You wanted to insult Mike, and the only thing you could think of was to insinuate that he's gay. Why is that?
I think it says a _lot_ more about your attitudes than any of this "some of my best friends are" gibberish. On 10/5/11, Richard Conrad <rdcon...@verizon.net> wrote: > Dear Brian, > > Mike said what he said, "as classy as a truckstop bathroom, ...and half as > pleasant" I called it "bathroom humor" and asked if he used it "with > lovers", 'people he wished to humiliate, or all of the above'. > > If I loathed gay people then why do I love them? Ask yourself the > accusation, before you accuse... You are an irritant in accusing me so > tenaciously, but I don't loathe you. > > Loathe with your own loather Brian, not mine. I'm not sure why you feel I > loathe... you seem to be in a real lather about my (lack of) loathing. > > I don't even half loathe gay people, though I've heard it said 'half a > loathe is better than none'! > > I wish Mike would stop ragging on Glenn, I wish William H. Magill would stop > ragging on Glenn and I, and I wish you would stop ragging on Glenn or on me, > or on whomsoever does not agree with you. Lots of love Brian. > > Rick Conrad > > On Oct 5, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Brian Siano wrote: > >> You wanted to insult Mike Van Helder, and you did this by insinuating >> that he's gay. Clearly, you see homosexuality as something ugly and >> shameful. Don't try to torture this into anything but what it is: your >> loathing of gay people. >> >> You may not have liked Mike's line about truckstop bathrooms, but it >> wasn't a _slur against gay people_. >> >> On 10/5/11, Richard Conrad <rdcon...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> It was a question - of rhetoric - Brian. Tell the truth, I didn't think >>> that you thought there was anything intrinsically slur-ful about >>> homosexuality, Brian... and besides I was referring in rhetorical fashion >>> to >>> the more sinister and violent forms of homo-erotic cruelty, not to any >>> normal or healthy sorts of homo-eroticisms... >>> >>> Judgement (as beauty and cogency) is also frequently a matter for the >>> 'mind >>> of the beholder' caveat! >>> >>> You stooped to the use of 'gutter-level bigotry' not me. >>> >>> Mike called Glenn "as classy as a truckstop bathroom, ...and half as >>> pleasant" or did you miss that one Brian? >>> >>> I've referred to Mike's use of "bathroom humor" as being a deviant use of >>> the familiar and unworthy of any thing one could call loving response. >>> It, >>> unlike Glenn's clever and cogent poem, was unkind, unsubtle, and rather >>> banal. It attacked without allowing for feelings or thoughts. >>> >>> Bill had previously been a bit unfeeling and crude in his 'resigning' but >>> slurring statement: "I did not intend to feed the trolls, but their >>> incessant, idiotic, incoherent ramblings and constant reiteration of the >>> Party Line, tend to grossly offend any thinking person. Therefore, >>> goodbye." >>>> William H. Magill >>>> Block Captain >>> 4400 Chestnut Street" >>> >>> As far as peoples opinions about homosexuality... I did not make a slur >>> against the concept, life-style, extant notion(s), or erotic preference. >>> Did you? I leave the issue for you to decide, I can't speak for you. I >>> have generally preferred the term homo-erotocism as homo-sexuality can >>> tend >>> to lead to confusion, and while generativity is certainly not always >>> hetero-sexual... "sexual" reproduction in which biological meiosis >>> recombination produces a viable zygote seems to have tended quite >>> exclusively in the direction of hetero-partnering. >>> >>> P.S. I assume you are referring to me as 'Rich', though you have never >>> known me to use that name, rather: Rick Conrad, or Richard Conrad... >>> Please >>> at this time I ask... do not call me Rich, Brian, if you would be so >>> kind. >>> :>) >>> >>> "Can't we all just try to get along" - Rodney King >>> >>> Rick Conrad >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Brian Siano wrote: >>> >>>> It's shameful that Rich would leap to slurs about homosexuality. >>>> >>>> Argue all you want, call each other names all you want, but Rich's >>>> gutter-level bigotry is just revolting. >>>> >>>> On 10/5/11, Richard Conrad <rdcon...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>> when you gotta go... you really gotta go... SO GO! >>>>> >>>>> Do you use your bathroom 'humor' with your lovers too Mike or just >>>>> those >>>>> you >>>>> want to make humbled... hmmm, maybe they are the same set of >>>>> members... >>>>> maybe you actually want to both humiliate Glenn and also be his >>>>> lover... >>>>> like the huckleberry dude in the movie Tombstone? >>>>> >>>> ---- >>>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>> >>> >> ---- >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
