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The downtown club Level joins Blackbird and
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other establishments around Portland in
launching a queer night. Do you think this is in response to some inadequacy
of queer bars or an example of our acceptance into the mainstream ?
I
would hope (and pray) it’s acceptance into
the mainstream. Our money spends as well
as anyone else’s. I don’t think it has to do with
any inadequacy of queer bars. A change of
environment is always nice. The more places
we can go and feel comfortable, the better.
E va H offman
M ilwaukie
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oth. And please do us all a favor: List these
places and the appropriate days they offer,
including addresses, etc. Thanks.
L ily K. H eller
(his choice of label) have plenty for both basic liv
ing expenses as well as a good amount of luxury.
John’s letter specifically addresses those with
need for some type of medical assistance. He
ignores that probably a lot of those people were
at one time working, taxpaying citizens who
now cannot work because of illness.
Some might not have gotten this sick if they
had the insurance to get preventative care and/or
the education to know how to stay healthy. Sure,
there are some people out there just working the
system and those who went out and caught
AIDS on purpose, but don’t get mad at everyone
just because there are a few assholes in the group.
And what is with the assertion that since
plenty of people— particularly in the Third
World— die every day because of lack of medical
care, it’s OK? Just because there is queer-bashing
in the world, should we accept that as the way it
is and not work for all to be safe?
I cannot believe someone would have such a
complacent attitude. Does this only apply to
strangers or to loved ones and acquaintances as well ?
As for saying since the economy is bad we all
have to suffer, what about all those jobs that the
oh-so-generous capitalists have taken away from
the U.S. people through the years? Many corpo
rations have factories full of workers in Asia,
Latin America and the Caribbean.
These jobs used to be here in the United
States but were taken away because Third World
workers can be paid much less and the corpora
tions are not subject to all those pesky safety reg
ulations. If those jobs were here, unemployment
would be down, tax revenue from all tax brack
ets would be up, and probably the demand for
government help would be down as well.
So yes, 1 am a liberal. No, I am not on any
sort of government assistance, nor have I ever
been. Neither have my other liberal friends.
I’m so sorry I haven’t been able to give the
(xxlles of money that you have reluctantly part
ed with. (Honestly, would you voluntarily
donate that kind of money to charity if taxes
were taken away? Would anyone?)
But 1 do give extra to charity when I can.
Can you say the same for yourself? All of us
“whiny" liberals just have this crazy notion of
having compassion for other people, not just the
ones who have money.
S am M a cken zie
Vancouver, Wash.
Guilt trip
To the E ditor :
T
o John Boynton, in the top tax bracket:
The reason people in the bottom 30 per-
cent are cut off from their money has more to do
with the fact that more than 5 million people
here lost their jobs last year than a drop in your
magnanimous giving.
Hint: The reason we ask wealthy people to
pay more taxes than people who are trying to
squeeze toilet paper and diapers out of their gro
cery money is because we are what is called “a
civilized society.” “Survival of the fittest” is fo?
animals, Spartans and Nazis.
Why do people who drive nicer cars, live in
bigger houses, eat better food and have more life
options open to them than most other people
complain so much? Freudian guilt?
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Vancouver, Wash.
Riding the coattails
To the E ditor :
I
find it interesting that in an article about how
the local Human Rights Campaign is trying
to change its image, Basic Rights Oregon is
mentioned as much as if not more than HRC
(“Campaign Reform,” April 4].
Why is this? Because anybody who knows
anything about G LB T politics in Oregon knows
that the leader in this state is BRO. By associat
ing itself so often with BRO, HRC merely is
attempting to ride the coattails of an organiza
tion whose commitment, dedication and hard
work are changing the lives of all Oregonians.
I’d also like to know what Jay Harter means
when he states that H RC “has been particularly
effective on the Republican side of the aisle." Is
he referring to the HRC endorsement of Gor
don Smith— the Republican senator who is so
progressive that he thinks it’s wrong that G LBT
people are killed because they are GLBT?
Talk about lowering the standards. Just
knowing that H RC gave $10,000 to the Smith
campaign makes me never want to be involved
with H RC again!
K en S teinbacher
Portland
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When you buy or sell a home with me, you'll know your dollars
are helping support a greater cause. I contribute at least 10% of
my earnings to community and environmental organizations.
M illynn James
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This takes the cake
f the Human Righcs Campaign wants to
change its image, it should think about who it
endorses. If it continues to endorse candidates
like Gordon Smith— anti-choice, anti-economic
justice, pro-war— how can it be seen as anything
but serving the interests of wealthy gay men?
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