From: TURTLE              
To: THE SPECIALIST      
Subject: Homophobe      
Date & Time: 03/27/91 13:49:04
Message Number 14277

>How can you say that you are not a "bigotphobe" when you are so
>adamantly against bigotry?
 
That would be a very good argument except for one flaw: there is a
difference between being against Characteristic X and being against
people with Characteristic X. The fact that Saavik and I will continue
to associate with bigots indicates a difference of kind with people
who will not associate with people who are gay. QED. [As The
Specialist's analogy goes down in flames... :)]
In case you hadn't noticed, I am "against" homosexuality in the sense
that the thought of buggering some guy turns my stomach and I'd
rather be trampled to death by water buffalo than find myseld
in bed with some other male. I am not, however, "against" gays (or
against bigots); I am, therefore, not a homophobe...or a "bigotphobe."