Niger Criminalizes LGBTQIA Expression

 I had heard of the movement for mandatory marriage , set forth by the likes of Debbie Maken , from my one maternal cousin , who has clashed with it .  But now , going beyond even the rank hostility of Matt Walsh , for instance , Niger has officially criminalized , not only being homosexual , but even being asexual .  What repercussions might this have ? Will masturbation be penalized ? Will marriage , and marital relations be mandated ?  Especially as a single asexual individual , I want to know .  This seems to be like something out of "The Handmaid's Tale" , by Margaret Atwood.   A part of the resurgent revival of neo-fascism , and religious fundamentalist reaction around the world is repression of expression of lifestyles that are thought to run counter to the traditional family .  Not only by acting outside of it , by having same-sex romance , but even by abstaining from heterosexual relations .  It seems to me that it's not the queer community that is trying to push our way of being upon impressionable children , but rather the straight social conservative traditionalists who are trying to forcibly impose their ways upon the larger society .  I feel that community standards mustn't infringe upon personal autonomy . So long as what we decide to do , or not do , doesn't violate the harm principle , we should be free to be as we see fit .  The reactionary right , on the contrary , seeks to press us into the narrow mold of its rigid regimen of standard normality , and as such is the enemy of liberty , and diversity .   

https://puritancalvinist.blogspot.com/search?q=mandatory+marriage

https://otrmin.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-mandatory-marriage-movement-a-plea-for-humility/ 

https://otrmin.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/debbie-maken-a-stubborn-refusal-to-be-corrected/ 

https://otrmin.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/female-success-getting-married-and-the-purposes-of-god/ 

https://otrmin.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/challenging-the-challange-to-the-unnecessary-delay-of-marriage/ 

I.C.E. Brutally Occupies Minneapolis

 I have decided to once again come out of my hiatus to comment of the atrocious actions taken by I.C.E. in Minnesota , and this being against U.S. citizens no less .   

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/25/america-feels-like-a-country-on-the-brink-of-an-authoritarian-takeover 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/25/minneapolis-shooting-ice-trump-analysis 

The only remaining question is how to best proceed .  I have come to support the non-violent tactics of resistance , set forth by the late , renowned , Gene Sharp , which I shall post at the bottom of this post . However , as Pres. John F. Kennedy , and Kwame Ture , have so bluntly put it .... 

Now , if we the people are to conclude that , with a psychopathic , malignant narcissist , like Trump in office , non-violence would be futile , then we shall be in for a long bloody revolutionary civil war .  And the insurgents will undoubtedly be deemed to be domestic terrorists , and be treated accordingly . Why , even peaceable activists are being referred to as such , by this administration.  So , I feel that we mustn't be too hasty in taking action against the federal government . The situation calls for prudent preparation .  But whatever course is taken , people will wind up being killed , on both sides .  And another thing is that the government forces would be having superior military technology. This won't be like the U.S. Civil War , or even the Spanish Civil War , but rather "Star Wars" .  So I think that , funny enough , like with Iran , the United States might require a foreign intervention to finally deliver the nation from totalitarian theocratic domination .  

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/25/iran-us-protests-crackdown

In closing , I as an individual person am not to be burdened with the choice as to what to do going forward . 

Both organizations , and nations , shall be tasked with the non-enviable decision of how to act in the face of such threats of aggression , and continued oppression .  All that I will conclude by saying is that , if there is such a thing as a right of revolution , then the time is now .  And if not , then it still cannot rightly be considered treason , as the United States itself is the product of a revolution .  So how can anyone be a traitor in relation to a regime that itself has been a traitor to the British Crown ?  And so , even as the red coats were opposed , so must the goons of the federal government be resisted , by any and all means necessary and proper . Peaceably if possible , and forcibly whenever appropriate .  This is my stance as it pertains to revolutionary defensivism , without initiation , or even retaliation of force . Merely standing our ground in self defense , as the need arises .  For it is the Trump administration that has initiated this conflict by setting out to menace those of us on the radical left . And not for our actions , but rather simply due to our opinions .  Those such as myself have been guilty thus far of committing nothing more than a thought crime .  My resistance has so far taken the form of dissidence , rather than of violence .  How events proceed going forward depends upon the approach taken by the powers that be . And we the people shall then respond accordingly .  With the nation being on the brink of a revolution , these are my thoughts , as protected under the precedent setting case of Brandenburg v. Ohio .