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| I could not find a picture of Mr. Luke Richardson on line, but I suppose it looks something like this. |
My recent post on the Huffington Post regarding Gay Marriage was widely shared and read within my circle of friends
and fellow bloggers. To this date, there were no comments on the blog entry and
it seemed that I made my point. As we all know, the internet is a crazy place,
and people who are off their meds or have let their tin foil hat slip often are
the ones running the show. I woke up today to a letter in my work mailbox from
a teacher in New York City regarding my piece on gay marriage. To make it
interesting, he sent it to every goddamned person at the college. I am not sure
how he got everyone’s email, but he did. My colleagues have been responding
back to his rant (see below) and have asked him to not contact them again. I
appreciate their support.
The offer from the writer to “feel free to respond to my email…” is a
tempting offer. However, as we all know, if you feed the trolls, they will not
go away. So instead, I’ll just share with you his SIX PAGE rant, as it was
sent, formatting and all. People wonder why I put myself out there, and they
wonder why I share so much. It’s because of people like this that I continue to
share about the inequities in our lives. I will not be bullied, I will not be
silenced, nor will I stand rhetoric such as this “It is simply to tell
you that you are a moral failure, a coward, and a fraud.” I am far from all three. It takes courage to
put your life out there for people to read about. It takes conviction and an
inner compass of morality to stand up for not only my family, but for those in
our state going through the same trials due to our state’s draconian laws
regarding LGBT families. And, if you know me, I am the real deal. I can’t stand
frauds or fakes and I do my best to live a life that is open and transparent.
When you are in the public eye, you can’t afford to be anything but.
After reading his letter, I was reminded of the time when former rock
star and racist nut job Ted Nugent had a community forum on his webpage. It was
a fantasy land of conspiracy, terrible formatting and copious amounts of bloviating
on any number of subjects. A colleague of mine pointed out that I was not the
only one to receive this letter.
As mentioned, I will not
personally engage him, but if you would like, feel free to contact him: lrichardsonluke@aol.com.
Behold, the ramblings of Luke Richardson:
Dear Professor
McMillen-Oakley:
I
have read your article in The Huffington Post entitled
“A Holiday Letter to the Supreme Court” that was posted on December 8th, 2014. I noticed that your article appeared in the “Gay
Marriage” section of the website. In your article you
acknowledged that you are openly gay and living with another man.
As
a high school history teacher from New York City, I have a different
perspective on morality than many people. I personally do not
agree with same-sex marriage and I do not endorse homosexual conduct. Nor
do I agree with the so-called “progressive” and “enlightened” views you are
advocating. I would like to say why. Feel free to respond
to my email if you like.
As
you may or may not know, in the United States of America, at least
636, 000 Americans have already died of AIDS from 1981 to 2010 inclusive. The
body count numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, and thus far in 2014, have not been
included. At the start of 2010, at least 1.1 million
Americans were living with HIV. All of these casualties
occurred within just one generation, a generation being 30 years (1981 –
2011). What does it mean to lose at least 636, 000 Americans
from AIDS within one generation? Consider the following
evidence:
Ø This is more
than 10 times American fatalities in the Vietnam War
(1959 – 1975). America had 58, 000 servicemen killed in this
conflict.
Ø More
than five times American
fatalities in World War I (1917 – 1918). America
had 116, 000 servicemen killed in this conflict.
Ø More
than American
fatalities in World War II (1941 – 1945). America
had 407, 000 servicemen killed in this conflict.
Ø More than American
fatalities in World I, World War II,
and Vietnam—all added up together.
Ø More people than are
presently buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Ø More than American
fatalities in the American Revolution (1775 – 1783).
Ø More than the fatalities
incurred in the American Civil War (1861 – 1865) where
620, 000 people died in the worst war in American history.
Ø More than Napoleon
Bonaparte lost in his disastrous retreat from Moscow in
1812. Napoleon lost over 500, 000 men due to the severe
Russian winter.
Ø More than the Axis
powers lost in North Africa in World War II.
Ø More than the Allied
forces lost in the battle of Passchendaele in World War
I.
Ø More than the French
Army lost in the battle of Verdun in World War I.
Ø More than the losses
incurred by the British Empire forces and her allies in the Somme
Offensive of 1916. The allies incurred 623, 000
casualties at the Somme for a gain of less than
12 kilometers of land.
Ø More than were killed by
all the defoliant Agent Orange sprayed on the jungles
of Vietnam.
Of
the 636, 000 Americans that have died of AIDS, at least 53% of this figure is
made up of homosexuals. Therefore, at least 337, 080
homosexuals in the United States have died of AIDS. From
1981 to 2010 inclusive (within a generation), over 555, 000
homosexuals in America were diagnosed with full-blown AIDSaccording to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Even
though they are a tiny minority of the population in America,
men who have sex with men (MSM) in America make up the
majority of the new HIV infections, the majority of AIDS cases, and the
majority of the AIDS fatalities. The tiny minority tail has lost
more people than the big majority dog. This reality has to do with
the fact that they (MSM) engage in conduct that is self-destructive, goes
against nature, and is considered high risk. What does it mean
to lose at least 337, 080 homosexuals from AIDS in America within just one
generation? Consider the following evidence:
Ø This is more
than five times American fatalities in the Vietnam War
(1959 – 1975).
Ø More
than double, nearly triple,
American fatalities in World War I.
Ø More than the German
Army lost on the Russian Front in their catastrophic defeat in the
battle of Stalingrad in 1943. The German
Army incurred 330, 000 casualties in this one
battle.
Ø More than were lost by
the Italian Fascist armies of Benito Mussolini on the
Russian Front in World War II.
Ø More than were killed by
the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—put
together.
Ø More than the fatalities
incurred by the slave states of the Confederacy in the
American Civil War (1861 – 1865). The eleven slave states of the
Confederacy experienced 258, 000
fatalities, fighting for a cause that was morally wrong.
Ø More than six
times the carnage at the battle of Gettysburg (July
1-3, 1863), where the combined casualties for both armies exceeded
53, 000 in just three days.
In case you didn’t know, a man cannot become
pregnant. Only a woman’s body can become impregnated, carry a child
to term for nine months and breastfeed a baby. A woman’s body was
anatomically designed for bearing children. Only a man’s sperm can
impregnate a woman. Without heterosexual sex, no human beings could
exist—that includes you. Heterosexual sex is natural, necessary and
meant to be. Have you ever studied human anatomy? The
human rectum was anatomically designed for the elimination of human waste, not
to be turned into a vagina. Nobody can deny these
facts. It appears you are ignorant of the most obvious realities of
nature.
When
you participate in behaviour that goes against nature and is self-destructive,
then the results will reflect that. In other words, the
norms become reversed. Why is it that in just one generation (1981
– 2011) a large number of parents have had to bury their own
children? Normally, children should be burying their parents, but
not for many of these AIDS victims. Why is it that a record number
of people are dying in peacetime rather than in wartime? Why is it
that a tiny minority of the population ends up incurring more casualties than
the majority? Why is it that many racists and warmongers have
outlived countless of these so-called peaceful and tolerant AIDS
victims? Why do so many grown men have to wear diapers like
infants? Why the silence? If one is truly proud to have
HIV/AIDS, then why try to hide it? Why hide the casualties?
The
number of HIV infections keeps going up with no end in sight. Every
year, more and more people are becoming infected with HIV and
AIDS. At present, 1 in every 300 Americans is infected with HIV and
climbing. In total, 1.7 million Americans have become infected with
HIV since 1981. Approximately 50, 000 Americans become
infected with HIV each year, which means that almost 1, 000 Americans
become infected with HIV each week. More Americans die from AIDS
every year than are killed in gun homicides.
During
the Vietnam War (1959 – 1975), the American forces were
incurring an average of 19 fatalities per day over the entire duration of the
conflict. At present, the number of Americans that die from AIDS
every day is more than double that. In other words, it would be like
fighting two Vietnam conflicts at the exact same time, and at the end of every
single day there is a body count which cannot be stopped and there is no
telling for how long the conflict will last. In New York
Cityalone, from 1981 to 2012, over 75, 000 AIDs deaths were
reported—more than American fatalities in the entire Vietnam War.
The
coffin factories will never go out of business as they continue to manufacture
more coffins for these AIDS victims. Do you know someone with
HIV? A cousin? A business partner? A
brother? A sister? A friend? A
parent? A celebrity? A co-worker? A religious
leader? A son? A daughter? Chances are
you do. The trends do not appear to be going in your
favour. When you get to the point where you can easily name someone
who has contracted HIV, then you know that the disease is more widespread than
you realize.
What
did these AIDS victims die for? What great noble cause could justify the loss
of so many people in peacetime? How can one justify the conduct that
led to these losses? What is it all for? The body count
numbers have provided a telling rebuke. Their decadent conduct has
resulted in a big waste of human life. It truly is a vast and
indefensible waste of human life. It is amusing to watch these
posers put on an act and pretend that there’s nothing wrong. When
you lose hundreds of thousands of people for nothing, people will criticize you
because they do not respect you. When people don’t respect you, they
won’t listen to you, and they won’t care what you think. Yes, there
will be a loss of respect, a loss of credibility, and a loss of legitimacy.
Take
a good look at these people with HIV/AIDS. They have tried awfully
hard to find a cure. They have bake sales for the cause, fashion
shows for the cause, concerts for the cause, battle of the bands for the cause,
celebrity dinners for the cause, celebrity endorsements for the cause,
barbeques for the cause, ecotourism for the cause, walk-a-thons for the cause,
bike-a-thons for the cause, and every other possible activity known to mankind
to support their cause. All the while they have completely ignored
the morality of their conduct and the body count that is attached to
it.
Do
you not realize that in the eyes of God up above, virtually all of the decadent
conduct that caused these people to get AIDS would be considered morally
wrong? Do you honestly believe that an all-mighty, all-knowing,
all-powerful God would endorse the conduct that these people engage
in? Where are the divine letters of recommendation to support the
cause? Where is the divine seal of approval? Where is the
divine endorsement?
People
like you seem to operate on the assumption that there is no God, that there is
no such thing as divine intervention, that divine justice does not exist, that
there are no absolute truths of any kind, and that there is no
afterlife. If that describes you, you are entitled to believe what
you want, but that does not necessarily mean that you are correct or that
others must be forced to subscribe to your views. If you wish to
worship the golden calf, then that is your business, but do not demand and
expect others to follow your example.
For
these people living with HIV/AIDS, there is no war, no draft, and no arms
race. No weapons of mass destruction were used to cause this
devastation. The Cold War between America and the Soviet Union is
over. There is no declaration of war, and a single shot hasn’t even
been fired in anger at anyone. Yet, despite all of these factors
that are stacked in their favour in a time of peace, their fatalities from AIDS
are even higher.
The
prime architect of the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, who was the U.S. Secretary
of Defense from 1961 to 1968, admitted in his memoirs that he was wrong to have
gotten America involved in Vietnam to the extent that it was. As a
result, 58, 000 American servicemen died from 1959 to 1975. At
present however, the number of Americans that have already died from AIDS is
more than 10 times that. Nonetheless, it would appear that most of
the victims living with HIV/AIDS and most of the activists who support them,
will never admit that their conduct is wrong. They remain
unapologetic right to the grave. They never want to admit that they
have erred, no matter how high the body count goes. Why is that
relevant? It is relevant, since finding common ground with these
people will be virtually impossible.
Globally,
the body count from AIDS is very revealing. Every 12
seconds, someone on the planet contracts HIV, and every 16
seconds someone dies from AIDS. That translates into 12,
600 casualties a day, every day, without end in sight. Since
1981, at least 78 million people on the planet have been diagnosed with HIV and
at least 39 million people have died of AIDS. Nobody
knows with 100% accuracy what the real global body count number is, since many
nations do not keep accurate numbers and other nations do not even report the
number of fatalities at all. What does it mean to experience
at least 39 million fatalities from AIDS? Consider the following
evidence:
Ø This is more
than quadruple the number of fatalities incurred by the Third
Reich of Germany.
Ø More than
triple the combined fatalities of the big three of the Axis
Powers in World War II (Germany, Italy, and Japan).
Ø More than were killed on
the Russian Front in World War II.
Ø More than were killed in
all of Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps put together.
Ø More than the fatalities
incurred by the Soviet Union in World War II.
Ø More than were killed in
the all the gulags of Joseph Stalin put together.
Ø More than were
slaughtered in the killing fields of Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge.
Ø More than were killed in
the Iran-Iraq War (1980 – 1988).
Ø More than were killed in
the French Revolution and the Napoleonic
Wars—put together.
Ø More than were killed by
the Mongol hoards of Genghis Khan.
Ø More than were killed by
the Roman legions of the Caesars.
Ø More than
double the fatalities of World War I (1914 – 1918),
where 14 million people were killed.
Ø More than were killed
in every single military conflict in the history of the world,
with the only possible exception of World War II, where 55 million fatalities
resulted.
What
is the point of this email? It is simply to tell you that you
are a moral failure, a coward, and a fraud. More
people have died from AIDS than were lost by all the warmongers, lunatics,
racist bigots and totalitarian regimes I have mentioned. These
body count numbers have mocked you for eternity. Why is it
that the media seldom mentions anything about the AIDS fatalities in North
America? If you feel that you need to censor the body count,
then you’re the one who has the problem. You are fooling nobody.
All
of the defense contractors that make up the military industrial complex in
America and all of their weapons put together, do not kill off anything
comparable to the global body count numbers produced from
AIDS. I find it hard to believe that God up above agrees with
you. If you find these body count numbers disturbing, then maybe you
had better re-evaluate what you believe in. Are you really
on the right side of history? Sexually transmitted diseases
have been infecting and killing people for centuries. You cannot
blame politicians, lawmakers and religious leaders for the existence and spread
of AIDS. The historical evidence does not support
you.
You
would have to realize that the casualties from AIDS are rather
high. Yet, you pretend that there is nothing wrong. You
try to bulldoze your way through circumstances and impose your will on others
without considering the morality of your actions, and then you play stupid,
wondering why there are those who do not agree with you. Is it really
that hard to figure out why there are people who don’t agree with
you? Professor McMillen-Oakley, would you ever share these
AIDS statistics with your students, fellow educators, friends and family
members? If not, why not? Do you want people to see the
big waste of human life that has resulted? Why should people respect
your views? Are you really making progress?
There
are so many different strains of HIV that scientists have given up trying to
count all of them. What about the new strains of HIV that cannot
be stopped? You cannot legislate your way
out of this problem. You cannot interpret your
way out. You cannot vote your way out. You
cannot protest your way out. You cannotscream your
way out. You cannot bully your way
out. You cannot demand your way
out. You cannot manipulate your way
out. Public opinion polls cannot get you
out. Celebrity endorsements cannot get you
out. Hiding the casualties won’t stop the spread
of HIV. The genie is out of the bottle and cannot be put back
in.
You
would like to portray yourself as a moderate, a centrist, a person of reason, a
forward- looking person, a person who is sophisticated, or some other kind of
enlightened intellectual. If you think that everybody sees it your
way, you are seriously deluded. You don’t occupy any moral high
ground. You are not a superior alternative. You are not
the lesser of the evils. You do not stand for common sense, reason,
or logic. If you think that you are making progress, I wouldn’t want
to be in your shoes when you start claiming you are having a
setback. You are living in your own Fuhrerbunker, the victim
of your own perverted groupthink mentality—blind to the reality around you.
History
has shown us that people who ignore the morality of their conduct, who ignore
their conscience, whose ideology is bankrupt, and who ignore the consequences
of their choices—are destined to fail. Why are there people
who oppose same-sex marriage? Why are there people who do not
respect your views? Why do people disagree with your so-called
“progressive” morality? Why are there people who do not see things
your way? I suggest you look at the AIDS-related casualties. Then
you’ll find the answer.
Sincerely,
Luke Richardson
New York City
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