Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 20:13:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Floyce White <anti_property-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: AGAINST CONSERVATISM--FOR COMMUNISM


Well, well.  I seem to have hit a sore point here.

I'll make myself absolutely clear.  In my opinion,
homosexuality is a form of mental illness, a
behavioral disorder similar to alcoholism or
exhibitionism.  I oppose any form of persecution or
scapegoating of the mentally ill just as I oppose any
persecution of people with physical illnesses--and
unlike armchair revolutionaries, I've helped build
demonstrations and speak-outs against it.  There
always have been and always will be mental illnesses. 
It is the responsibility of each of us to help all
others.  The only way to achieve a society where
mutual support and understanding is possible is by
overthrowing class society and all of its
institutions--and that means ending marriage and the
family.

This point of view is neither uncommon nor
controversial.  The question of the nature and origin
of homosexuality is also a subject of mass discussion,
so the subject matter is well known to activists.  If
I had written an article that only pointed out that
the "punk subculture" and any other counterculture is
actually part of ordinary capitalist culture, and
presents a dead-end, phony course of inaction, it
wouldn't have raised an eyebrow.  The pretense of
shock and offense is stale old political correctness
and impresses me only with the lack of honesty of its users.

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