[Vision2020] History, her ass
Joan Opyr
auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:16:22 -0700
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Dear Visionaries:
Rather than exhaust my supply of single-syllable words trying to explain =
to Pat the bigotry and racism of her "history" test, I invite her to take=
my test instead. This is the Socratic method. Let's hope it works. =20
=20
1. On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney w=
ere murdered by:
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A. The Percy Faith Singers
B. Zsa Zsa Gabor
C. Dr. Atkins
D. white Christian males
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2. In 1998, Dr. Bernard Slepian was shot and killed by:
=20
A. Marshall Matt Dillon
B. Miss Kitty
C. Krusty the Clown
D. A white Christian male
=20
3. On December 29, 1890, 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children were ma=
ssacred at Wounded Knee by:
=20
A. Oliver Twist
B. Gilbert and Sullivan
C. P. T. Barnum
D. The 7th Cavalry of the US Army (AKA white Christian males)
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4. From 1932 to 1972, an experiment was conducted in one of the poorest c=
ounties of Alabama on 399 black men in the late stages of syphilis. Thes=
e men, most of whom were illiterate, were told that they were being treat=
ed for =E2=80=9Cbad blood.=E2=80=9D They weren=E2=80=99t; they had syphi=
lis, which could have been cured by a course of penicillin. Who conducte=
d the Tuskegee experiment and let these men die horrible, painful, preven=
table deaths: =20
=20
A. The Great Gatsby
B. The Rockettes
C. Dagwood and Blondie
D. The U. S. Public Health Service (AKA white Christian males)
=20
5. On September 15th, 1963, four little girls were killed when a bomb exp=
loded at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The bomb=
was set by:
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A. Boris and Natasha
B. Wiley Coyote
C. Nikita Krushchev
D. Segregationists (AKA white Christian male bigots)
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6. On November 18, 1978, 913 men, women, and children were led to commit =
suicide in Jonestown, Guyana by:
=20
A. The Bee Gees
B. Darth Vader
C. Farrah Fawcett-Majors
D. A white Christian male preacher
=20
6. On June 11, 2004, the decision to forward a racist, offensive, bigoted=
=E2=80=9Chistory=E2=80=9D test (and as quizzes go, it was really quite a=
small and wizened little test, so let=E2=80=99s call it a testicle) was =
made by:
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A. A ma-roon
B. A chowder head
C. A nincompoop
D. A white Christian who couldn't find her butt in the dark with both han=
ds tied behind her back
Question #6 is really an ad hominem argument. I neither apologize for th=
at nor regret it. This kind of stuff is not funny, and God knows it's no=
t clever. =20
So what the hell was your point, Pat? =20
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
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olor:#000000; background-color:#ffffff; "><P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"M=
ARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Dear Visionar=
ies:</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SP=
AN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">Rather than exhaust my supply of sing=
le-syllable words trying to explain to Pat the bigotry and racism of=
her "history" test, I invite her to take my test instead.=
This is the Socratic method. Let's hope it works.  =
;</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times N=
ew Roman" size=3D3>1. On <?xml:namespace prefix =3D st1 ns =3D "urn:schem=
as-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month=3D"6" Day=3D"21" Yea=
r=3D"1964">June 21, 1964</st1:date>, civil rights workers Goodman, Schwer=
ner and Chaney were murdered by:</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> =
</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-=
list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman=
" size=3D3>A. The Percy Faith Singers</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in=
"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>B. Zsa Zsa Gabor</FONT></P> <P =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;=
tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>C. Dr. Atk=
ins</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-lis=
t: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" s=
ize=3D3>D. white Christian males</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> =
</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FON=
T face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>2. In 1998, </FONT><FONT face=3D"Time=
s New Roman" size=3D3>Dr. Bernard Slepian was shot and killed by:</FONT><=
/P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D=
"Times New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5=
in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A. Marshall Matt Dillon</FONT=
></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 lev=
el1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>B=
Miss Kitty</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt=
; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New=
Roman" size=3D3>C. Krusty the Clown</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"=
><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>D. A white Christian male</FONT>=
</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D=
"Times New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>3. O=
n <st1:date Month=3D"12" Day=3D"29" Year=3D"1890">December 29, 1890</st1:=
date>, 300 Lakota Sioux men, women and children were massacred at <st1:pl=
ace>Wounded Knee</st1:place> by:</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> =
</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-=
list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman=
" size=3D3>A. Oliver Twist</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGI=
N: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT fac=
e=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>B. Gilbert and Sullivan</FONT></P> <P clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab=
-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>C. P. T. Barnu=
m</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list:=
l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" siz=
e=3D3>D. The 7<SUP>th</SUP> Cavalry of the US Army (AKA white Christ=
ian males)</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">=
<o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P c=
lass=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Ro=
man" size=3D3>4. From 1932 to 1972, an experiment was conducted in one of=
the poorest counties of <st1:State><st1:place>Alabama</st1:place></st1:S=
tate> on 399 black men in the late stages of syphilis. <SPAN style=3D"mso=
-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These men, most of whom were illiterate, wer=
e told that they were being treated for =E2=80=9Cbad blood.=E2=80=9D<SPAN=
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They weren=E2=80=99t; they had=
syphilis, which could have been cured by a course of penicillin.<SPAN st=
yle=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Who conducted the <st1:City><st1:=
place>Tuskegee</st1:place></st1:City> experiment and let these men die ho=
rrible, painful, preventable deaths: </FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" siz=
e=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0=
in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A. The Great Gatsby</FONT=
></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Ti=
mes New Roman" size=3D3>B. The Rockettes</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>C. =
Dagwood and Blondie</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in =
0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>D. The U. S. Public Heal=
th Service (AKA white Christian males)</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal st=
yle=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>=
</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt=
"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>5. On <st1:date Month=3D"9" Day=
=3D"15" Year=3D"1963">September 15<SUP>th</SUP>, 1963</st1:date>, four li=
ttle girls were killed when a bomb exploded at the <st1:Street><st1:addre=
ss>16<SUP>th</SUP> Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Baptist Church in <s=
t1:place><st1:City>Birmingham</st1:City>, <st1:State>Alabama</st1:State><=
/st1:place>.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The bomb was =
set by:</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:=
p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman=
" size=3D3>A. Boris and Natasha</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"=
MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>B. Wiley Coy=
ote</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>C. Nikita Krushchev</FONT></P> <P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" si=
ze=3D3>D. Segregationists (AKA white Christian male bigots)</FONT></P> <P=
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>6. On <st1:=
date Month=3D"11" Day=3D"18" Year=3D"1978">November 18, 1978</st1:date>, =
913 men, women, and children were led to commit suicide in <st1:plac=
e><st1:City>Jonestown</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Guyana</st1:country=
-region></st1:place> by:</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN:=
0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT><=
/o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D=
"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A. The Bee Gees</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>B=
Darth Vader</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0p=
t"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>C. Farrah Fawcett-Majors</FONT=
></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Ti=
mes New Roman" size=3D3>D. A white Christian male preacher</FONT></P=
> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"T=
imes New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
le=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>6. On =
<st1:date Month=3D"6" Day=3D"11" Year=3D"2004">June 11, 2004</st1:date>, =
the decision to forward a racist, offensive, bigoted =E2=80=9Chistory=E2=80=
=9D test (and as quizzes go, it was really quite a small and wizened litt=
le test, so let=E2=80=99s call it a testicle) was made by:</FONT></P> <P =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><FO=
NT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A. A ma-roon</FONT></P> <P class=3DM=
soNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stop=
s: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>B. A chowder head</=
FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2=
level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D=
3>C. A nincompoop</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0i=
n 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Time=
s New Roman" size=3D3>D. A white Christian who couldn't find her butt in =
the dark with both hands tied behind her back</FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: l=
ist .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </P> <P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; t=
ab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Question #6 =
is really an ad hominem argument. I neither apologize for that nor =
regret it. This kind of stuff is not funny, and God knows it's=
not clever. </FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN:=
0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=3D=
"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><FO=
NT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>So what the hell was your point=
, Pat? </FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN=
: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=
=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in"=
><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</=
FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2=
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