[Vision2020] Intolerista: The New Revised Standard Definition

[Carl Westberg]

This is an example of why it's so easy to be on the radio with Joan.  
(Shameless self-promotion again:  Sundays 5-7 pm KRFP FM 92.5)  All I have 
to do is show up, sit there and mutter something now and then, and leave the 
creative stuff up to her.  Her straight man.  Really.                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                         Carl Westberg Jr.

>From: "Joan Opyr" <auntiestablishment at hotmail.com>
>To: "Vision2020 Moscow" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Intolerista: The New Revised Standard Definition
>Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:48:18 -0800
>
>Dear Visionaries:
>
>As Rose and Saundra have kindly informed us, Doug has recently updated his 
>definition of Intolerista.  (See: 
>http://www.dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=748.)  
>However, as Doug has a tendency to be both longwinded and shortsighted -- a 
>deadly combination -- I've decided to help the members of this list, the 
>folks at Merriam-Webster, and the Lewiston Morning Tribune's Jim Fisher by 
>providing a clear and official definition of the word.  To wit:
>
>Intolerista (in'tol ur ee' stah), n., pl. -s.  Currently meant to be 
>offensive.  1. A person having views contrary to those of Moscow Pastor 
>Douglas J. Wilson.  2. Person or persons who are not Moscow Pastor Douglas 
>J. Wilson, e.g., all the rest of us.  Usage: Pastor Wilson considers 
>intolerista derogatory and offensive, as those to whom the word is applied 
>generally prefer terms like liberal, progressive, conservative, 
>Libertarian, Evangelical, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Jew, dog-owner, 
>Republican, Democrat, Independent, Mariners' fan, free thinker and/or human 
>being.  Note bene: As the meaning of intolerista seems to be fluid, 
>entirely dependent upon the current level of Pastor Wilson's bile, see also 
>neologism.
>
>Greetings from The New Devil's Dictionary,
>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>www.auntie-establishment.com
>
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