Reply from Bill Weintraub

Hey Brent

Thank you so very very much for writing to me and for your donation and for this very sweet letter.

I'm glad the Alliance has been such a good influence in your life.

Let's take a look:

I just donated (for the second time) to man2manalliance and wanted to make sure that you are receiving these donations.

Yes, Brent, I received your first donation on November 17, 2007, and sent you a thank-you email that same day with the subject line "Thank you for your donation."

Brent, if you didn't receive that email, please let me know, and I'll send you a copy.

I'm in my second to last semester of college, so needless to say I don't have a lot of excess money on hand and that is why the donations aren't more substantial.

I understand, and Brent we appreciate any level of donation.

What I've tried to get our guys to do -- without much success -- is make relatively small but regular donations -- $10 or $20 per month.

If we had a hundred or more guys doing that, it would give us stability and the ability to move ahead -- which is what we need to do.

But again, we appreciate any donation.

Nevertheless, I felt like it was time I gave something back for all that I have gained from your work.

Yes, and again Brent I appreciate it and I understand that you're in college and have little to spare.

Brent, it's a sad rule of donor-supported causes that most often the people who give the most are the people who have the least to give.

We think of rich folks as philanthropists, but most of the time they're not --

they're misers, plain and simple.

You're not however, and that's what matters.

It's how *you* behave which matters in this world.

Like so many others, finding the alliance has been one of the best things that has happened to me, providing clarity, support, and hope during some very lonely times.

Brent, I'm sorry you've had lonely times.

I'm glad, though, that we've been here for you.

Reading your essays (and the words of others) on masculinity, fidelity, heroism, and genuine love between men has been extremely inspirational to me over the past year and a half.

That's great!

When I read about and see pictures of you and Brett, it gives me hope that two men can love each other as men

Brent, of course they can.

and that someday I'll find my warrior-brother/soulmate too.

Brent, you will.

It takes time -- a long time -- to meet the right person.

Brent, when I was your age I was very impatient with that fact and with the process.

I couldn't understand why other guys didn't see the possibilities which I saw in them.

I don't know if that makes sense to you, but that's how it was.

And it was very frustrating.

But I just stuck with it.

I kept on looking for my hero.

Even though I was often frustrated and disappointed in other men.

As was Brett.

But, eventually, we did find each other.

And that's what matters.

That we did finally meet -- and love.

And you will too -- meet someone who is worthy of and returns your love.

The power of the alliance's message should not be denied to anyone and I agree that the more men who hear about frot and the larger message that it's okay to be a man and indeed to be a hero, the better it will be for everyone (man, woman, child, gay, bi, straight, et al.).

Yes, Brent, that's correct.

Since finding this message, my life has improved for the better in a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle ways: I'm less depressed and cynical;

Good.

I don't feel bad/embarrassed about being attracted to other men;

Good -- that's very important!

It's normal and natural for a guy to be attracted to another guy.

I've started practicing karate (per your advice)

That's excellent!

which has improved my confidence and fitness

Yep.

and helped me find a really good male role model/mentor (my karate instructor);

Brent, that too is excellent and very important.

Very important for you to have a good male role model.

Very important.

and my fantasy life has improved exponentially because frot is by far the hottest thing I've ever seen

Right.

Brent, Frot is the hottest m2m sex on the planet.

Which is as it should be because, as Frances just said, Frot is natural and organic to the lives of Men.

(and like so many guys, was my primary sexual fantasy growing up).

Right -- and that it was your fantasy, Brent, speaks very well of you.

I've still got a long way to go, but I feel like your work has given direction and meaning to my life.

Good -- and Brent, thank you for telling me.

As a result, the very least I can do is give you a little money to keep the sites up, so other guys like myself have a chance of finding them.

Yes -- Brent, that's correct.

It's what I call "the chain of warrior fellowship" -- which may sound hokey -- but it's really basic.

Someone else donated -- some other Warrior -- and thus helped insure the Alliance would be there for you -- when you needed it.

Now you donate -- and by so doing, you help insure the Alliance will be there for the next guy who needs it.

That next guy is your fellow Warrior.

And again, I know it may sound hokey, but as Robert Loring keeps saying, Warriors help each other.

Warriordom is communal.

And what you're called upon to do is exist in a state of fellowship -- which we've called Warriorhood -- with your fellow Men.

Really basic and really important.

When I read about all the people who have died from AIDS, I can't help but wonder how many great men died unneccessarily just because they were confused and isolated when they were my age,

Brent, that is absolutely right.

That's exactly what happened.

Brett got infected at a time when he was confused and isolated and looking for love in all the wrong places and in the wrong way.

And it killed him.

and how different things would be if they would've known that anal sex isn't the only way for two men to love each other.

Yes.

Brent, I know it's not popular to say this, but in my view two men cannot love each other via anal so-called sex.

They cannot.

Because when one male anally penetrates another, he destroys that male's manhood.

Again, I know it's not popular to say that.

The whole concept of Manhood has fallen greatly into disfavor.

Well, those who disparage Manhood are wrong.

And most often these days the person doing the disparaging is a doctrinaire feminist who would go ballistic if you criticized Womanhood or Sisterhood.

I just saw that in a column by New York Times op-ed writer Gail Collins, who made a snide comment about "the manhood epidemic in the '90s."

Collins is a clever and effective writer, but also a very doctrinaire and dogmatic feminist.

Such people are not on your side Brent.

It may sound crude to say this Brent, but what I'll call your male genitality matters.

It matters a lot.

And it matters how you relate to another Man sexually.

Because you can't relate sexually to another Man -- anally.

Can't be done.

Love between Men has to be expressed Man2Man -- which means Manhood to Manhood.

Otherwise, it's no longer Man2Man.

It's something else -- and it doesn't succeed.

Brent, in a recent post, I contrasted "the sloppy hedonism of buttfuck and analism" with "the Masculine Rigor of Phallus Against Phallus."

And when I say that -- I mean it.

Brent, I saw in my own life what that "sloppy hedonism" led to.

I saw it.

I hope you never do.

Sorry for the long-winded e-mail, I know it's all been said before.

No no no no no -- you have nothing to apologize for, and it hasn't been said before because you didn't say it.

Your experience and your voice Brent are unique.

And each unique voice is important.

I've been meaning to write to you and thank you

Brent, I'm glad you did, and I hope you won't hesitate to write in future.

for a very long time and I figured it was way overdue. One of the best things I have seen on the sites is the quote by Ali: "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."

Right.

What a motto to live by and one I think you embody so well.

Thank you Brent.

You should feel proud of all that you have done to improve the lives of others;

Thank you Brent.

you've laid the foundation for a brighter future and probably saved me from a life of quiet desperation.

That's good!

I don't want you living a life of quiet desperation.

Brent, look -- at the moment things aren't real easy for folks and particularly Men who dissent from the analist worldview --

and who don't think that life under heterosexualization is peachy keen.

But -- things will get better.

Brent, the most important thing you can do is stay true to yourself and true to your dreams.

If those dreams include a dream of Love between two Men, two equally strong and noble beings -- stay true to it.

Don't let anyone or anything move you from it.

And someday -- you'll live it out.

Thanks again and keep up the good fight!

Brent, thank you again -- and you too -- you keep up the good fight too!

You're a true Warrior.

Bill

So:

Brent is a young guy, still in college, who found the Alliance, and who's been inspired by our message of "masculinity, fidelity, heroism, and genuine love between men."

That says a lot about him, doesn't it?

But that's not all.

Because Brent also understands that

The power of the alliance's message should not be denied to anyone and ... that the more men who hear about frot and the larger message that it's okay to be a man and indeed to be a hero, the better it will be for everyone (man, woman, child, gay, bi, straight, et al.).

That too says a lot about him.

Because not only has he been inspired, but he wants to share the words which have helped him -- with his fellow men.

So: Having been inspired and having understood, he's making all the right moves:

He's donated -- twice -- because he understands a basic tenet of Warrior life:

Warrior altruism.

And he understands the importance of reading.

And he's started training in karate!

And not only does he already feel stronger and more confident --

but he's gained a strong male role model -- right there where he lives.

Which is really important.

By doing what he's doing -- reading, donating, and training -- he's making himself ready for his Lover -- his Warrior Brother.

And he'll find him.

Because another Man will see and respond to Brent's strong, self-confident, Masculinity.

His Natural Masculinity.

Which Brent, helped by the Alliance, is nurturing.

Of course it would help Brent -- help him enormously -- if there was a Regional Chapter out there for him.

And who knows -- maybe once he's out of school and in a job, he'll consider doing a chapter.

In the meantime, he's making all the right moves.

What are you doing?

Hoping I'll give you Brent's email address?

Look -- if you're not doing what he's doing -- he's not going to respect you -- and you'll never get to square one with him.

I know.

Because I know who and what he's looking for.

How many other young guys like Brent -- and older guys too -- do you think are out there?

I'll tell you -- MILLIONS.

But we can't reach them because you won't DONATE.

That's the TRUTH.

So what you'll do, is read Brent's story, and salivate, thinking of this hot young guy who's into karate and Frot.

But you'll never meet him.

Or any guy like him.

Because you won't donate.

I mean, why would Brent respect you -- if you won't donate and you won't train?

Being a Warrior means being a Warrior.

It means practicing Warrior Altruism -- helping your fellow Warriors -- and learning your craft.

Honing your Fighting Spirit -- by actually learning how to Fight.

So like I said, even if you did meet Brent, you wouldn't get anywhere with him -- because you won't MAKE YOURSELF READY and WORTHY of MANLY LOVE.

You won't do it.

You'd rather sit in your chair and jerk off to pix of cock2cock --

than actually prepare yourself for the TRUE MEETING AND JOINING OF MANHOOD WITH MANHOOD.

So you'll never get anywhere.

Because Manhood can't meet Manhood, Manhood can't merge with Manhood -- if there's no Manhood there.

And in this culture, in which Manhood is constantly denigrated -- as you just saw in the New York Times -- if you don't nurture your Manhood and your Natural Masculinity the way BRENT is -- it'll wither and die.

Wither.

Die.

And a male with no Manhood won't cut it in the world of M2M -- the World of Men.

So -- what are you doing?

Like I said, Brent is making all the right moves --

• Reading

• Donating

• Training

What are you doing?

And how will you ever be worthy of a MAN like BRENT -- if all you do -- is NOTHING?

Once again I thank Brent for donating and writing such a sweet and heartfelt letter.

I congratulate him on the brave choices he's made in his young life -- and I'm confident that those brave choices will lead him to a brave and bright future.

Bill Weintraub

April 23, 2008

© All material Copyright 2008 by Bill Weintraub. All rights reserved.

Brian Hulme

Re: Letter from a College Student

8-4-2009

Hi Bill,

Brent is a fine example of a young Man and a true Warrior and when I read his story and your reply I was amazed by the parallels between his and my story. How finding the Alliance has allowed us to have the Masculine confidence to be who we truly are and to go on to do our bit in helping you to continue with helping others to realise their Warriorhood.

With Warrior Love,

Brian