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Usually I don't pay much attention to folks who put "88", "white power" or "skinhead" in their profile. But last night a guy was pushing me on the issue.

Granted, he was hot, so I didn't want to NOT chat because of a little issue. But he kept bringing up the whole 88 and white power thing and typed 'Oi" way too much for my comfort.

So here's my take. First, if you want to get into all that as a form of sexual power play and bedroom fun, no problem. I'm not about to judge anyone by what they do in their own bedrooms/dungeons.

But I'm starting to think there are gay guys out there who take this shit pretty damn seriously and I just don't get it. Not in the freakin least.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm prejudiced. I have stereotypes I hold against people just by the color of their skin or their ethnic background.

HOWEVER, I do not believe that anyone is mentally inferior because of race or that America is best ruled by white middle aged men (wait a sec... isn't it already??)

So let me take this point by point.

88= Heil Hitler. Seriously guys. Don't you realize Hitler would have had you gassed for sucking dick? Supporting Hitler makes as much sense to me as some of these gay conservative christian fundamentalists. Don't they realize they're part of an organization that thinks they are living in sin or that they can be cured? Don't they know they support a president who thinks they are living in sin and are, for all intents and purposes, the scourge of our society? Don't they know they're part of a political party that doesn't even want their money because they're so scared of you??

The Hitler thing makes NO sense. Guys, he wanted us dead. Plain and simple. Would you support your own murderer?

White Power: Again, what the hell. The big toot by white-power folks is that America needs to be restored to it's "White" roots. Well, guys, don't you realize it was WHITE folks who brought Africans here in the first place? Do you SERIOUSLY believe that blacks should move to Africa? It's not a matter for "going back" to Africa. The blacks alive today here in America have NO connection to Africa. YOUR ancestors brought them here. Now YOU need to deal with it. And having rallies in white robes does nothing for the racial issues our nation faces. For a comparison in terms they might understand, let's say that your family breeds dogs. They CHOSE to get the dogs, they WANTED them in their world. Probably for hunting for something. Well, let's say that a few generations go by and you get a dog who won't fetch when you tell it to. You can't send it back to the pound. It didn't come from the pound. It came from something you wanted. And now that it's not doing what you want it to do, instead of working with the issue, you dance around the dog and throw stones at it and burn doggie treats, which, honestly, it just going to piss it off more.

NOTE: I'm NOT in any way saying black folks are dogs.

Skinheads: Again, a product of the Hitler camp. And again, skinheads would rather see you dead. You are a flaw in their perfect white world. Skinheads need straight, white Anglo-Saxons to breed MORE white Anglo-Saxons. You, as a gay man, have nothing for them and, in their belief, you are genetically flawed and should be eliminated, otherwise, you are going against the natural laws of selection.
I realized very early-on in college that people need three things: To feel loved, to feel useful and to feel appreciated. And I also figured out, (WAY before that fuckhead Dr. Phil made his fat-ass splash on TV) that all the issues and problems in our lives will typically boil down to one or more of those three needs. So, once again, I think we've failed as a society because, I believe, these guys identify with these groups because they want to feel loved, they want to feel useful and appreciated and they haven't been able to find it elsewhere in our society because they're told from a young age that what they are is NOT cool and there’s no where good for you to go.

But a short history lesson will tell them that these groups they try to "feel the love" from have nothing but hate for them because of the one thing they're trying to run from.

OK, off my soapbox. I got a little worked up over this on the ride to work today and I tend to use more curse words than usual then I get worked up. Sorry about that.