You so need comfort (About a conversation on love)

Author: Li Yinhe
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: When sexuality is seen as a path to truth, those who walk in front of this love path, i.e., those who truly incline towards truth, can help another person, preventing them from falling into various low-level pleasures. Those who understand love will also become masters of truth, and their task is to teach the beloved to conquer themselves and become "stronger than themselves." — Michel Foucault In my dreams, love in the 21st century will be a more free love. Freedom means acknowledging differences and diversity. Freedom is the wing of love; without wings, love cannot fly. And true love is naturally meant to soar. This book is a record of my online discussions with netizens. Most of them are homosexual men and women, with a few heterosexuals. Since homosexuality currently experiences more pressure in our social life than heterosexuality, the internet has become a new realm for them to speak freely. They vent their frustrations, express their emotions, and seek help from the outside world. As someone who has conducted research on homosexuality, I have written my own opinions, comments, and suggestions after each netizen's text, hoping to be of help to them. Although my intentions are good and pure, I cannot avoid the suspicion of being "presumptuous in giving advice." In truth, from the bottom of my heart, I sincerely admire the innocence and passion of some netizens, as well as the life attitudes and even the writing of some of them. Although their sexual orientation is still unacceptable to a minority in society, I believe that anyone with education will discover, if they read their words with care and understand their hearts, that they are just like us, their joys and sorrows are the same as ours. Of course, they should have the same rights as everyone else to pursue their own love and happiness, to enjoy a joyful life. I hope, and I believe, that human love in the 21st century will become richer, more diverse, more pluralistic, and freer. I long for a new century with broader freedom in matters of love.