Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Encouraging Multigenerational Community: select

[Greg Dunn (MyLists]

But her concern was that something didn't feel quite right about it, and
I agree.  Even though, generally speaking, I fall out on the political
left (especially these days), I've known some quite wonderful people
from the other side of the political fence. The experience of that has
been enough to convince me that there is a legitimate "conservative"
argument to be made on many issues, and that it is sometimes made by
people of very good will indeed.

You're lucky when you meet someone with a viewpoint quite different from
your own who is nonetheless willing to meet you halfway, hear your point
of view, and make a reasoned case for theirs.  Maybe you're even luckier
if you meet someone with a viewpoint quite different from your own who
is nonetheless willing to be a good neighbor in spite of your
differences, whether articulated or not.  If someone is attracted to
cohousing, maybe they already have the essential quality you need in a
neighbor, regardless of their politics (or religion, or skin color, or
ethnicity, or sexual orientation, yadda yadda yadda).

Greg Dunn
 


-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org] On Behalf Of Rob Sandelin
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:17 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: RE: [C-L]_Encouraging Multigenerational Community: select



I think the word Sheila was referring to was discrimination. Racism is
based on race. This discrimination was based on political preference.

Rob Sandelin
Sky Valley Environments  <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists Floriferous [at] msn.com


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Fred H Olson
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:33 AM
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Cc: sbraun
Subject: RE: [C-L]_Encouraging Multigenerational Community: select



sbraun <sbraun [at] gmavt.net>
is the author of the message below.
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager
<fholson [at] cohousing.org>
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Rob wrote:

<<I have seen this kind of thing once in my own group, where somebody
shows an interest and they don't fit in at all. They are simply not
invited back and their contact information is not kept. For example, to
several peoples astonishment, a fairly loud, and conservative couple,
who made several conservative political comments and commentaries on a
visit, actually inquired later about houses for sale. They were spurned
and at dinner one night there was much trash talk about them, how we
didn't want those kind of people, etc. Sheesh.
>>

Could someone please explain to me how this is different from racism?
I'm sure there is a difference, but I can't see it.

Sheila
Champlain Valley Cohousing
www.champlainvalleycohousing.org

<excessive quotes deleted. Fred>

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