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...without remorse or apology. It is so rare that we are able, as a society, to tell others how we really feel. Thus, telling our friends, families and potential partners what we've been thinking about all these years establishes a bond so profound that even the most ignorant bigot (or the most strident gay activist) can neither sever nor belittle it. It is for these reasons that coming out should be encouraged (when the time is right), and that those considering coming out should receive assistance when examining their thoughts...
...prompted the outgoing chair of the Reform Party, Rusell Verney, to call for Ventura to quit the party. Religious leaders are understandably upset; Pat Robertson diplomatically said Ventura was "off his rocker" at a Christian Coalition convention last week. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) called Ventura a "bigot." As his comments were reported in Minnesota over the weekend, Ventura's approval ratings fell 19 points. But Ventura's numbers are still high; 54 percent of Minnesotans approve of the job Ventura is doing as governor...
...Real, Live Bigot," your columnist Jack E. White writes as though he has been granted a special license to hurl hateful epithets that stigmatize good people for life [DIVIDING LINE, Aug. 30]. Indeed, this piece has set us all on a perilous course. Who will have the courage to enter this vital debate? Is a new version of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror upon us--with reputations, rather than heads, falling? D.L. COBURN Dallas...
...Webster's Dictionary a bigot is defined as "a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices." Given that definition, White is correct, even polite, when he refers to David Horowitz as a bigot. Anyone who examines Horowitz's writings over the years will discover a perverse obsession with black people, an obsession for which he has been paid handsomely by right-wingers whose problems with blacks are probably more profound than his. Bashing black people is a lucrative 19th century industry that has survived into the 20th. ISHMAEL REED, PUBLISHER Konch Magazine www.ishmaelreedpub.com Oakland...
...target. The G.O.P. is a party, after all, that owes its post-Barry Goldwater resurgence to opposition to civil rights. And while its leaders from time to time proclaim their belief in racial justice, their pledges have been mostly lip service. They're too genteel for a sheet-wearing bigot like David Duke but all too willing to embrace bigotry if it's dressed in a suit...