As a gay male who’s old enough to remember some of the darkness of the AIDS crisis in the ‘80s and the few heroes who fought it, I’m ashamed I’ve never heard the following story. Ruth Coker Burks should be heralded for her unselfish compassion and love in the face of horrible odds and even worse hatred and homophobia.
Ruth Coker Burks was just in her twenties when she found herself sitting at the bedside of a dying man with AIDS in a Little Rock hospital in the early 1980s, holding his hand because his family wouldn’t come. At a time when fear and ignorance about AIDS were rampant, when people thought you could catch it from a touch, she became the person who stayed. She wasn’t a nurse, or a doctor, or an activist with a microphone—she was just there, over and over again, when young men, often gay men estranged from their families, needed someone to look them in the eye as they died.
She used her family’s cemetery in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to bury over forty men with AIDS when funeral homes refused to handle the bodies and families wouldn’t claim them. She would often wrap the bodies herself, dig the graves with a friend or on her own, and offer a prayer. She marked their graves with simple bricks or PVC pipe crosses, making sure they had a place to rest that was tended, a place where someone remembered their names.
It wasn’t glamorous. She fought with funeral homes, doctors, and local politicians. She used her savings to buy medicine and groceries for men who had no one left to call, sitting with them while they took their last breaths. She navigated the fear that even medical staff felt around these men, sometimes having to bring them food herself in the hospital. She became family to men whose own parents would call her and demand she “let them die” alone. Instead, she stayed, holding their hands, reminding them they were not alone, that they were loved, even if it was by a stranger.
In a time when gay men were dying alone and being buried in garbage bags or cremated without ceremony, Ruth Coker Burks made sure they had a grave and a name. She became a mother figure, a sister, and a final comfort for so many men abandoned at the end, creating an island of dignity in a sea of fear and rejection. She offered what the world so often withheld from gay men during the AIDS crisis: care, respect, and the simple, holy act of being seen.
Ruth Coker Burks wrote a book titled “All The Young Men” about her experiences with these dying victims. It will be on my reading list.
Thanks to The AIDS Quilt page on Facebook for publishing this!
This 7.5-foot statue was unearthed in Turkey. Notice it depicts a Man in a seated position holding his dick.
All peoples who have ever lived acknowledge the power of cock. From statues like this to the sacred poles of Baal, dick has ruled them all.
Back in January I resurrected a seminal post from FWA titled “Good Boy” that examined the power of the phrase over the minds and hearts of faggots (CLICK HERE to read that). Ask any Alpha who has used the phrase on their faggots, and they will attest to its dual-edged power not only as a demeaning term, but also as a way to express affection.
After all, it’s how a Man speaks to his dog, and good faggots are very much like faithful dogs.
Now it seems that this simple truth of the Hierarchical movement has gone mainstream! This article published on Parents magazine’s website discusses the rise of the use of the phrase “good boy” among teenage boys!
The article describes the trend this way:
The “good boy” trend boils down to this: a child instructs another to complete a task and when the child complies, the kid responds by calling him a “good boy.” Typically, kids will say “good boy” in a patronizing and dramatic tone, sometimes it’s even topped off with a fake smile or slow clap.
Teachers are posting videos like this one about the trend they’re seeing in their classrooms:
The post’s author gets the gist of the phrase correct, but of course misses the underlying forces causing these boys to say this. Even when the author makes this keen observation, they still get it wrong:
Some adults pointed out that the kids using the term likely don’t even fully understand all of the connotations behind it. For example, they might not fully grasp a potentially underlying sexual message that the phrase can carry. Instead, they mostly associate it with training animals.
Anyone remotely familiar with hierarchical concepts (or sees the world as I do, through that lens) immediately understands the mechanics happening under the surface with these teen boys. They are using the phrase as a way to assert dominance and control in order to lay claim to some level of Alphahood among their peers.
Furthermore, using the phrase and then seeing obedience and submission in others when it’s used FEELS GOOD to both the young Alpha and the sub he’s using. It’s an early, easy expression of dominance and power that feels right.
But I want to point this out: the article is mostly CONDEMNING the use of the phrase among young boys. Now, why would they condemn that? The answer is obvious: Alpha power scares everyday people because it cannot be controlled or labelled. Society prefers homogeneity and conformity because it makes everybody equally important and special.
But that isn’t life, and it’s certainly not hierarchy. Alphas are exceptional and powerful, and they will continue to uphold hierarchical standards not only because it feels right, but also because it IS right.
And faggots will continue to serve them, because it is ALSO right. What else should a GOOD BOY do, anyway?
This letter was sent to a Hindu business in California from something called “The Church Of Arcata”.
They’re issuing a direct physical threat to these people for no reason.
Notice what it says in fine print at the bottom:
“The church of Arcata is one of many local churches who have been ordained by the Lord Most High to crusade via warnings and physical warfare against false prophets and false religion; lead men and women to salvation through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and to support his one and true prophet, Donald Trump, whom he has anointed King of Earth, to reign until Jesus return.”
FUCKING NUTS! LEMME OUTTA HERE!
The great Val Kilmer has died! 💔
He played a string of iconic Alpha characters in his life, from Iceman in TOP GUN to Jim Morrison in THE DOORS to Bruce Wayne in BATMAN FOREVER.
But his Alpha charisma absolutely transformed legendary Western outlaw Doc Holliday into an unforgettable embodiment of Sigma Alpha magnetism in 1994’s TOMBSTONE. It might still be the most quotable performance of all time.
His long, brave battle with throat cancer culminated in his final film appearance in 2022’s TOP GUN MAVERICK. Though clearly struggling, Kilmer soldiered through it with great dignity.
Goodbye, Val. You’ll always be our Huckleberry!
This comes from @jonsneider.bsky.com.
*DARK MAGA* If you’re a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE, here’s the breakdown: Elon Musk and Peter Thiel cofounded a company that became PayPal. Other executives at PayPal went on to found or lead other huge tech companies including YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, Affirm, and many VC firms. This group became known as the PayPal mafia because they exerted an outsized influence on Silicon Valley. Peter Thiel mentored a young JD Vance and helped him get set up in his first VC firm. Peter Thiel and the PayPal mafia funded JD Vance’s successful Senate run. Amazing because he had absolutely zero political experience. Thiel and Musk all but forced Trump to choose JD Vance as VP in exchange for funding his presidential campaign. The three of them, plus a lot of other tech billionaires subscribe to an ideology called the Dark Enlightenment espoused by this super weird, creepy dude: Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug. Yarvin preaches that the media and academia represent “The Cathedral” that secretly controls power and must be dismantled. He advocates for a corporate run, monarchy, led by a CEO-Dictator. Says that Democracy is an “outdated software” and openly opposes it and that: – Government agencies should be dismantled and The U.S. should be broken up into “patchworks” controlled by tech oligarchs. – That the elite tech billionaires should rule because they have the intelligence to “fix” society – That the “masses are asses” too dumb to govern themselves. The strategy is to gut the government via R.A.G.E – Retire All Govt Employees to make government incapable of operating. Then to replace government with private corporations. To eliminate elections because they are “obsolete” To use distraction and chaos to prevent public resistance. Trump is their useful tool to be disposed of as soon as they can wrest control. This is why Elon wears a black MAGA hat. They are not Trump supporters, they are “Dark MAGA” This isn’t a hypothetical. The plan is already in motion: – Musk, Thiel, and their network are actively dismantling democratic institutions. – JD Vance, the “MAGA heir,” is being positioned to help implement this transition. – The public is too distracted to realize what’s happening. – If successful, democracy in America will be permanently replaced by a corporate-run authoritarian state. ———————————– That’s it. Now that you understand that you can see how everything that’s happening fits within that lens. Now the only question is what do we do about it? That’s my Dark Ted Talk. Thanks for listening. ———————————– Sources: Shane Almgren, Author of “The Trumpland Diaries” https://lnkd.in/eCHvt4Cj The Financial Times https://lnkd.in/ed_7Fv8Q The New Yorker https://lnkd.in/e7XDZFyV
