[lbo-talk] Insularity ( Was pale male : question to newyorkers...)

[Leigh Meyers]

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From: Luke Weiger 
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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Insularity ( Was pale male : question to newyorkers...)

Luke quotes "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>


> No, snobbish and arrogant. I won't deny that.
>
> Doug

Thinking there's nowhere worth being outside of one's city strikes me as an
insular arrogance.

-- Luke
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Or hometown pride... It really depends on how you project your
pride on to people from elsewhere. New Yorkers can be rather
in a hurry and have an... abrupt conversational style, but I don't 
think that qualifies as arrogance.

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Leigh Meyers
leigh_m at sbcglobal.net