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- From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
- Subject: Re: Reasoning with homophobes??
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:28:04 GMT
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- In <By3228.CMn@cscns.com> cherokee@cscns.com (Kangi Taku Wakan) writes:
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- > Homophobes are people who:
-
- >1) Do not know anything about homosexuals and the emotions they feel;
- >2) Are too insensitive to empathize with anyone, let alone a "faggot"
- > (pardon my use of that distasteful word; just to make a point)
- >3) Perhaps as a consequence of 2) above, have no interest in learning
- > about the people they roundly revile.
-
- Your definition is excessively restrictive. A quite close friend of mine
- has a very strong anti-homosexual bias, though he yields on some points
- if I try. He is one of the most caring people I know, but he has a block
- when it comes to homosexuals.
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- Paul
-