I wanted to post this on my own blog. If you haven’t watched it, do; it’s astounding the discrepancy between rich and poor in this country, and just how many of us have literally practically nothing.
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If that doesn’t make you feel bad enough, here’s a link to Mike Hiltzik’s piece today in the L.A. Times, “Why the Middle Class is Doing Even Worse Than You Think.” Basic takeaway is that middle class wages have remained about the same, adjusted for inflation, since about 1980. The gains have all gone to the – you guessed it — 1% you just saw in that YouTube video.
Category Archives: Gay Mid-Life: Musings
Is Is Time to Leave Los Angeles? 2015 Ruminations. . .
More drummers at Melrose/Heliotrope – cultural diversity I love about Los Angeles
latest thoughts on this. . .
I thought I’d write another post about this, wondering if it’s time to leave Los Angeles, to accompany this one I wrote previously when I was truly wondering if I should move. (posted October, 2012, so 2.5 years ago just about). . .
Well, since then, some things have changed. I was able to finally find a part-time job in October, 2013, which has been regular and steady. And very helpful. In fact, I think I said in the other post, if I was working I wouldn’t feel like leaving.
That’s still true. But there’s more. Since I wrote that post I’ve done a bunch of research into other possible places to live. Turns out I have it better than I ever suspected, and yes, I’m susceptible to the inevitable “the grass is always greener” phenom.
I’ve been lucky enough to visit all over the United States, and while there’s still many nice places out there, no place is perfect and every city I considered had a long list of both pros and cons. Other than California and perhaps Hawaii and a town or two in Florida, continental U.S. warm states tend to be deeply conservative places, which puts them automatically on the reject list. Want a mid-sized city with lots of arts and good public transportation and a thriving LGBT community? You might find one out of three or even two out of three (or in the case of Madison, I suppose it could be three out of three? Then again, Madison is not warm).
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So the places I researched or thought about, cause I’m sure you wonder: Palm Springs (OK, I did live there before, so not too much research was necessary), Tucson, Flagstaff, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Madison, and perhaps I gave Portland a listen to, because, well, it’s Portland and it’s a requirement (just kidding).
Every place else was either too conservative or too expensive or too cold or too remote or too anti-gay or too . . .something. I never said I wasn’t picky.
So realizing I was picky and that the main thing that bothered me about L.A. was the cost of living, I tried to figure out how to live here on less. Because rather than leave, I think (at least for now) I have the desire and the need to still make it work.
Key developments that have helped, in the past couple of years, are the full implementation of the ACA and the constant LA Metro expansion of service (and build-out of infrastructure). With the ACA, it’s made health insurance actually affordable for someone like me, a self-employed man of 60 with a history of cancer and a few other things that previously would’ve made me uninsurable.
Since one of the key changes I made to continue living here in Los Angeles at a standard which was acceptable to me was giving up ownership of an automobile, our Metro system is exceedingly important. While not perfect (since nothing actually is), it’s suited my needs quite well, especially when combined with my other modes of transport: my feet, bike, the occasional Uber or taxi, the rare rental car. I’m kind of amazed this has worked out as well as it has for almost two years now.
Still, health insurance and good transport can make a place more livable, but it’s the people that really ultimately gave me the answer. You can’t take friendships lightly, realizing how precious they really are and how difficult it is to make new friends in a new place (especially after a certain age) if there is even the desire to do so. And that was the crux of this move-or-not-move issue: being honest, I had to admit I didn’t have the drive or the desire to pick up stakes and make all new friends, yet one more time. So I’m here.
For now, perhaps permanently, or at least until my next rant. And of course, you know there will be one.
Owning 60
Cycling Terror
It’s my 60th birthday today, March 20, 2015! As a gay man who grew up in America, I’m profoundly grateful to have lived to this age, especially since I knew so many guys in their 20s, 30s and 40s who did not make it anywhere near 50, much less 60.
But then again people turn 60 every day, so what is the big deal? Well, for me it’s only gonna happen this one time, and some birthdays seem like milestones: 30, for instance, 21, definitely, before that. For me, 50 was a big one. 60 is an even bigger one.
So I’ve decided to own it, to acknowledge it, rather than trying to pass myself off as somehow younger. Like that would even work — or be desirable! Perhaps this is a hallmark of maturity. Perhaps it’s just a lack of imagination or laziness! I never liked dyeing my hair anyway; it doesn’t really work for most men, and gray hair is fashionable now. See Daddies.
Yes, I’m still single, but I’d like to date more, and for anyone not realizing it, there’s a lot of fire left in that department. All you have to do is ask, it really is pretty simple (and I’m accepting birthday kisses for the rest of the month – or longer).
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It’s a shame that we live in such an ageist society, which seems to cast aside those over the age of about 50, sometimes even those younger than that. I’m pretty sure I’ve been the victim of age discrimination over the past few years, especially in the job/work category. What to do? It’s very hard to know for sure or to fight these kinds of things, so (for myself, anyway) I’ve redefined what work would look like, and it’s turned out to be a hodgepodge of things. It’s also largely worked out and gone in directions I couldn’t have predicted.
I’ve also been very privileged throughout my life and am cognizant every day of the advantages given. We all have obstacles to overcome, however, and I really don’t know anyone who has it easy — especially these last seven years or so.
I’ve come to realize that the true wealth is measured in my loved ones, my family and my friends, and I cherish that I have a large family I’m close to, if far from physically, and also revel in the decades-long relationships here in my adopted city and other places.
That’s rich, that’s the real wealth. I find that as I get older I get feistier, am more interested in activism and don’t want to have to mitigate my voice in any way (say, to conform to some kind of expected corporate behavior, like at a job) – so perhaps the ageism is actually a blessing of sorts for me to see what else is out there I might have some kind of engagement with.
Of course, as a writer, it leaves me with lots of time to create, and in the future I expect that will occupy more and more of my time. Looking forward to that. Looking forward to publishing more. Making another film, who knows? I did it before.
Most of all, owning 60 today is about a profound sense of gratitude (and I’ll try for humility, though leaving my ego at the door has always been a challenge, mea culpa) for my life and the people in it. Every day is a gift, and I try to remember that (and getting better at it – yoga helps).
In the end it’s just sunrises and sunsets, seasons come and gone, lots of them, accumulated. Remembered, and looking to all the future ones.
Happy Birthday to me.
Cruising on My Own Turf
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Here’s another in my series about Gay Dating Post-50 (soon to be post-60, for yours truly).
Much has been written about cruising, and logically so, this type of prose or advice is usually geared to younger men, just coming out men, men ripe for a relationship and increasingly, these days, marriage.
That’s all fine and good and is certainly the way you’d expect, even the way it should be. There are, however, legions of single older guys out there who still would like relationships – or if not that, they’d still like to meet guys, have fun, date, have hook-ups, what have you.
In the traditional gay community, we’ve met at the bar, or possibly the sex club or baths. These two venues were the gold standard for basically all of my pre-internet years, from the very first time at The Back Door in Madison, Wisconsin (not making that up), to my first furtive attempt to access the L.A. Delos BBS on a dial-up external modem internet connection. (Can you hear that little hiss and tonal thing those things made as they were attempting to connect you to the world wide web? If so, you’re an old thing, like me.)
The problem with both classic venues is that they’re flawed. In a number of ways. Both typically favor youth. It’s not that they don’t let older guys in, but bars typically get going very late for someone who’s usually in bed by 10:30 p.m. Same for the baths, which are usually busiest in the wee hours. Additionally, both these venues are perhaps not the healthiest places, the one encouraging alcohol use and liquid courage, and the other (at least in the U.S., and certainly not all places) encouraging or accepting drug use. But the most problematic aspect of both these venues is that the older guy will be vastly outnumbered and thus often rendered invisible.
As an older guy you want a) the numbers on your side and b) a way to show of your worldly experience and charm, which is one of age’s great gifts.
So here’s too broad ideas: a) using your home/apt/cave as venue, and b) taking the venue out to a neutral location.
Your Home
Like they say, a man’s home is his castle and this is one area where an older guy can show off what the years have made him — whether it’s his cooking skills, his delightful conversation, his music collection or the instrument he plays, his library, items from his life and travels that have fascinating histories, etc. The list is almost endless. How wonderful it is to spend some time in the company of a man who is comfortable in his own skin, and who makes you feel the most important person in the world in the entertainment “performance” he puts on for you, esteemed guest. So consider inviting the object of your affection or lust over, and plan to dazzle him.
Taking the Venue on the Road
This is where you utilize a restaurant, a museum, a hiking trail, a concert, etc., as your cruising venue — and you can actually be cruising, because this place is one you know intimately and one you can share as a gift with the object of your affection. So, in other words, take your man to a special exhibition at the local museum and stun him with your knowledge and appreciation of the subject, perhaps followed by a visit to a local restaurant you’ve already picked out to introduce him to some of your favorite foods. This isn’t something most younger men would think of to do, and most younger guys do not have the worldview to even suggest it. Let them deal with their hormones; someone must.
If you find yourself single, these are also great places for the older gay man to actually, quite literally, cruise. It’s an appropriate venue because it’s one you know well and one which is part of who you are, because you’ve spent the time to let in infuse itself into your being – and now you’d love to pass that on to another man as your gift today. Believe me, he’s hungry for it. So dust off that fedora, put on your best cruising outfit and get out there.
Comments? I love them. You notice I ignored online venues. That’s because I don’t think the ROI is really there – it’s more of a way to pass the time, a diversion. Thoughts?
Here’s a link to Ten Reasons Younger Gay Men Like Older Gay Men.
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Gay Men and Aging: Finding Directions
This is the year I turn 60. I’ve been thinking a lot about this next chapter of my life, as if, I divided it into thirds, well, the first two thirds are kind of over (not much we can do about that!) and there remains the last third – which, if I’m lucky enough to be like a few of my relatives, living to 90 or beyond is perhaps possible.
So what to do with whatever amount of life is ahead, how to use it, especially the gifts given? I was brought up to believe and actually still do believe we should make the most of our capabilities, our talents.
I do think that as gay men we put an extreme value on physicality and sexual attractiveness, and I’m certainly not immune to that. For many years, I equated much of my self-worth with how attractive it was I appeared to other men, i.e., if they wanted me, then I must have been worth something.
And it was true — sadly, perhaps, though it just speaks to our American culture and the gay American culture specifically — once I started working out at gyms when I was 28, a lot more invitations for intimacy came my way. So, while I always said I loved fitness because it made me healthier, the better reason is I loved it cause it got me laid.
And so, at a couple of weeks away from 60, those invitations have largely slowed down – not to an absolute dead gridlock stop, but let’s say they’re more on par with that slow roll to a sobriety checkpoint on a weekend night.
if you are fortunate enough to be really pretty, this gradual loss of looks is probably much harder. Added to that, for so many of us, at least of my boomer generation and likely many younger people, were fed lies as to our native self-worth as young, in the closet gays. Were you bullied? I was certainly called names; I didn’t regard that as bullying until recently, because it mostly never involved any physical violence — but there are other kinds of violence. Did you try to be the best little boy in the world? I did, that translated into being a perfectionist later in life. So if your self-worth is all tied up in the gym and how you look, and what happens when that starts to fade? What happens when the marketplace of jobs also decides you are too old, which often happens concurrently? What then, this double whammy?
It’s almost like the ageist culture expects everybody to die at 45! If your sexual and employment currency is changed or diminished, who is it that I am now, where is my place?
If you can’t get laid anymore, or don’t care that much about it anymore, are you still gay? While that might seem to be a ridiculous question, so much of what the community values and defines itself as directly ties in with our sexual expression, so what happens when that’s gone or there’s much less of it? Who are we then?
If all it is that we value are the benefits and rewards of youth, what happens when those go away? You change your thinking, that’s what happens. You change your definition of what it all means, and you find the things of value.
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It bears repeating that so many of the men of my generation and those a few years older/younger have already had half our friends die well before their time. Included among those dead are the men who were leaders of our community and would likely have been role models as aging gay men. There are a few out there, but not that many, not a huge number, and certainly not in the media. Largely, this script will be written by us, and we’re going to have to make it up as we go along.
So, what does the community value beyond those benefits directly related to sexuality?
I’ve been on a hunt for this for a few years, looking for values that are more than skin deep. Places where we might direct our efforts once other avenues are closed off. Looking for some broad directions for the next third of my life. This is what I’ve found (and this story in Psychology Today made me think more about it). We value:
Service — we are the community that took care of our own during the worst of the AIDS plague years and continue to be responsible for people of all stripes through our compassionate nature and the institutions that we’ve built up for community service.
Spectacle — we are the tribe that largely gives the world Broadway and Hollywood. Surely, all those men creating fabulousness are not all under 40, and the realm of joy-giving is not limited by age.
Camp — who was it, the incredible Fran Lebowitz, who said, “If you remove all the homosexuals and homosexual influences from what is generally regarded as American culture, you are pretty much left with Let’s Make a Deal.” We are able to see truth as outsiders, and are able to make our own fun out of it.
Nature — Gay people have traditionally been keepers of the relationship with that world, either by shamanism or other mystical and spiritual traditions.
Beauty — we’ve pretty much done your hair and designed your clothes and interiors from time immemorial. An elder value in beauty is not to lose sight of it, and to point it out for those whose hearts are hurting or can’t see it.
Activism, Fierceness, Righteousness — I see this in the current fights for marriage equality, and to expose those regimes in other parts of the world that threaten gay people’s actual existence. This is a group that’s not afraid to stand up for what is right and for what it believes in. Older gays, especially those without the time drag of full time career-type jobs, can staff and lead these organizations, again, being of service.
Mentoring and Legacy — Gays have also always been overrepresented in the teaching professions. In families, we often assume this role for nieces and nephews. We have much to give younger people of all persuasions, but particularly to our young gay brothers and sisters who were born into a much different world that we were.
So those are some initial thoughts on future direction. Of course, I’ll continue to write novels and other things, in fact, I have a book coming out later this year. I’ll update this blog or write additional when I think of more. . . and I welcome comments.
See: Gay Men and Aging: Finding Your Purpose | Psychology Today. A great book on this topic, which I go back to again and again, is Golden Men – The Power of Gay Midlife by Harold Kooden, Ph.D. with Charles Flowers.
Social Security Works – And Needs Expansion
Here’s a plug for the one of the highly anticipated non-fiction books coming out early this year: Social Security Works! – Why Social Security Isn’t Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All, by Nancy J. Altman and Eric R. Kingson.
I found it to be an outstanding and comprehensive description/analysis of our most popular and important government program. I urge everyone to read this and internalize it. The forces on the Right that have always been against Social Security are alive and well and coming after you! They want your retirement income, and they will stop at nothing to try and get it. We must fight them with everything we’ve got.
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CicLAvia coming to the Valley! March 22, 2015
Pretty excited! Normally I try for original content here but I’m just so pleased that CicLAvia is coming to my neighborhood on Sunday, March 22, a mere 2 days after my birthday, so it’s like an extension of frivolity. If you’re in L.A. and have a bike, come on out. It’s flat, the weather will most likely be appropriately spring-like (or even hot) and it’s a great route with a lot to see along the way, from NoHo Arts District to Universal City to the Farmers Market I attend every Sunday. Will I see you there?
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Ten Tips on How to Seduce the Older Gay Man — and Where to Find Him
I’m kind of thrilled that my blog post “Ten Reasons Younger Gay Men Like Older Gay Men” has become so popular (the most popular by far of any blog post I’ve ever written) though I suspect a lot of those people are looking for porn and are likely disappointed once they see I have none on my site. Oh well. . .
So in that vein, those of you who are interested in having an older gentleman in your life must approach the task differently than you would if you were going after another 25-year-old. At the very least you will have more success if you follow some or all of my suggestions below.
Here they are, in no particular order, how to seduce that older gay man:
- Persistence pays. Really. Those of us over 50 have a lot on our plates, and when we don’t, we’re catching up on other things like errands and binge-watching “Orange is the New Black.” Never, ever think of yourself as a pest — there is a lot of truth to that old saw about the squeaky wheel being the one that gets greased. Keep asking, and don’t give up. Keep. Asking. I can vouch for this one from personal experience.
- Afternoon delight. Your over-50 man is, well, he’s over 50. There is some truth to another familiar old saying — “old and tired.” They weren’t kidding about the tired part! Especially at night. Your man probably has a lot of daytime commitments and the goddess knows that at this age any kind of beauty rest helps. That’s what I’m saying about “afternoon delight.” Most guys I know who are my age, more or less, really like having sex in the afternoon. Sorry young men, but at midnight we’ve already been asleep in our jammies for an hour or more.
- Low noise level. Your man is not likely to enjoy a lot of things over a certain decibel level, such as dance clubs where the most fun is stuffing dollars in go-go boy jockstraps (wait, maybe that would work with earplugs) or rock concerts for anybody who got famous after, say, 1980. So he’s just not going to be there; go if you like, but don’t expect to meet him there.
- Educate yourself on the best online venues. Grudgingly, it seems inevitable that websites and apps will replace some of the “cute meet” of days gone by. Like those days gone by for the entire history of human beings, but I digress – it worked well enough for all generations of gay men up to this one, but for some reason (could it be laziness?) people don’t want to go out in public anymore. So, there are some online destinations better for those over 50. Think Scruff, not Grindr; think Silverdaddies or Daddyhunt rather than Adam4Adam or Dudesnude. And, if you’re looking for someone over the age of, say, 60, I’d eliminate smart phone apps altogether. It’s just not gonna happen.
- Educate yourself on the best offline venues. Again, forget the loud clubs all the young guys go to. Coffeehouses, art galleries, museums, civic/political gatherings, community college or university extension classes, specific groups that cater to an over-50 crowd (for instance, here in Los Angeles we have the LGBT Community Center, which has a lot of programming for this group; there’s also groups like the California Men’s Gathering, which consists largely of middle-aged to older gay men and those who appreciate them).
- Be direct – I can’t emphasize this enough. Older guys who may be interested in an advance from a younger man likely won’t make the first move — why? Because there’s an enormous stigma and the possibility of ridicule looms fairly high here. People are also confused as to what constitutes romantic or sexual interest and what is just friendliness. For those of us over 50, gaydar is also significantly hampered by the younger generations all appearing the same – it used to be easy to figure out who was gay or straight; now, not so much. So if you’re a young guy and you like an older guy, let him know in very clear terms. This will really get things moving along much more quickly.
- Anticipate his interests: appreciate that he’s been on the planet longer, so indeed may have other interests, which may include things like books, plays, opera, gardening, travel — to just mention a few — or he may have none of these interests. What is likely, though, is that his interests and yours won’t be the same, and he can learn from you, as well as you learning from him. But it’s important to have that willingness and to not expect to like the same things.
- Cultivate a desire for long lovemaking sessions: it took me a long time to realize that activity between two men where only one of them or even neither of them climaxes is still sex. Maybe not the usual ideal we’re fed in standard porn, but it’s sex nonetheless. Don’t denigrate kissing and cuddling, either. His physical response as an older man will likely be fierce and highly practiced, however it may take a while for that fire to get going. He’s also probably not going to like an attitude of “wham bam, thank you Sam.” Luxuriate in that bliss which has taken a lifetime to mature.
- Cultivate an expertise in a wide variety of sexual expression. Again, there is that standard porn script which all of us have seen ad nauseam — it all starts with the kiss, goes to oral and ends up anal with someone getting boinked. There’s really so much more, so read up. There’s leather, there’s water sports, there’s rubber, there’s probably a giant list of things even I haven’t heard about at my advanced age. I guess younger people are as apt as older to be interested in lots of different things, I just think of older guys having been around longer and interested in more. But heck, I could be wrong. Read or listen to Dan Savage for awhile, his advice show is illuminating for the variations in people’s sexual tastes. Also, just because he’s older, don’t assume he will be the “top” all the time. His fondest desire may be to be under you on the living room rug being drilled into next week.
- Finally, resist the urge to know everything. There’s one of my favorite quotes, often misappropriated to Oscar Wilde, but it’s actually from J.M. Barrie, “The Admirable Crichton”: I’m not young enough to know everything. Don’t try to impress him by being an expert on every subject. I’m sure you’re smart and knowledgeable and all that, but no one likes to be reminded of it, and you’ll likely trip up at some point. Regardless, that kind of behavior is obnoxious and you don’t want him to slip away, now do you?
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Stephen Fry’s engagement: So what’s wrong with age-gap relationships?
So, this. I suppose there’s always those who will find some kind of problem with an intergenerational relationship, but as this linked article points out, it’s usually OK for the older man/younger woman; not so much if you’re an older woman with a younger man or possibly same sex partners.
Of course, in the gay community there’s plenty of precedent for younger/older: one of the most well-known gay relationships in our demimonde was between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, who were 30 years apart in age.
More recently, there’s the celebrity couple writer Dustin Lance Black and Olympian Tom Daley, where there’s about a 20 year age difference between them. It seems to be working out just fine, as are gazillions of these types of age-differential couplings who are not as famous.
I love that we’re living in a world where these couples can celebrate their relationships, and not only do they don’t mind but look forward to talking about themselves publicly. We’ve come such a long way, yet there’s still so much to do and so much hate directed at LGBT around the world.
Sometimes, it’s good just to be grateful for how far we’ve come. So, I say, best wishes for a long and happy life, Stephen and Elliott.
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Essential Reading for the Sleepwalkers Among Us
Here’s a recommendation for the erstwhile progressive, a trio of books to get you thinking about the current state of affairs in the world and in particular, the United States. This list will scare you if you’re brave enough to read the books and internalize their messages, taking the unflinching look — which is pretty hard to do, I admit, since we’d like to think that the United States is different, it’s the best country, all of that. That’s how I was raised and what I was taught in school – you probably as well.
Those days are over, if they ever really existed. Here are the books, in no special order, along with my notes/impressions.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century – Thomas Piketty
OK, this is a difficult book if you’re not interested in financial arcana. Much of it is very prosaic, and it doesn’t help that it’s written by someone whose first language is not English, but French. That said, there are a few chapters that are riveting.
I felt a lot of the book was restating the same thing over and over. However, I learned a great deal about the history of capitalism as practiced in the West, and found it fascinating to learn about such obscure things as the Cost Of Living in the 19th Century and the history of inflation, etc. He makes a very persuasive case that the return on capital will always outstrip other forms of income and that will always lead to greater inequality, unless governments manage wealth by taxation policy (that’s his main argument).
I look at it this way – there’s an easy way and then there’s a hard way to fight inequality. The easy way is through modified tax laws, which in the US should take us back to the rates existing in the 1950s and 60s, our most prosperous era. The hard way is to go back to 1789, (see Revolution, French) which I don’t think would be a plus for anyone – for the 1%, surely not, but also not for the 99%.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism – Naomi Klein
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Honestly, this is one of the most important books I’ve ever read on politics and economics. Klein lays out the entire sordid history of neoliberalism and the Chicago School of Economics, and America’s involvement in some of the most repressive movements of the late 20th century and early 21st century, all pretty shocking even if you had some kind of inkling “we” were not innocent in these conflicts. This really gave me a good understanding of the concepts and concrete results of such neoliberal policies, and was told in story/layman’s terms so it was very accessible even without a poly sci or economics degree.
The Shock Doctrine should be required reading for anyone participating in a representative democracy, that’s for sure. Highest Recommendation. It’s a lengthy book, and well worth the trouble.
and perhaps the most shocking of all —
No Place To Hide — Edward Snowden, the NSA and the U.S. Surveillance State — Glenn Greenwald
This is Greenwald’s account of the release of the Snowden NSA files to him and filmmaker Laura Poitras over a series of secret communiques and trips to various corners of the world. (The documentary film of this event/process is called CitizenFour and I highly recommend watching that as well – covers the same territory but obviously the book goes into more depth.)
Basically, your government is spying on you. All of your texts, emails, facebook postings, phone calls and any other kind of electronic communication you make is being logged and compiled. This, at present, is the basic idea of the Snowden revelations — that Americans are being spied upon in the name of “national security.” And not just people the government has probably cause to suspect of something, but all of us.
Critics of Snowden et al. will say that it’s only the metadata being tracked – things like phone numbers but not phone conversations, email headers but not the content of an email message. So the takeaway is that we have nothing to fear from that, that it’s not really spying. Tell me, what kind of picture of you would a good analyst have from knowing what phone numbers call you and that you call, and the content of your email headers? I think it would be a pretty good picture. If you have a mobile with GPS (and don’t we all) then they also track wherever you’ve “checked in” etc. So if they’re interested in finding out more, all they have to do is set a few parameters, and it’s like “24” or Jason Bourne right here and right now.
I was shocked that this is the world we live in now, not some sickening vision of an Orwellian future. It’s the United States of America, 2015. Welcome home. Read and know.
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