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From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: My View of it All
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Date: Thu, 28-Jun-84 00:15:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 28 00:15:49 1984
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> Over the years, I have come to form some niches or categories
> in my thinking as it relates to homosexuality.  In my mind, I
> have formed four niches into which I place homosexuals:
> Homosexuals, gays, queers, and animals.

I find your use of the word "queer" offensive.  It reminds me
of the statement I've heard  that "there are blacks and there
are niggers."  The reasoning behind this *almost* makes sense.
Some people are black, some people are jerks, and some people
are both.  Fine.  But why do we need a special word for black
jerks?  And why choose a word which has been used to degrade
all blacks?

> Now before someone starts
> flaming, I might point out that there are plenty of heteros who
> also fall into these niches alongside the homosexuals.

Then why didn't you just say, "There are decent people, nerds,
perverts, and animals."  Where did homosexuality come into it?
Why did you post this to net.motss???

> The second category, the gays, comprise that group of people
> who seem to have to keep telling everyone that they are gay
> as if they have some kind of complex.  They walk around with
> badges proclaiming their sexuality as if it were a claim to
> fame.  They march in parades with banners.  Not just the Gay
> Pride Parade, all parades including St Paddy's with a sign
> saying Gay Irish Unite.  These people, in my mind, have a
> communication problem.  I could care less if they are gay
> or not, so why keep telling me they are?

Just look around you.  We heterosexuals are always making such
a godawful big deal about our sexuality!  But you want gays to
keep it quiet...

> Well, that's all I wanted to say.  I only hope I haven't
> offended anyone with my personal categorizing system.

I'm afraid you have.

> I know there will be quite a few who disagree
> with how I feel, but if we didn't have disagreements, there
> would be no horse races, and Monmouth Park would be closed,
> and the tax rate in our county would go up, and I would have
> to get another job to pay the taxes, and my family would suffer,
> and I would suffer, so disagreements are fine with me so I
> don't have to suffer.

Well, they won't be shutting down Monmouth Park this year...

-- 

	Alan S. Driscoll
	AT&T Bell Laboratories