Weissman/Blicero/Hitler and Perverse Homosexuality

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 18 21:25:21 CDT 2001


I know not whence cometh S&M.  I surmise from your post that is what you 
meant by "perverse."  Lot's of that perversion going on in the hetero world. 
  Don't ask me to understand.  I guess I have to ask this "what you mean by 
"'perverse'" question because "perverse" implies something "clean."

David Morris

>From: The Great Quail
>
>Dave writes,
>
>>I can't begin to know what you mean by "'perverse' homosexuality,"
>
>I am not exactly sure I understand what you are saying, but I will try to 
>answer you, even if I end up going out on a limb here. In the wide spectrum 
>of sexuality and power, I have always thought there is a certain zone of 
>strangely perverse human behavior that blends repressed homosexuality, 
>worship of power, self-loathing, and a certain sadism. The Brownshirts are 
>one example of this, others may be drawn from the fringes of the S&M 
>community, nautical and prison situations, and even from Pynchon's 
>fictional Blicero. I have no idea on what currents of psychology create 
>this; nor do I think it is any worse or "unnatural" than any other form of 
>brutality or sadism


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