From: martin.pagnan@synapse.org (Martin Pagnan) 
Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Discrimination
Date: 3 Jan 93 22:42:00 GMT
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Reply-To: martin.pagnan@synapse.org (Martin Pagnan) 

A > ... I remained the Johnny Kleencut ... I noticed ...
A >I was frequently asked if I had drugs, wanted to party, etc,...
A >I didn't get it. .... It seems as though the majority of heavy 
A >partiers ... are the Johnny Kleencut types. ... 
A >everyone keeps telling me that I simply HAVE to get my haircut 
A >before I go in for an interview.  I don't have
A >any desire/intention of doing this .... I
A >have no desire to conform to the closet-druggie standard of
A >being a Johnny Kleencut look-a-like .... 
A >forcing men to conform to the standard of having 
A >hair kept exceptionally short, and then perhaps not being
A >hired on the grounds of being a "longhaired maggot infested
A >freak of nature" (to quote Rush) is a form of sexual
A >discrimination, is it not?  
A >
A >Jim
A >
Jim, 
As someone who considers himself to be conservative in the sense that I hold
to be true what is loosely defined as traditional western values, I have noted
more than once that the major conservative speakers will often say things which
hurt the very people they are trying to reach. The worst is R. Emmet Tyrrell,
Jr., of 'The American Spectator' fame. 

On more than one occasion I have noted that a long-haired tightly-black-clothed
person is very likely to be hard working, anti-drugs, strongly Christian, 
parent loving, etc. sort of a person. I have also noted on numerous occasions 
that the Hillary-dressed yuppy-flavoured individual is most likely to be the 
ones with all of the problems. Those who like to have fun with hard rock are 
usually quite laid-back and unthreatening while those into "pop" music are 
often excitable spoiled brats, no matter what their age.

Still, there is a public image that the opposite is the case. It is not 
sexual discrimination - the hard working girl who has a taste for leather 
jackets, tight-fitting skirts and heavy metal will be subject to similar
discrimination.

What determines what a person wears, how they cut their hair, what music they
like, etc. can be as simple as who their friends are, or a desire to not 
appear as different. I have known people to hang out with motor-cycle crowds
because that is the only place they found nice people. Yet from time to time 
conservative thinkers will fall into the trap of insinuating that the external 
trappings are indicative of internal moral fibre. They do not seem to see that
there are conservative versus liberal battles fought at all levels of our
north american society. There are good and bad interspersed throughout the 
long-haired crowd as much as there are in the licky-clean-cut.

That being said, if you want a good job get a haircut. This has nothing to do
with liberal versus conservative or good versus nasty. The conservative 
elite and the champain liberals who run corporate america are
ultimately, and only, sales-driven. If the imagined proverbial little old 
lady or some corporate president will not want to buy from you because you 
have long hair then you are a disservice to your company. You might want to 
argue that this is unfair because the little old lady and the corporate 
president are bigoted. Well, no one would doubt that but you want to make the
sale, not start an argument with a potential customer. It is not generally
perceived that a long-haired person will refuse to deal with you because you 
have short hair. The reason for getting a hair cut is only because the 
corporate image requires it because experience has PROVED to the people who
can give the better jobs that it is more acceptable to consumers, and better
to shareholders on inspection tours. Do I agree with such people? Obviously
not, but I want their money so that I can make them happy with the goods I
provide. Maybe 50 years from now long hair will be the mark of business
success but not now. 

With that I pass the soap box over to you. 

---
 . KingQWK 1.00 . To be a top salesperson try to not feel embarrassed acting like a scuzzbag
              
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