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   Message 3,061 of 3,169   
   Edward Walter to C J Silverio   
   Re: Leonard Bernstein, musical genius, '   
   12 Dec 23 11:50:16   
   
   From: efwalter3@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, October 17, 1990 at 12:16:25 AM UTC-5, C J Silverio wrote:   
   > ---   
   > sc...@spectra.com (Tim Scott) writes:   
   > |In article <#%Z%6T&@rpi.edu> pri...@pawl.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) writes:   
   > |>Over the weekend Leonard Bernstein, famous conductor, died of some lung    
   > |>disease (emphysema, I think). It should be interesting to see what the    
   > |>obituaries say. Leonard Bernstein was gay(or bisexual).   
   > |Well, here's the winner of the stupidest posting of the week award.   
   > You might win it, but Ron Buckmire sure won't.   
   > The point is this: here was a man who accomplished a   
   > lot who happened to be gay. He was a great man, and he   
   > was gay, and no amount of sputtering from revisionist   
   > homophobes can change either fact. People need to get    
   > that message from the media.   
   > ---   
   > cj%modern...@sgi.com C J Silverio/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720   
   > "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you    
   > shine on it, the more it will contract." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.   
      
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