"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:
"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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So, no, I'm not going to remain silent when some ignorant (and proud
of it) mid-west yahoo vomits on this newsgroup.


Although stereotyping Midwesterners is also undesirable.

That's not a stereotype. That's *one* very specific example.

Imagine that the above quote had gratuitously invoked the ethic or religious
identity of the person in question ("ignorant xxxxx yahoo"), instead of
saying 'mid-west'. The implied stereotype would be obvious, even though just
one person is (nominally) addressed. Same for 'mid-west', I'm afraid.

--Gary