tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post3360232860650627724..comments2023-10-18T01:34:37.310-07:00Comments on DesertGaySpeak: TEXAS BAR RAID FOLLOW UPSteve Krotzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16496078896515900626noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post-45850701828203028872009-11-03T13:30:51.131-07:002009-11-03T13:30:51.131-07:00Sorry it took so long getting your comment posted....Sorry it took so long getting your comment posted. Somehow, I missed it 'cause it didn't show up in my email alerts.<br /><br />I agree that it already is a "bloody" battle. That's become more and more obvious with the dramatically increasing violence against us. We knew in the beginning of the radical activist movement in the early 70's that there was a very real dangerSteve Krotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496078896515900626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post-70777374197603043982009-09-20T02:07:02.014-07:002009-09-20T02:07:02.014-07:00Yes, certainly take self defense...been there, don...Yes, certainly take self defense...been there, done that. But if truth be known: it takes years of rigorous training to actually be effective. Better to carry legal weapon...guns when permissable, pepper spray everywhere else.<br /><br />I don't think we'll ever win our rights via conventional methods, such as voting, debating, street demonstrations, and civil dissent. We will wind up Zeke Krahlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793208942617735945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post-26467663051709154522009-09-19T21:15:44.338-07:002009-09-19T21:15:44.338-07:00Zeke, I think it's important to keep in mind w...Zeke, I think it's important to keep in mind what's really happening here. As I've said in a number of my postings, the right-wing-nuts, whether they're cops, clergy, congressmen/women or whatever, are becoming more and more desperate and more and more dangerous because we're becoming stronger and stronger and winning more and more battles.<br /><br />They know they're Steve Krotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496078896515900626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post-5720256425858930592009-09-19T18:36:20.390-07:002009-09-19T18:36:20.390-07:00Well, Steve I hope you're right. But since the...Well, Steve I hope you're right. But since the advent of AIDS and consequent homophobia over the past 2+ decades...one can find greater comparison to the 1950's, than, say, were the 1970's. In fact, I call this ear "McCarthyism on Steroids". There is far more willful targeting against sexual minorities nowadays, than there ever was in the fifties.<br /><br />In fact, it sureZeke Krahlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793208942617735945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post-5397133758815933082009-09-19T16:25:50.275-07:002009-09-19T16:25:50.275-07:00Thanks for your comment Zeke. At least they did fi...Thanks for your comment Zeke. At least they did fire most of the offenders and took steps to prevent it from happening in the future.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Atlanta police just did an even more disgusting raid on a gay bar there. We're now waiting to see how this one plays out. Of course there are demonstrations going on in protest of what their neanderthal cops did there. What's so Steve Krotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496078896515900626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534736464596929386.post-38694399608493924902009-09-18T22:29:00.522-07:002009-09-18T22:29:00.522-07:00That is just so sickening. Maybe Fort Worth gays n...That is just so sickening. Maybe Fort Worth gays need to from their own chapter of "Bash Back!":<br /><br />http://men.style.com/details/features/landing?id=content_10417Zeke Krahlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793208942617735945noreply@blogger.com