THANK YOU! Love Paz
> I am amazed that the listmembers who have had such a problem with > generalizations of the American people, and who object to labeling or boxing > others, have not responded to the idea that those of us who live on the West > Coast, especially in California, are not as intellectual as those of us who > reside in the Northeast, and NYC. > And as that statement seems to be founded on one person's experience in LA > makes it even more offensive. > I feel (note that!!!) (I am speaking of MY feelings and repsonses to that > statement), as if I (and the millions of others on this coast)have been > marginalized by not only the first post, but the lack of response to it by > others on the list. > > Have you heard of UC Berkeley and the Free Speech movement? Stanford, UCLA > (where AL Gore now teaches a class), and other great colleges and > universities? I attended UCLA where Angela Davis was a teacher and her mentor > Herbert Marcuse taught at UC San Diego. (Davis was fired by then-governor > Reagan becuase she was a member of the Communist Party.) > > I feel (there's that word again) as if I have been "labeled" a bleached > blonde, bubble-headed surfer girl lying in the sun, while the others (more > highly evolved) of the species migrate to the East Coast to offer their > political "advice" to the rest of the world. > > In California (and I thought in the US), one of the great freedoms was freedom > of speech. And one of the great joys was discussion and the exchange of > information. The myriad viewpoints of the people who comprise the United > States, with the wealth of different cultures, is our strength. > > I am deeeply offended by that statement which has been largely ignored by > those on the list who have been so vocal on other subjects lately. > > Darice
