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Such activities play into Peninsula's characterization of homosexuality as a subversive and power-hungry movement. They detract from positive arguments that might otherwise persuade, particularly since it is the implied homosexual conspiracy that most alarms (and appeals to) those who agree with Peninsula...
According to Julie-Ann Francis's article on reactions to the latest Peninsula diatribe (November 13), "Some students...feared many undergraduates agreed with the magazine," and, in the words of William Dougherty '94, the writing has "created a really unsafe atmosphere on campus...
...true that Peninsula has articulated the views of many students, then it is essential to meet their speech in kind. Staging protests and eat-ins, although valuable for purposes of group cohesion, preaches successfully only to the converted...
Until men and women have that kind of experience, however, loud gatherings of "queers" like the one the BGLSA plans will stand in people's minds as the answer to Peninsula's acceptable, because unchallenged, reasoning...
...November 18 issue of The Crimson, the editorial "Gay Bashing? No. Sensible? No Again." defends the writers of the Peninsula against allegations of bigotry. According to the editorial, the magazine may have been "offensive," but was not "hateful," since the writers of the Peninsula repeatedly deny that they hate or advocate violence against gays. To dismiss the magazine as gay-bashing, writes The Crimson, is "unfair," because the writers "make arguments--weak arguments, we think, but arguments nonetheless." We believe that, in trying to stand the middle ground, The Crimson does a grave disservice to the bi/gay/lesbian community...