Honest Lesson From My (Sketchy) Past

QUICK RANT – HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITHOUT BECOMING LIKE “THEM”

The image below is moronic in its hypocrisy, and it’s limited scope is deplorable: If we could end slavery, we can take care of something as banal as this. (I don’t think small. That’s not my bag.) But… it got me thinking.

Here’s what I discovered as a not-normal straight dude who had to learn how to defend himself: Despite the gratifying irony you get out of being a young man wearing pink, make up, and glitter who proceeds to beat the bullies ass – hard – in public… it changes nothing. (But it DOES make the bully bleed, which is sometimes enough to get you home in one piece.)

I’m not a pacifist, I’m a peace maker – there’s a difference. And if you find yourself in a far-too-real situation, just remember that wine bottles are harder than skulls. And always always ALWAYS kick the fucker when he’s down. (Oh, and wear boots. They hurt more.)

However, as you get older, you’ll find that the REAL LESSON to learn is how to avoid the bastards in the first place, cultivate a life of positive action, and inspire others to do the same.

I too find these additional laws against “directed” violence by bullies/bigots/etc a bit silly – and they are quite unenforceable. If anything, they are an exercise in making us feel like we are “doing” something – which is fine if your only goal is to waste time.

To change anything, you have to HONESTLY change cultures, minds, and hearts.

That is EXACTLY the spirit of what we’re trying to do with Weightlifting Academy and our other outlets: make the world a stronger, safer, more honest, loving, and FUN place to live in.

I take my cues from men like Ghandi and Martin Luther Kind Jr., and I don’t care how silly that may seem for a weightlifting coach to espouse, because it’s a fact. I’m an evangelist on a mission, like my Grandfathers before me.

The world ain’t right, and I aim to help change that as best as I can for as long as I can using the talents and gifts I have at my disposal.

Lastly, Anyone who tells you that “violence is not the answer” has never been attacked in the middle of the night by a drunken hick screaming the words “faggot”. Bullshit. Violence is sometimes the ONLY answer. And when it is: put that bigot down, fast. After all, he was “asking for it”.

Thankfully, you won’t find yourself in those situations particularly often… and they are avoidable as often as not. Take seriously the company you keep; whether you are being a good or a bad Samaritan; and actually go out and DO something to make the changes you want to see happening in the world around you.

Now go lift something heavy, Nick Horton

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