From: Palcewski-AT-aol.com Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 10:24:01 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: PLC: LA Freedom of speech means even Pat Sloane gets to speak This is meant to be a friendly, if blunt, response to Pat's post. Civility and mutual respect ought to prevail, especially here, but Pat both on and off the list has demonstrated--intentionally or otherwise--little regard for such things. I refer to one of her posts in which she made a disdainful, cutting reference to someone's status as a "graduate student," as if this were somehow something to be ashamed of. And I also refer to a private correspondence in which I asked her to share some of her expertise in art, and she did. But in her posts she was at times dreadfully patronizing and condescending. Which I--as a 55-year-old man who has been around the track a few times--found off-putting. Of course everyone's entitled to be as patronizing and condescending as he or she pleases, but then one should not be surprised when another uses the term "even" in a post touching on free speech rights. John Palcewski > Excuse me folks, > > I don't know how this thread got started or who started it. And there's a > lot to be said for the idea that I don't care how you use my name as long as > you spell it correctly. > > But I find myself puzzling over what "even" means, as in "even Pat Sloane." > Maybe the person who started the thread meant some kind of compliment, and > I > ought to be sending them a modestly gracious little thank-you note. And no > hard feelings if the thread-starter meant that if have to be allowed to > open > my mouth, that's <really> scraping the bottom. > --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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