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Re: I think I'm going to puke....
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Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:24:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
   Would that one of the Right or Left actually DID want to allow people choice. Neither conventional end of the conventional spectrum acts like it does want that.

With respect to a cultural shift towards unmanliness, or in general? I mean, I haven’t actually seen evidence that the Left cares one way or another in regards to the decline of masculinity, but I have seen a tendancy on the Right of general nervousness about the issue. Has the Left actually shown an interest in stopping it or being worried about it?

In general. Both the conventional Right and conventional Left (in the US anyway) want to restrict choices... I think you’re right, the right may be a bit more nervous about gender bending but that’s small potatoes really.

The quote I cited to John is one I agree with and one that makes me think that the speaker isn’t Right OR Left...



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  Re: I think I'm going to puke....
 
(...) With respect to a cultural shift towards unmanliness, or in general? I mean, I haven't actually seen evidence that the Left cares one way or another in regards to the decline of masculinity, but I have seen a tendancy on the Right of general (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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