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Another poster quoted from a letter to The Crimson written by campus conservatives defending the recent Conservative Coming Out Dinner, saying the event was meant to "mock...those who feign oppression within the Harvard community...
...continually astounded by the recurring and unmitigated attitudes of those responsible for the "Conservative 'Coming Out' Dinner." In their letter published Dec. 9 they wrote, "To the extent that the Coming Out Dinner is mocking it is meant to mock only those who feign oppression within the Harvard community, which remains tolerant to a fault...
...point that the organizers of the "Conservative 'Coming Out' Dinner" are missing--and have missed since the outcry over last year's Dinner--is that on National Coming Out Day the BGLT community is not concerned about coming out at Harvard. We are ever reminded that the world outside of Harvard Yard and outside of Cambridge is most certainly not "tolerant to a fault." Out there--in the world in which we will all be living in just a few short years--it's not a matter of worrying about a roommate moving out. It's a matter of discrimination...
...want to invite the organizers of the "Conservative 'Coming Out' Dinner" to think about that world next time they consider what "coming...
...really means. I pray that if there is a conservative dinner next year its organizers use a little more common sense and sensitivity when naming...