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Damn homophobes again! LOL

So I have my irons in a few fires, and one of them is a collective of Alphas who are involved in the arts. I sent out emails inviting more brothers to join this collective. In my email signature, I have a graphic of the cover of LAZARUS and a link to my website. This is a response I got:

What's with the book about gay frat brothers? Ummm...what? Is that what we're promoting now?

This bama REPLIED ALL.....so brothers from across the nation have read it. So already I'm like this mufuckin BULLY.....

So I replied all.....

You are late.

My novel has been out since 2005. It has sold well, even among Alphas, and has earned me an award.

I was an official vendor for the 2006 Centennial Convention. Not a single Brother out of 10,000 approached me about having a problem with the content of my novel.

If you have any further questions regarding my novel, you are free to contact me directly. I would rather not spam these groups with the unnecessary promotion of my novel, but I would love to encourage discussion on how we may further support and guide Alphas who are involved in the arts, even you.

But then I got EXTRA gully, and sent him a personal message with the subject line: "That was my nice message:"

Now hear my serious message:

You don’t have to read or support a single thing I ever write. But I will not tolerate your attempts to put me on blast among the various yahoogroups you have responded to. Your behavior is unbrotherly and cowardly.

We (meaning the artists of the Alpha Renaissance) have created an opportunity for Brothers to share, grow, support, and invest in one another. We do not judge each other by the content of our artistry, but we support each other because we are artists in a fraternity that values doctors, lawyers, and public policymakers.

If your own homophobia distracts you from that goal, so be it – the Renaissance doesn’t need people like you anyway.

Hear this: I will not be bullied by insecure Brothers who make it a point to make examples of Brothers who are different from them. Perhaps you can’t help it because of the teasing and taunting you no doubt incurred as a child because of your gender-ambiguous name, or other real or perceived inadequacies.

I don’t suffer fools gladly. If I were you, I would move along and have a nice life.

Y'all know I don't take kindly to that sort of bullshit and I strive to make an example out of every unbrotherly homophobe I encounter.

But hey, the new year wouldn't start out right without an O-Ren Ishii moment!

Bless y'all who support!

Posted by Rashid on January 6, 2007 11:13 AM