Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 01:02:00


[submitted by: grb@ganymede.win.net (Greg R. Broderick)]

I've been busy lately monitoring the RRR ( Reactionary Religious Reight ), and
have, I believe, gained a couple of insights as to a few things that we should
be doing in order to confront the lies that the RRR is telling about lesbigays
and the rhetoric which they fling at us.

One.  The RRR relies on a very few scientific 'authorities' -- Nicolosi,
Socarides, Cameron, Monteith, and Day ( this is my current list, it may need
additions ), in order to bolster their many claims against lesbigays.  Cameron
has been largely discredited, however, we need, as a community, to actively
seek to discredit the remainder of the above scientific authorities.  ( Joseph
) Nicolosi and ( Charles ) Socarides are psychologists / psychiatrists, who
claim to be able to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals.  ( Stanley )
Monteith and ( Lorraine ) Day are medical doctors, whose work has dealt with
AIDS.

Two.  The RRR relies upon a 'slippery slope' method of gaining converts to its
religio-political philosophies.  New 'converts' are started off with a very
mild degree of rhetoric against lesbigays, which demands little suspension of
disbelief ( ie. is easily believed ), and are gradually moved into more
fantastic, less believable and more extreme views.  These more extreme views
demand a much greater leap of faith from those who hear them, and are thus,
less believable.  I believe that 'premature' exposure of people to some of the
more extreme views of the RRR ( not the _most_ extreme views, as these will
not be associated with the views espoused by the RRR, by those who are exposed
), will tend to repel those who are exposed to these views prematurely.

[case in point]
The RRR detests Clinton, this is a known fact.  However, there are differing
degrees of rhetoric - from the Southern Baptist Convention, which issued
several statements of a rather mild nature, to the rhetoric of someone like
Texe Marrs, in his book "Big Sister is Watching You" ( dealing with Hillary
Clinton, and her radicalfeministlesbianmarxiststatistsocialist ( I kid you
not, the guy uses the words as if they were one ! ) friends that she has put
into high places in government ).

Three.  There seems to be a strong connection, in some circles, between the
more radical members of the RRR, and the "New World Order" conspiracy
theorists.  ( as with Texe Marrs above )  This should, IMO, be used to its
maximum effect, to thoroughly discredit the views of the RRR, in the eyes of
the more general public.

Comments, ideas, suggestions, light flames, are all welcome.

Greg