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- From: freedman@cs.colostate.edu (keith freedman)
- Subject: Re: Support the boycott (was Re: Don't boyc
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:45:46 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov19.023857.20359@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article 20359@tc.cornell.edu, shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
- >In article <Nov19.020457.19357@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> wallsj@CS.ColoState.EDU (jeffrey joel walls) writes:
- >> I know first hand (FIRST HAND) that blacks are *still* discriminated
- >> against.
- >
- >Nobody is saying that they aren't. It's no longer legal,
- >however, and doesn't have the patina of respectability that
- >gaybashing does. While an end to bigotry is obviously
- >desirable (and necessary), when African-Americans lose
- >their jobs or are denied housing because of their race,
- >they have legal recourse. And *that*, friend, is a
- >direct result of the civil rights movement.
-
- Realize, Melinda, that "minority" groups including African-Americans and
- American-Indians have been fighting for "their" rights (I quote their, because
- I feel that PEOPLE deserve rights, not any group of people in particular) for MANY
- years while the homosexual situation is fairly recent and has been clouded by this
- AIDS mis-information. If you wish for us to look at the civil-rights history, one
- could argue that homosexuals shouldn't expect anything for 30 or so years.
-
- This issue especially could take quite some time as it is not just the fear of people
- who are different, but it has to do with people's insecurity about themselves and
- their sexuality. People who fear gays are obviously so insecure about their own
- heterosexuality that they feel they might become gay. This is probably why they
- don't view it as an "orientation". I don't know what others think, I can only
- speculate. I can tell you that it is disturbing (for me, anyways) when someone
- of the same sex tries to "pick me up" in the grocery store (or anywhere). This sort
- of thing also makes people upset, angry, and prejudice.
-
- Am I making sense here?!
-
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- Keith Freedman
- Colorado State University
- Department of Computer Science
- Systems Administration
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