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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (R. Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: net.gay
Message-ID: <320@burl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 16:24:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 16:24:46 1983
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Hear, hear!!  A definite plus vote for net.gay from me; but on the
condition that it be UNMODERATED.  I know so many gay people, and a
few of them I never think of as gay; but the others make me shudder
when I see them coming.  They are SO caught up in being gay that they
will bore me to tears with their 'gayness' the instant they find out
that I am sympathetic to their cause.  An unmoderated net.gay would
solve several problems for both gays and non-gays:

a) non-gays who don't like gays will not have to listen to them
b) gays will have their own forum that only a few (I hope) sick sadists
   will subscribe to just to flame gays -- the majority of net.gay
   subscribers will be gays and gay sympathizers looking for a peaceful
   and open forum (again, I hope so)
c) non-gays who either like gays or don't care either way won't have to
   listen to the bullshit that some of them put out.
d) an unmoderated group would be another step forward for non-persecution
   of gays -- the more out-in-the-open things are, the better.  I know
   a LOT of people who used to be totally down on gays, but now that
   there are so many intelligent and talented ADMITTED gays around, they
   are really changing their tune!

ATTENTION:  This article is not sarcastic, and is not a put-down of
gays in any way!!  I simply would like to see gay people have their own
forum to discuss their own interests/problems/whatever; and at the same
time I must admit that the following make me ill:

macho heterosexual males whose entire life is being macho
ultra-aggressive heterosexual females whose entire life is being such
gays of either sex whose entire life is being gay

It just so happens that we are talking about gays this time -- there is
already a net.women.only that seems to attract most of the second type
above, we are thinking about a net.gay, now if only someone could
create a net.macho.....
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