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From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer)
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Subject: Re: A thought on the nature of ... defenses
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Date: Sat, 16-Jun-84 23:32:23 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 16 23:32:23 1984
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	>This comparison overdramatizes the situation somewhat, but I still
	>think that a member of a group can discuss the sources and reasons
	>of prejudices against their group, etc... , without seeing red and
	>cavalierly applying labels like "...phobic" or "anti...." (At least
	>I think I can).

I must have misinterperted your original posting.  The analogy of
homosexuality with bulemia is HARDLY an invitation to discuss "sources and
reasons of prejudices..." In fact, nowhere in your original article could I
see anything which remotely resembled this.  What I *did* see seemed so
bizarre and ludicrous that I didn't bother to respond.

I'm afraid that Ron's comparison fits exactly.  Since you have expressed
a bit of concern about your phrasing in your subsequent messages, let's
just chalk it up to a lapse in judgement, and go on from there.  If you
ARE truly interested in examining "sources and reasons of prejudice" or
anything else in the way of gay issues, please start afresh.
-- 
/Steve Dyer
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