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- From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Anti-Leftist Epithets (was Re: A Strand of Bigotry)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.225429.26351@reed.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 22:54:29 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov22.225429.26351
- References: <19921121013659ECL4JN2@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> <1992Nov22.014158.25303@netcom.com> <1992Nov22.042506.22529@reed.edu>
- Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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- In article <1992Nov22.042506.22529@reed.edu> nelson@reed.edu (Nelson
- Minar) rans, in reply to Andrew Solovay:
- >>My suggestion: Henceforth we should talk about people who want to
- >>turn soc.motss into a "fascist Faerie".
-
- >Dearest, why don't you just say what you mean? Why stop with a wimpy
- >homophobic epithet, when you can use some truly nasty one...
-
- This is what I get for posting flames. I know it's not my style, why
- do I try?
-
- Andrew explained to me that his meaning was "Faerie", as in the
- mythical land of the faeries. Presumably, he means that there might be
- people who are trying to make Faerie into a fascist land.
-
- Understanding it this way, I don't see his remark as being
- particularly offensive, and I apologize for jumping down his throat.
-
- Actually, I rather like the idea that soc.motss is a Usenet Faerie.
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- nelson@reed.edu \/ Shame is playback: exposure to disapproval
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