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From: ec120bgt@sdcc3.UUCP (ANDREW VARE)
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Subject: Re: Yuppies (=gays)
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 19:32:36 EDT
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  Other people see the "yuppie" phenomenon as just
> another example of the great morass of straights rushing in to
> exploit what gay people have pioneered. 
>

If the gays pioneered a yuppie lifestyle, perhaps AIDS is living
proof that gay's "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" attitude
eventually WILL lead to their destruction, just as a yuppie
lifestyle woven only of materialism (and NOT sexually transmitted
lethal diseases) leads to a society devoid of spiritual consciousness.


Another problem is differentiating between yuppies and preppies.
Not an important problem, mind net, but a problem nonetheless.
Sure, bermudas from Beans can be construed as prep, but do they
wreak of yuppie? Somehow prep is more of a socially accepted
term, and yuppie is definitely derogative.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
MAY ALL LIVE LONG AND PERSPIRE

Andrew T. Vare