3. HAVING KNOWN A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF LESBIANS, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND OTHERWISE, I AM PREPARED TO STATE THAT HAPPINESS IS NOT SO RARE AS M.Z.B. WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST. I SPEAK COMPARATIVELY HERE: JUST WHO IN THE HETERO WORLD ARE SO BLISSFULLY HAPPY???

4. IF ONE DOES NOT ADMIT THERE ARE DEPRESSING FACTS TO BE FACED, HOW CAN ONE BE DEPRESSED? AND, VIEWING SAID FACTS, HOW CAN ONE WITH ANY SENSITIVITY WHATEVER NOT BE DEPRESSED? AND, UNLESS WE CATCH AN OCCASIONAL GLIMPSE OF THE DESIRABLES WITHIN THE WALLS OF JERICHO, WHERE WOULD WE GET THE IMPETUS TO GO ABOUT DESTROYING THEM?

5. YES, BY ALL MEANS LET'S BE REALISTIC.

BUT THAT WORD ISN'T

NECESSARILY SYNONYMOUS WITH PESSIMISTIC, YOU KNOW! REALISM INCLUDES THE PREJUDICE MANY HETEROS FEEL TOWARD HOMOS. IT INCLUDES THE FACT THAT SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY THE HOMO, IF RECOGNIZED, MAY BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. IT INCLUDES THE ADDED AND BITTER FACT THAT SOME VARIANTS ARE SO WEAK THAT THIS PREJUDICE TRAMPLES THEIR MORALS INTO THE MUD. BUT IT INCLUDES THE FURTHER-ADDED AND SWEET FACT THAT HOMOS ARE JUST

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