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- From: randyc@Autodesk.COM (Randy Clark)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Stonewall in perspective
- Message-ID: <18485@autodesk.COM>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 01:48:05 GMT
- References: <93024.021207SECBH@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Organization: Autodesk, Inc., Sausalito, CA
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- In article <93024.021207SECBH@CUNYVM.BITNET> SECBH@CUNYVM.BITNET
- (Jack Carroll) writes:
-
- A fantastic article about Stonewall and contemporary
- politics.
-
- >When Lindsay became mayor in 1965 there were three
- >quick reversals in public policy which turned gay life in NYC
- >around. [...]
- >
- >The homophobic Inspector Pine was delighted to have an opportunity
- >to harrass gay people in The Village. I think what happened is that
- >the customers at The Stonewall were quite simply full of piss and
- >vinegar after almost four years of fairly wide open night life and
- >the Civil Rights marches and the anti-war sentiment made cops the
- >natural target of hostility in those times too.
-
- Of course, it's a commonplace of history that
- uprisings, rebellions, and the like happen not when
- people are *totally* repressed, but when things are
- already getting better -- just not fast enough or
- freely enough to meet people's expectations.
-
- >The alliances were ill-considered, various actions and statements were
- >were equally lacking in forethought.
-
- As I recall (I was young, but I was around), this was
- typical of much of the politics of the period.
- Very slapdash and off the wall. At least, we did give
- the government a lively run for its money.
-
- Thanks for an excellent look back at that time.
-
- -R
-
-
- --
-
- Randy Clark {}!autodesk.com!randyc
- "Whose mind is it that doesn't suffer a loud takeover
- once in a while?" -- Maxine Hong Kingston
-