live a full, normal life, but there are just too many stories like this. We are supposed to look past these incidents and not do the math on relative frequency of violence and abuse by various favored groups. The math is devastating though and it’s not “bias” it’s just the harsh reality.