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- From: jns@elea.umd.edu (J. N. Shaumeyer)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Bear Crap
- Message-ID: <17035@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 19:14:14 GMT
- References: <michaelh.721908229@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov16.163852.19134@spdcc.com> <michaelh.721963181@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Militant Homosexual Lobby, Gay Lifestyles, Inc.
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- Mike Hennahane (michaelh@Xenon.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
-
- > .... maybe it's not as true as it has been in the
- > past (due to the bear list, or whatever), but i still think that bears
- > have lots of representation here. in fact, i would guess that the
- > perceived over-representation of bears was the cause of a fair number
- > of the anti-bear postings/threads.
-
- You know, I think that there are *lots* of gay people
- in society, in every walk of life, but you just don't
- see them. In fact, I would guess that the perceived
- over-representation of people of flamboyance was the
- cause of a fair number of fag bashings; they're the
- ones keeping the normal ones in the closet.
-
- Since anti-bear postings are a reasonable response to
- 'over-representation', could you tell us the correct
- amount of representation please so that we could avoid
- future unpleasantness? A list of bear topics and
- affectations would be useful too, just to avoid confusion.
-
- BBC asked:
-
- > > Now is it a BIG THING? No, there are inclusivity issues
- > >that greatly exceed the need to be more bear-sensitive.
-
- And he lists some examples, all welcome. But excuse me
- if I care not to minimize bear visibility to the point
- of invisibility. I don't care to underestimate the
- potential increase in self-esteem of the reader who, not
- looking like Marky Mark or Jason Priestly, discovers that
- there are men who appreciate a mature figure and hirsute
- aspect.
-
- > .... the point of my
- > posting (and melinda's i think) is that i get crabby sometimes reading
- > yet another GDM whiny evangelical hell-fire bears uber alles posting.
- > he really alienates me (and others it would seem), and i think that
- > some of this is what carries over when people make comments to *you*
- > (bob) about liking anything that has a beard because you are a bear
- > lover (cf. marky mark discussion).
-
- Have you considered that it might be *important* to
- some people, that it is something which they do not
- take lightly?
-
- Consider the parallels:
-
- "Oh, hon, don't mind *him*--he's on the *rag*."
-
- "Oh, BBC/GDM wouldn't like *him*--he's not fat and hairy."
-
- --jns
-