tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post3781891258269978163..comments2022-03-25T04:35:24.963-07:00Comments on Words From an American Writer!: Last Minority Wants EqualityJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464514963488016673noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-53384990753279226062017-05-23T11:31:05.008-07:002017-05-23T11:31:05.008-07:00You hit that one dead-center, Bill. I discovered t...You hit that one dead-center, Bill. I discovered that same thing back in the early 90s when I first became a Body Freedom activist and started my own plan of educating the public as to what social nudism truly was and was not. I went on TV using the public access station available to all residents of every community - check in your area - there should be one - and started producing TV shows where I and everyone on these shows were completely nude while we discussed nudism and issues surrounding them. I had a hard time getting nudists to appear on my shows, because of the reasons you mentioned. They were afraid. I hadn't realized until then that most nudists were so afraid, because I wasn't. I couldn't wait to tell people about nudism and how freeing it was and how they should give it a try, but most were fearful and just wanted to stick with visiting their clubs on the weekends. Now there seems to be a little different climate and just MAYBE we can get enough nudists together to make a change. If we all work on this together, Bill, we might stand a chance.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464514963488016673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-61166556216165442612017-05-23T11:24:18.046-07:002017-05-23T11:24:18.046-07:00No, David, they wouldn't tease and taunt you i...No, David, they wouldn't tease and taunt you if you were any other minority and that's the point we are working to make, that naturists/nudists ARE a minority exactly like any other and deserve to have the same equalities and protections as all other minorities. Then if you are bullied in any way for being a nudist it is a hate crime and those bullying you can be prosecuted for doing so. Start contacting your state representatives, senators, congressmen, etc., and urge them to understand that nudists ARE a minority and we need to be taken seriously. Get others to join you. Write emails. Tweet to them on Twitter. Follow me Bare Naked Nudist on Twitter and use my tweets if you like, but send them to your state reps. Let's make changes in this nation, David.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464514963488016673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-46916362961066612782017-05-23T11:18:34.267-07:002017-05-23T11:18:34.267-07:00That's great that you are the way you are, Mik...That's great that you are the way you are, Mike, as well that you live in a state like Oregon. But can you walk around nude in the city you live in? That's the big picture here and we need to keep working until every one of us can do exactly that. As long as there exists one city in America that still arrests people for being nude in public our fight is not over and every one of us needs to keep pressing forward. Thanks for your effort and comments, Mike.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464514963488016673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-22221612096714108032017-05-23T11:14:19.146-07:002017-05-23T11:14:19.146-07:00There are a couple of ways to get laws passed allo...There are a couple of ways to get laws passed allowing people to appear nude in public.<br />1) Write or talk to your senators, congressmen, legislators, even your city mayor, council members, state governor, whoever you can think of to change the laws.<br />2) The Constitution guarantees us the right to peaceful civil disobedience when necessary, so demonstrate out in the street the way some have recently done in California. Get others together and get naked outside with signs. You might get arrested, but that's how revolutions start and laws get changed.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464514963488016673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-67216118016276081662017-05-05T09:49:22.651-07:002017-05-05T09:49:22.651-07:00Public nudity is outlawed because we nudists are t...Public nudity is outlawed because we nudists are too timid to admit we enjoy clothes-free living. We are afraid we will be ostracized by family, friends, neighbors, colleagues or whoever simply because sometimes we prefer to shed our clothes and enjoy the freedom of being nude. We allow what is probably a relatively small number of bigots to frighten us enough that we refuse to admit that skinny dipping, nude sun bathing, or just plain relaxing while nude are enjoyable activities. If the general public were better informed about what nudism is there wouldn't be much reason to fear what others might think or do if they discovered someone they knew was a nudist. Nudism is a lifestyle that is worthy of respect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553860310100721274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-66574775342052499242017-04-24T19:06:23.396-07:002017-04-24T19:06:23.396-07:00It's a dream many people have. There many like...It's a dream many people have. There many like my wife and who live nude at home but are burdened to dress to go run a simple errand. The freedom to be nude anywhere appropriate would be awesome.sassycoupleokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330204820459486845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-548319699076084082017-04-17T16:39:55.578-07:002017-04-17T16:39:55.578-07:00I've always dreamt of being accepted as a natu...I've always dreamt of being accepted as a naturist. Being teased and taunted by co-workers and friends gets annoying. They wouldn't dare do that if I was any other minority. Thanks for you're outstanding post.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658281458569652887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-28994204158502567902017-04-17T15:56:58.753-07:002017-04-17T15:56:58.753-07:00Being a Nudist has made me a better person. I thi...Being a Nudist has made me a better person. I think I always was a nudist. I remember enjoying being nude even in early childhood, and when I could go outside and play by myself. I first went to a Nudist Park in 1967 when I was 19. I never looked back, and have embraced the nude life since then. Similar to the experience of the LGTBQ community, when I "came out" to my family and friends, I experienced their scorn and lack of understanding. As I became aware of the struggles of the LGTBQ communities to gain equality, the parallels to my feelings and anxieties as a Nudist were undeniable. Without hesitation I supported my gay brothers and sisters because I knew their struggle was my struggle. Those feelings broadened my understanding of the world and I consequently began to support those with different color skins because I understood their struggle for rights and equality. Now at age 68, I still fight for the right to be nude in and around my home and neighborhood, and I hope to live to see a world where simply being nude is not a sexual crime. Fortunately I live in a state (Oregon) where simple non-sexual nudity is not a crime against the state. Alas, it is still considered a moral crime by most societal standards and mores.Miketubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755917899023094662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-78985338830657602392017-04-17T13:29:22.403-07:002017-04-17T13:29:22.403-07:00Being the pastor of a church I find differences in...Being the pastor of a church I find differences in all my parishioners and love every one of them. Several of my current parishioners are nudists and naturists, as am I, and I admit to being intrigued over reading about the concept of this Natural Creationist creed. If you can put me in touch with these people I would be mush appreciative. On the concept of the body freedom movement itself, it does sound a bit scary, but at the same time it sounds a welcoming note within me that says perhaps it's time we naturists as a whole came out of the closet and took our rightful place alongside everyone else in society. Why should we be the only people left who are shut away in our homes when everyone else is out in public, allowed to freely being open to who they truly are? I'm completely in favor of not having to wear clothing in public if I don't want to.NorthStar Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228430607484692172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-62631280587621547242017-04-15T11:01:08.517-07:002017-04-15T11:01:08.517-07:00That's a right brave bunch of people to want t...That's a right brave bunch of people to want to be bare out in front of those what might want to do them harm. Me I might think thrice before skinning me knickers in public but it might be just what this world needs. Go for it I say. Stand straight and bare it all. You got the right and let no man - or woman - tell you otherwise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085812362930955984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-14918861656055267292017-04-13T08:33:58.951-07:002017-04-13T08:33:58.951-07:00Nice thoughts. Something for me to think about. I&...Nice thoughts. Something for me to think about. I'm not a nudist but I don't think I'd care if people wanted to live nude in the same world where I live clothed. Why would I? I don't think of myself as a bigot so I should be able to accept nudity as much as I accept people of different races or gender preferences and I vote conservative, not democrat. Anyone without clothes wants to sit next to me in a crowded movie theater, well I'm going to be watching the movie. I've always thought shapely girls with the right clothes hiding what they've got to show was more sexy than total nudity, so why not allow people who really feel this way to live nude? How do we get this passed into law?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564408842608719778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-86751008492036749272017-04-12T09:24:37.415-07:002017-04-12T09:24:37.415-07:00Great article. I've been gay all my life and a...Great article. I've been gay all my life and although I've gone to nudist clubs a few times with friends living my life this way isn't something I'd want to do all the time. Still, I know too well the struggles involved with fighting for equality. It isn't easy and is something everyone should have, no matter who they are or what it is they want equality for. I understand the naturist dilemma. Hiding beneath clothes when what you really want is to stand on the street, strip yourself bare and scream at the world, "I'm a NATURIST and THIS is how I will live my life!" is exactly the same as a gay man (or lesbian) living quietly within society pretending to be heterosexual, when what you really want is just to be accepted for who you really are and live your life as YOU! Anyone who has ever believed in women's rights, African American rights, gay rights, marriage equality, or anything else fighting for the rights of others, who doesn't agree that naturists should be able to live their lives with full body freedom (I love that phrase - it rolls off my tongue) doesn't truly believe in tolerance for all and is a hypocrite to the highest degree.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287334577099368685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673826611500636992.post-21847132522391841522017-04-11T17:15:07.896-07:002017-04-11T17:15:07.896-07:00Wow this is interesting. I think it would be great...Wow this is interesting. I think it would be great to be nude anywhere I wanted to be. I've always been this way my whole life but never thought it could be a reality. You really think it could? I'm all in favor of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473229648543045229noreply@blogger.com