Foley's Follies and the cult of victimization
Face it, Mark Foley is a victim. To forgive is divine. What if you have to continually forgive? I don't have this answer, but it would be great if I did, I would sell it on eBay (Like a good little consumer).
Mark Foley went from a pervert to a victim at warp speed. He is a victim because it is palatable. We all make mistakes. You can understand this right? It wasn't HIS fault because he is a victim of alcoholism, a paedophile clergyman and gay. If he could blame OBL he would.
This is how Mark Foley falls on his sword for the party, from being shifted from the perverted aggressor into the victim. The fact remains, victims don't usually have a choice, aggressors do. With an aggressor gets caught, the survival instinct needs to blame somebody else, usually the victim or becoming the victim themselves. It's as old as the sin itself. This strategy works well on the ignorant because it ultimately blames the observer; You, for not being forgiving of his faults, so ignore the act.
Foley could not forgive himself for being gay in a party that does not recognize Gay people as humans. Gay people are sick perverts who are sinful and destroy the family and civilization (or something to this effect). Fact remains, he was a person created by the people who would not accept him. There is no need to fear "fags" but there should be a real concern if they are suppressed, they become a danger to themselves and others, because they CANNOT be themselves. Foley's being gay is being linked to his perversion, which is not the point. Successful people can be drug users. Paedophiles can be gay or straight. Foley choose to be a victim and choose to victimize others in his pain (unresolved acceptance of himself). He hide himself from the world buy becoming aligned with people and organizations who scourge gay people. He thought it a good place to hide.
You are also a victim, you've been taught to be one since birth. If you can be a victim, then you can absolve yourself of the responsibility for your actions. When it is nobody's fault you are free to do as you please, without recourse. You can make others suffer from the lack of choice not afforded to you. Thus the cycle of victimization continues to scar other generation.
You can only be a victim if you choose to be one. Since humanity has been trained to be victims by willful and psychotic aggressors, it's easy pickin's for them. We need to stop laying down on command. We should not require our internal spirituality be supplanted with the required belief of an abstract and unprovable idea. Eastern religions do not require you to believe in an old man with a beard in the sky. It is a useless pursuit and hinders personal spiritual evolution. The moment you suspend logic to believe in something unverifiable, you lose control of yourself to a committee and all freedoms enjoyed until the moment of conversion. Once a council or committee decides the meaning of a teachers message, the spirituality dies with the messenger and becomes a dead religion. It continues to live when practiced by the individual. If everyone were from Missouri (The show me state) we might be better off. Yes, there are many things beyond our realm of perception but since I do need to eat and shit I focus on them as I do it.
People were burned at the stake for this (Witchcraft), "Do as they wilt; Harm no one." Many were martyred for this, or killed in religion's name (Christian), "Love thy neighbor as thyself..."
Both being essientially the same ideal when deconstructed. If fact, we could say if you love yourself, you will neither harm yourself or others.
Was Foley's perversion due to his lack of acceptance of who he was or the Conservative Christians who would not? Consider this interesting piece which is related to the verse above (Matthew 5:44)
Jesus is also described as condemning people who insult each other, specifically identifying the insult of calling someone a Raca...
The most common view is that Raca is a reference to the Aramaic word reka (see also Aramaic of Jesus), which literally means empty one, probably referring to empty headed, or foolish...
Some writers have argued that raca can mean effeminate and moros referring to an homosexual aggressor, and so Jesus could here be seen to be condemning homophobia
Goes on to say:
- If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out
- If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off
Rather than if...offend thee, the Greek text is literally if...causes you to stumble, which while a common metaphor for sin, also acts as a joke since plucking out one's eye will result in one stumbling about. (Oracle: shows the absurdity of the statement).
Here is something I have trouble with; some claiming homosexuality be genetic. If so, it absolves them from the responsibility of having made that choice. Blacks (Africans) are genetically black and are hated because of this, so how is being genetically predisposed going to make a difference? If someone is gay I, (or if I were) I would want the freedom of choice to be so, consensually with others that choose so, and ask that my choice is accepted. If not accepted, no harm comes to me and I will not harm or criticize you for your path. Regardless of the fact, what fucking difference does it make?This are only polarizing arguments to politicize ideas for CONTROL. If you take the bait you are now a part of the problem. You can now be fought against because you accepted the imaginary (or well constructed ) challenge. Your new adversary now has somebody to fight and hate. You are now the polar opposite of them yet equally destructive.
“Never interfere with an enemy that is in the process of destroying itself.” --Napolean
Fear not Christian Soldiers, any homosexuality practiced in the animal kingdom (created by god) has a low percentile rating. Fear not well-training victims, the world has a low percentile of aggressors. Life goes on.
Religious organizations and governments want you to be victims for their survival. If you have choice, you may "opt-out" of the fraud perpetrated against you.
Gay people, you know why the new breed of Christian Conservatives fear you? Because they know they are capable of choosing to being gay themselves or being the parent of a gay child. If they do become gay, it's either god made me a homosexual or the devil made me do it. It could never be a personal choice. I'm the victim! Is the real fear the fear of having a choice?
9/11 was a tradegy, whoever was responsible, is it permissable to kill more than 10,000 people (many innocent of the crime) including soldiers and the enemy for 3,000 deaths? This niether fits the "Eye for a eye (Ghandi: makes the whole world blind) or "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Why did we do it? Because we are the victims!?! Yep, that is the rationale for continued destruction.
It was up to Foley to end the cycle of destruction, he failed. One brave teenager "opted-out" by not being a victim.
