Posted by mr rob at webcacheb07a.cache.pol.co.uk on July 31, 2001 at 20:30:42:
In Reply to: you misunderstand Noam posted by Dead_By_Dawn on July 31, 2001 at 20:16:58:
: It's partially my fault for putting a snippet of his talk up out of context. But the point he was getting to was how much energy was dedicated to wiping "nigger" out of the current language and out of history and how that same energy/politiking/money could have been better spent on the REAL issues facing the black community.
... i haven't heard the whole thing and don't know the details so i can't really comment on it. as i tried to point out there, i wasn't attempting to dis the fella or the speech. i was just responding to the quote and the poster seemingly agreeing with the quote.
: Regardless, my point is that GLAAD needs to back off of the complaining and actually work to change the way things are.
it's a complicated issue, but you may well have a fair point. i really don't know the details of how GLAAD works so i'm not going to disagree there.
Rob xx