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- From: eeb1@ellis.uchicago.edu (e elizabeth bartley)
- Subject: Re: All discrimination is not equal -- or wrong
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.000035.18448@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:00:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep1.004203.22844@ncsu.edu>
- dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >Can you name some? I can't think of any situations where a person
- >could "deserve" to be called a name with such clear racist overtones.
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- While I certainly agree that Patrick Humphrey's use of the term "fat
- black ass" was utterly unjustified, I have to say that they are some
- bizarre circumstances when one is justified in using the term. For
- example, if you're trying to distract a drugged crazy from his
- hostages so that they can escape, you're justified in calling him (or
- anyone else) anything you dam' well please.
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- Pro-Choice Anti-Roe - E. Elizabeth Bartley
- Abortions should be safe, legal, early, and rare.
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- Cthulhu for President -- when you're tired of voting for the lesser of 2 evils.
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