NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/soc/bi/19141

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From: [e-mail] (Alan Hamilton)
Subject: Re: Gripe: soc.motss
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There are some very supportive, sensitive and thoughtful posters in
soc.motss.  On the other hand, they are regularly visited by major
homophobes (luckily(?), most of these either don't believe in or don't
care about bis.)  Like the out lesbian and gay community at large,
they get edgy, defensive, and generally frustrated.  When I post to
soc.motss, I take great care with phrasing and sprinkle liberally with
"IMHO", "your mileage may vary", and ":-)", as appropriate.  I very
occasionally get flamed by someone who is just too tightly wound in
general that day.  I deal with it in as positive a way as I can and go
on.  I don't choose to post there often.

Since I like something in between the run-of-the-mill of either, I
read both similarly.  When a thread seems to have slipped below the
surface, whether fluffiness or flames, I pop it into my kill file and
go to the next one.

This allows me to keep track of much of what is going on in both
groups without (a) trying to read everything and getting overwhelmed,
or (b) getting too depressed or upset to live the rest of my life with
the flexibility and openness that I want to.

IMHO.  Your mileage may vary.  :-)

 -Alan