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18.04.2023 Letter

Letter to the ‘gods of freedom’ on their new LGBTQ+ Civilizing Mission

By Bilal Dg Black
Letter to the gods of freedom on their new LGBTQ+ Civilizing Mission
18.04.2023 LISTEN

Dear ‘gods of freedom’,
Addressing the gods in an open letter is a rare occurrence, and I hope you will forgive my haste and ignorance of appropriate pleasantries.

In south Africa, a person is free to marry multiple partners. The desire to have multiple sex partners is an innate desire for many, and indeed most men. Yet we do not have South Africans brandishing polygamy as some newly discovered human rights to be forced down the throats of your anointed lands where it is still considered illegal. Persons supporting bigamy laws are not accused of backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

In China, two siblings or even parents with their children are free to have sexual relations provided they are both consenting adults. The desire to have sexual relations with a close relative is an innate desire for some people. Yet we do not have the Chinese brandishing incest as some newly discovered human rights to be forced down the throats of your anointed lands where it is still illegal. Persons supporting anti-incest laws are not accused of backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

In Yemen and Saudi Arabia, the minimum age of sexual consent is either non-existent or as low as nine; thus, the marriage of children is legal. Some of your respected prophets such as Foucault and Simone de Beauvoir – have also argued for the abolishment of age of consent and a stop to the infringement of ‘a Child’s sexual autonomy’. The desire to have sexual relations with a child is an innate desire for some people. Yet we do not have Yemenis brandishing pedophilia as some newly discovered human rights to be forced down the throats of your anointed lands where it is still considered illegal. Persons supporting anti-child sexual abuse laws are not accused of backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

In Germany –one of your anointed lands- a person having sexual relations with an animal is legal. The desire to have sexual relations with animals is an innate desire of some people. Yet we do not have Germans brandishing beastiality as some newly discovered human rights to be forced down the throats of their fellow anointed ones where it is still considered illegal. Persons supporting anti-bestiality laws are not accused of backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

In Germany, two consenting adults are again allowed to inflict bodily harm on each other to fulfill their sexual desire. The desire to inflict pain, suffering or humiliation on others for sexual gratification is an innate desire of some people. Yet we do not have Germans brandishing sadism as some newly discovered human rights to be forced down the throat of the British – their fellow anointed ones - who do not recognize the possibility of a human consenting to bodily harm and thus deem such acts as illegal

- even between consenting adults. Persons supporting anti-sadism laws are not accused backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

The desire to have sexual relations with dead bodies is an innate desire of some people. Necrophilia is practically illegal in all lands - anointed and un-anointed alike. Yet we do not collectively sit to accuse ourselves of backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

The desire to have a part of the body amputated is an innate desire of some people. There is still no effective treatment for persons with Body integrity disorder besides perhaps satisfying their desire of

having the undesired limb surgically amputated. Yet, none of us- anointed and un-anointed - are falling over each other to support the right of persons with body integrity dysphoria to amputate any part of their body that they wish. No one is accusing us of backwardness, hatefulness or suffering from some phobia

In all your anointed lands, LGBQT+ are to varying degrees considered legal. The desires of the LGBQTI+ are innate desires for some people. Now we have you brandishing LGBQT+ as some newly discovered rights that must be forced down our throats. We - who dare go against your dogma and insist that LQBQT+ are not some newly discovered human rights requiring your ‘civilizing mission’ - are then accused of backwardness, hatefulness or of suffering from some kind of phobia.

Kindly pardon our skepticism of your real motives behind this new LGBQT+ civilizing mission. It is because of experiences that we have had with your previous civilizing missions

Kindly pardon our bewilderment at your dogged insistence that we climb this new ladder of new found rights to the point of you dragging us screaming and kicking. It is because on the ladder of economic emancipation and freedom, you insist that we stay down, hold the ladder for you, and be satisfied with the crumbs that you drop as you climb. The few amongst us that dare to climb or erect their own

ladders get ‘contained’.
Kindly pardon our lack faith in you- the gods. It is because we think even you ‘the gods of freedom’ are clueless of the ultimate destination of this newly found enlightenment. We have seen the best from amongst you now struggling to answer a question as basic as “what is a woman?”.

Kindly pardon us if we think you are simply rebranding as some newly found rights - the inevitable flare- up of age-old and new deviations resulting from the breakdown of the moral fabric of your anointed lands - since of course ‘the gods cannot be wrong’. It is because we recall how scantily clad women from our ‘un-anointed’ lands were savages requiring enlightenment, whilst now that the scantily clad women are from your anointed lands–women being scantily clad is suddenly some newly discovered symbols of liberation worthy of emulation and celebration

Finally, kindly pardon my new disbelief in you as altruistic and selfless protectors of freedom of thought and expression. It is because for me simply exercising my freedom to write this letter, everyone that loves me - including some of your ardent believers - told me to be careful, lest my free thoughts incur your wrath by going against your laid down dogma or even worse allow my free thoughts to blaspheme against YOU – ‘The gods of freedom’.

With sincere disbelief,
Bilal DG Black [email protected]

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