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From: jmr@motown.UUCP (John M. Ritter)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women
Subject: Re: Feminists
Message-ID: <186@motown.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 23:33:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 30 23:33:57 1986
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> > In article <153@endot.UUCP> tookman@endot.UUCP (kathy) writes:
> >I hope people these days realize that it's entirely possible to 
> >be a feminist without protesting everything.  
> 
> In article <1116@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> (cheryl) writes:
> And what is it that you intend to accept rather than protest?
> Do you propose to accept everything, rather than be accused
> of protesting everything?  
> 
These are hardly opposites...

> >Some feminists just haven't learned that screaming your views at
> >some people don't make them listen--if anything they block their 
> >ears completely.
> 
> And you think that whispering your views will make them listen?
> I've got news for you.  If you whisper, your voice will be ignored,
> just like I almost ignored your timid little mealy-mouthed posting.
> cheryl
> >kathy

Thank you Kathy, you've just proved your point with some
unsoliceted help: Shouting aloud just makes one look silly,
kinda' like all those TV preachers.
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