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...beyond that, what exactly does wearing a blue square mean? Does it, in fact, promote violence against homosexuals, as many BGLSA members undoubtedly think? Can AALARM and such groups as the Queer Nation coexist? The answers to these questions are. I believe, a qualified no and a qualified...
...setting up the blue square as a symbol of a traditional view of sexual morality, AALARM has caught itself in a rhetorical quagmire, partly because of the ambiguity of the pink triangle's significance. Homosexuals were forced to wear pink triangles as an identifying mark in Nazi death camps, and the gay rights movement adopted the pink triangle as a symbol they say opposes violence against gays...
...their allies have helped make co-existence well-nigh impossible. This weekend, ACT-UP displayed a poster which depicted Pope John Paul II and a condom and asked, "which is a dick and which is a condom?" This is blatantly offensive and deliberately inflammatory. Imagine the outcry if AALARM stooped to such a level...
...long as liberals refuse to listen to a muted, reasonable conservative voice, stunts such as AALARM's will surely follow. And in the meantime, the chasm opens, and we begin to view each other not as human beings, but as demonized enemies...
...bashing and violence against gays should have no place in a true conservative's heart--and AALARM has been derelict in making this point clear. Similarly, campus gay groups should extend the same tolerance and charity to conservatives that they themselves demand...