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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Dr. Emmanuel Wu)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Deadheads fighting fascism
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 20:00:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 20:00:32 1985
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Wait a minute, let me get this straight.  The group of people who say
"Let's swamp the newsgroup with articles so that we get our way and have
our own group", the group of people who promote elitist notions of their
uniqueness and superiority to other groups and who feel they merit their
own special group.  *These* are the ones who are *FIGHTING* fascism????
Interesting way to fight it.  Sort of the "if you can't beat it, join
it" school of fighting fascism, no?

Sorry if my generalizations offended you, Mr. Dunn, sir.  I think I was
rather justified (as you said you were yourself) in being disgusted with
lumping the fans of a rock band who advocate getting high with Polish
freedom fighters who make real sacrifices and struggles.  Such a comparison
still makes me sick to my stomach.  The "new conservative yuppie in the
BMW type" wasn't meant to apply to EVERYONE (neither was the "drug-crazed
hippies" remark).  I was just making an observation that many of the drug
crazed hippies of yesteryear are now the BMW drivers of today.  And many
of them are the Dead fans we spoke of.  Thus this fantasy image of Deadheads
united to fight fascism in light of this is just that---a fantasy image.
Before I call you a flaming asshole for calling me a flaming asshole, I'll
sign off.

Uh, isn't this net.music?
-- 
Otology recapitulates phonology.
					Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr