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- From: rhayden@oracle.com (Ronald Hayden)
- Subject: Re: Roseanne and The "Faggot" Insult
- In-Reply-To: DLM's message of 17 Dec 92 17:20:35 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:07:10 GMT
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- In article <168C09F88.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> DLM writes:
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- The great thing about the Tonight Show appearance is that the musical guest
- was kd lang! Roseanne and kd sat next to each other - and Roseanne put
- her arm around kd's shoulders.
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- Another interesting tidbit to this story: kd lang was originally
- scheduled to be on with Mel Gibson.
-
- I think this provides a good point of perspective: You can argue
- about whether it was right or not for Roseanne to call someone a
- faggot in private. But it's all insignificant when it comes to the
- *real* homophobes, like Gibson.
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- Roseanne is harmless, and has done a lot for the portrayal of gays on
- television.
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- - Ronald Hayden
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