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- From: ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (B.A. Davis-Howe)
- Subject: Re: Faggots and witches (again)
- References: <1992Dec28.092317.9811@news.ysu.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 20:00:23 GMT
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- ag055@yfn.ysu.edu (Ward Chanley) writes:
-
-
- >-Not- wanting to jump into the wordbattle, which
- >is a huge waste of time...
-
- >A big part of my objection to the arguments
- >presented here is the rather cavalier assumption
- >that since the histories cited for "faggot"
- >are false, well, then, the claim that the Burn
- >murdered Queers along with Witches must also
- >be false.
-
- >This is like trying to deny us the right to
- >use pink triangles by claiming that Hitler
- >didn't kill any Queers either.
-
- >For more on Queer victims of the Burn, see
- >Arthur Evans, _Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture_.
-
- Exactly who has claimed that Queerfolk weren't burned in the Inquisition's
- flames? I've been following this thread and have seen *noone* claim that.
- The one thing we've been sceptical about is the claim that Queerfolk were
- burned as fuel for burning witches. I think you're misreading things--maybe
- you're just a wee bit too eager to find homophobia everywhere. I'm quite
- Queer, and I was one of the people who expressed scepticism of the claim
- about faggots meaning Queerfolk burned as fuel. Are you going to say I'm a
- phobe because I don't agree with you?
-
- Enjoy the journey!
- --Br'anArthur
- Queer, Peculiar, and Wyrd! :-)
-
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