From: uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Subject: Re:  the Anti-Jed
Reply-To: uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Organization: Montana State University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:04:57 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.182535.1@acad.drake.edu>, bam003@acad.drake.edu writes:
>Heh....  Nice tale!  That must've been a year or two before I got to the U of

>MN...  

thanks!  This was about 3 years or so ago.

>In Spring of '90 only Brothers Max (nearly as well-known as Jed) and Dan showed
>up.
>	Max is known as the man who liked to beat the Word of God into his
>wife.  Max oughta get a real job.

Max outta be arrested for Assault and Battery, sounds like.
>	And for those in the know, what happened to Br'er D
an?  Did he go back
>to his day job as the Strutting San Diego Chicken?
He was the San Diego Chicken? Wow.  Was he the replacement chicken, the one
that got Booed off a field?>

>Spring of '91 brought Max 
again, with a new trainee, Brother Leonard.  I don't
>think Brother Leonard was gonna make the cut:  he was nearly intelligent enough
>to think for himself.  He knew some philosophy (well, he didn't know
>philosophy, but he knew about philosophers), and he got beat on a little bit -
>it was big news at the U that Spring - a (black) guy kicked Leonard, three
>white guys grabbed the black guy and held him down, a lesbian started screaming
>racism, one of the guys made homosexual jokes about her, and the MN Daily took
>photos...  From the Destroyers 'peaceful' spiel came racism, homophobia,
>'religionism' (???), and photo-ops... Tee Hee...  I just wish that people
>didn't feel that physical abuse would solve the problem of Jed and Co....  This
>is America, and no matter how distasteful the message, they have a right to
>spew it.  On the other hand, as one of the founders of University Atheists and
>Unbelievers, I am biased towards free speech...  

Cool.  I know how you feel,...I'm pagan, and I agree that violence won't solve
the problem.  So far, I've found that getting people to laugh at Bros. inc. is
the best way to do this.  Street theatre is useful, legal, and great for
photo-opts...like the Sister Cindy lookalike contest.  Half a dozen guys got
into wigs, long, flowing flannel gowns, sunhats, and bibles to have a contest 
with prizes for Best Claw, Best legs, Best Harangue, Best Disco-queen
imitation, and Best sister Cindy Scowl.  It was GREAT!!! There were pics taken
for the paper!  And best of all, Brother Jed and Sister Cindy turned bright
Purple when they had a taste of their own medicine thrown at them!  It's
especially important for people like me to fight as rationally and as
well-informed as we can--we're some of the people that Brother Jed has openly 
threatened the most with actual violence. (I'm bi, too, so I get the heat both
ways.)


>	Speaking of which, if there are any readers at the U of MN in Mpls,
>please check to see if UAaU is still around.  I transferred and haven't heard
>anything in quite a while.  Thanks!
>-Brian
>
     I don't live there anymore, but I have tons of friends who do--and what's
more, I think that at least three have been in that group.  I'll write them and
see what I can do.  
                                         Time flies like an arrow;
                                         Fruit flies like a banana!

                                           La Mort.

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