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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.women,net.motss
Subject: Re: Bigotry
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Date: Sat, 14-Jul-84 18:45:57 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 14 18:45:57 1984
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Sophie's right:  I don't think there is enough evidence to say that
Trish is not ``well-adjusted''.  She may well be quite cordial in her
day-to-day interactions with men (even though she might think to herself
they are assholes), and simply choose to look elsewhere for romance.
Though I'd hardly call bigotry a sign of being well-adjusted, Trish
never said that she behaves in a prejudicial manner except in looking
for SO's (don't we all!).  And, at least for me, it is behavior that
makes a bigot, not the dark recesses of her or his mind.

Forced to state the ``reasons'' for our sexual preferences, I think we'd
all come up with something pretty silly.  It seems that in the discussions
here the answer ``because I feel that way'' just isn't good enough.  Well,
it is the *only* answer I can think of that isn't somehow contrived.

Consider how defensive you'd become after constantly having your sexual
preference questioned.  Perhaps Trish felt that prefering women ``because
men are unacceptable'' was more of a ``reason'' than ``just because I feel
that way''.  It seems only human to search for an answer such as the
former, given that the latter is not accepted.  Minorities of all kinds
are often pressured into extreme positions by such unaccepting questioning.

As for all the comments on bigotry, I, too, agree 100%.  It is just that
I see no way to brand Trish either a bigot or a maladjusted person on
the basis of *ONE* posting.

		-Ed Hall
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