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From: pooh@ut-sally.UUCP (Pooh @ the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "The Invisible Partners"
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 10:04:56 EDT
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> 
> You will note that my self-analysis has been public only minimally in
> recent months, partly because I have a group of actual people that I meet
> with once a week for mutual support, and partly because net.singles did
> not meet my needs (quite the opposite; there seemed to be a flame-throwing
> contest going on for a while).  
> 

And partly because the newsfeed out of Purdue was broken for
several months, but that is a different story, eh, Jeff?

> I would invite you to examine yourself honestly and see how well-integrated
> you really are.  Start with these data:  You put me in a stereotype of myself
> which is months out of date, and you reacted angrily to a statement intended
> to show understanding and sensitivity.
> -- Jeff Sargent

What Steve was reacting to was the fact that to him your
statements indicated that you *still* do not understand,
and that you are still putting gay people in a mistaken
stereotype.  It's like saying to a black person,
"Hey, I really do understand and sympathize that you
adore watermelon. . ."

Pooh

pooh@purdue-ecn-cb.ARPA    pur-ee!pooh

You didn't have to love me,
But you did--
and I thank you. . .