Hey David: Toughen up buddy. The world is full of things that are offensive. “Twink”-ification of men? Prime example here.

The primary point of my piece (which, if understood with an actual open and objective mind, would permeate even the thickest liberal skull) is that RADICALISM IS BAD, and as a conservative, obviously I am going to point out the harm that the radicalism of my opposing political and social ideology imposes on us. Conservative, liberal, monarchial, communist, even pacifist: They all have radical elements that, if given any power of consequence, are detrimental to country and society. This has all been highly documented and researched. This is my view, as I see it, based on my knowledge, research, and my political beliefs. (I’ll leave it to a liberal to write a Q-Point about the consequences of radical conservatism.)

The secondary point of my piece is to try to KNOCK SOME REALITY into some of the supposedly “open-minded” militant, “radical gay elite who demand [NAZI-LIKE] devotion to the Democrat Party and Liberalism,” that there are gay conservatives out there, much more than your blinders are allowing you to see or accept, who are in favor of equality on all levels for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people, but still hold conservative values and beliefs. I’m a conservative and I refuse to sell out my own beliefs simply because of the fact that I am queer (I choose to use ‘queer’ to mean non-straight, as I point out I am bi-sexual, not gay). As Nick Stone writes in today’s Agenda, “I’m doing more good on the inside than I would by hollering and rioting from the outside.” Queer conservatives have an important role in changing fighting homophobia from within the Republican party. For instance, the Log Cabin Republicans is the group that filed the lawsuit that got DADT overturned… NOT a liberal left-wing organization. The liberal “gay elite” and mainstream GLBT society would be well advised that instead of marginalizing us, you should join with queer conservatives and strengthen the cause for equality by including ALL of it’s supporters and activists, even ones with an (R) next to their names.

I’m no politician or lawyer, just an educated, graphic design and advertising professional with informed opinions. The Florida Agenda is a newspaper that relishes freedom of the press and actually creates a platform for both sides to exercise their freedom of speech without trying to tell YOU what to think. I thank them for that.

Several readers indicated varying degrees of “distress” concerning recent Agenda “Q-Point” opinion pieces written by gay conservatives and/or Republicans (August 1, 2012, “Confessions of a Gay Republican” by Ed Cook, August 15, 2012, “The Consequences of Run-Amok Liberalism” by Jason Otero, and this week, “When I Meet Paul Ryan in Tampa” by Nick Stone).

Concerning the 8/15 piece, reader Lonny Cothron wrote, “In an occupied country [ Jason Otero] would be regarded as a collaborator.” Suggests Richard Claycomb, “You might want to take the time to educate Mr. Otero.” (Mr. Claycomb’s own Q-Point commentary will appear in next week’s issue.)

The Florida Agenda welcomes the opinions of responsible spokespersons promoting their positions. Email your ideas to cliffdunn@guymag.net. Clearly, especially during an election year, it is an ideal that we can disagree without becoming disagreeable

But, as my grandmother would say: “One miracle at a time.”