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- From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
- Subject: Re: Reasoning with homophobes??
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:31:02 GMT
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- In <1992Nov21.225442.22416@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ted9e@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Thomas Edward Doyle) writes:
-
- >Well, we excuse doorknobs:-) But we strive to put psycho killers
- >behind bars. What should we do with the homophobes... and regular old
- >racists, for that matter? There's been numerous debates on whether the
- >oppressed should just lie down and take it of stand up and fight. I
- >haven't heard anyone, though, advocate just putting these hating
- >bastards behind bars and keeping them there for the rest of their
- >biological lives. clearly they're not fit to live in free society
- >with the rest of us. Anyone agree?
-
- Flame bait argument. You convince society to change by convincing people
- that it is in their best interest to not discriminate. Your argument that
- they are not fit to live in free society has no validity. One's ability
- to live in society is not related to being a nice person or being able to
- get along with everyone.
-
- The two initiatives in Oregon and Colorado illustrate this point. Many peo-
- ple do not want to actively attack homosexuals, as the failure of the Oregon
- initiative shows. However, they do not want to give homosexuals the status
- of a protected minority. There's a bit of debate on my campus as to if there
- should be a seat on the student body senate for a gay/lesbian seat. I con-
- sider such a proposal ludicrous.
-
- My point. Don't lie down and take it. However, consider the effecdts of your
- actions (and words).
-
- >Don't be so gracious! Let the flames be posted here, in public, where
- >they will speak for themselves and let us all see where the cowards
- >live.
-
- Willingness to flame has little to do with cowardice. As ourposts suggest.
-
- Paul
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