He's so awkward and freakish. Who would ever take advice or counsel (of any kind) from this man? Look at his freakishly large teeth... FREAKTEETH!
Are those the teeth of a man who knows things other people should know? I don't think so. Those are the teeth of a man who knows horrible things! Terrible things! Things others should never know!
Thank you.

I see that face, and all I can think of is Definitely Not Gay Man :

http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2006/11/16/boll/index1.html

Its his love life-his PERSONAL business, his and his congration's church, THEIR religion-their PERSONAL business. WHATS SAD (and maybe funny) is that I and the rest of the fucking world end up hearing about and discussing it. BUT when xyz (no I'm NOT xyz) discusses HIS sexual trists and (maybe) his religious belief, some people get the palsy and start jerking like they were tased. (funny and real sad)

@RTT: "Look at his freakishly large teeth"

Perhaps his teeth are normal size, and the rest of his head is freakishly small.

Hence, the entire foundation of your analysis may be off.

Mike, that made no sense whatsoever--what does the troll have to do with anything? He didn't just come here to tell us about his sexual prowess, fascinating as that apparently was to you--he also mixed in large amounts of racist and sexist comments. You miss this? Find some public restroom and start reading.

"what was done to him"
And why, and by who(m).
The default is it's just this weird anti-sex thing that rose up (no pun intended) back in the dark of history.
But people as cultures don't carry dysfunction for as long as this without there being root causes (no pun intended).
Sex taboos have upsides (no pun intended), even the ones that are still festering in contemporary Puritanical communities.
Patriarchal sex taboos enforce and maintain the dominance of the patriarchy. Establishing sex taboos in kids before they have conscious sexual feelings links those taboos with survival modes received from the culture at the same time, and avoids the resistance that would be there if the sexual feelings came first (no pun intended).
The conflict between personal sex drive and cultural sex permissions and taboos that Haggard squalidly exemplifies benefits somebody or something, even now.
Treating it like a simple aberration makes it easy to dismiss.
Lots of love for whoever you are as whatever you are, yes.
But there's something there that still can't speak its name(no pun intended).

Donald Johnson: He's just expressing his opinion, such as it is. I don't happen agree with him, but still its his opinion and I have mine. Would YOU rather he lie about his prejudices? That doesn't make them disappear. I personally would rather hear the TRUTH than an ECHO.

I want to respect EVERY human being's opinion. I will agree with VERY FEW of them I know, YET how can I otherwise expect ANY human being to respect my opinion, agreed to or not.

Mike, he wasn't just expressing his opinion. That's not what trolls are about--this guy made no pretense that he was here to respect opinions or argue in good faith and if you couldn't see that then you weren't paying the slightest bit of attention and there's nothing I could say that would persuade you--I'd have to go back and quote him and it's not worth the effort.

Also, unlike you, I do not respect every human being's opinion and won't respect their opinion just so they will respect mine. Sometimes I can sympathize with someone with an opinion I think is abhorrent--there might be understandable reasons in a person's life story which explains why they might support suicide bombing or torture or whatever. But I don't respect the opinion. But again, this has nothing to do with the troll.

Your sentiment is true of so many people. For example, by the time he was 12 Charles Manson was doomed. He never had a chance.

Donald Johnson: Its bait and switch. Respect IS NOT agreement.

I kinda understood that, Mike but you apparently can't distinguish between opinions you disagree with, but respect, and opinions which you disagree with and don't respect. I don't agree with racism, for instance, and don't respect the opinions of people who defend it.

Anyway, Mike, you can disagree with but respect the racist and sexist ravings of any troll you read if you want to. I don't. You can have the last word.

Darn-- That was garbled. I meant that I do respect the opinions of some people I disagree with, but there are some opinions so vile they deserve no respect and you, Mike, don't seem to understand this. Sheesh. I should have just made my bathroom wall comparison and left it at that.

I don't think Haggard is gay. I think he's a rapist, in much the same way that Caligula was a rapist. What I mean is thus - Haggard would have sex with anyone he can "control." It has nothing to do with desire or lust, and everything to do with power.

Gay folks are just like you and me. Haggard is not.