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To: Lonesome in Massachussets; PhiKapMom
Here's a game we can all play: It's poignant, really. Maureen knew that she couldn't make a powerful argument if her life depended on it, given the fact that she got into the New York Times thanks to her gender. It makes her crazy that people think she's where she is because the buttoned-down white guys running the Times needed a fluffy-chick quota hire but...
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Phicapmom, here is another example of the co-opting of our words, which Steyn, as usual, sees through. ''Diversity'' narrows the mind, it pigeonholes us into identity-group stereotypes..."
77 posted on 06/29/2003 9:37:02 PM PDT by Libertina (FR - roaches check in, but they don't check out....)
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To: Libertina
Thanks for the ping! There seems to be a lot of that from the liberals -- co-opting words for their own use! I wish English would go back to where it should! Let them add new words!
78 posted on 06/29/2003 9:42:03 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
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