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Re: Why these news groups were created
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Date: 
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:17:35 GMT
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> Well, are you talking about discomfort for the poster or the group reading
> the
> post?  To assume that everyone in .general is a "homophobe" is a bit
> extreme.
> If don't care for his post, he will never know about it if I post nothing
> in
> reply.  {Anyone} can be encouraging of a gay; what a spurious thing to
> imply
> that {only} GLBTers would post approvingly!  In fact, if someone {did}
> post a
> negative comment, I'm sure that {many} would rush to condemn that person
> and the
> original poster might even feel {more} affirmed as a result than if he had
> just
> posted to "the choir".
> 
> [JOHN]

Egg-fricking-xactly



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  Re: Why these news groups were created
 
(...) Well, are you talking about discomfort for the poster or the group reading the post? To assume that everyone in .general is a "homophobe" is a bit extreme. If don't care for his post, he will never know about it if I post nothing in reply. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)

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