On Wednesday, March 23, 1994 at 11:47:05 AM UTC-6, Tracy L. Brooks wrote:

Hi folks,
Well, I know I'll get flamed like heck for posting this but I'm
going to ask anyway.
How many male country singers wear earrings?
To me the type of person singing a song has as much meaning as
the words in the song. I'm from the old school and boys just don't wear earrings. Also boys don't have long hair either.

Well, I guess I'll go put on my fire suit because this will
proberly cause a few flames.

Tracy B.
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Excuse me? Old school, men don't have long hair? I can name several of the largest country music legends that had long hair. And, long hair used to be one of the largest trends in the country culture. Don't act like your opinion has anything to do with "
old school" because plenty of old school country music legends and tons of old school country people had long hair. Your opinion is clearly based on the mindset that men shouldn't have long hair because that is a female attribute. You are a bit sexist,
and that is not debatable. I'm a man who grew up country under old school teachings in a very traditionalist family. But I have long hair and nobody in my family has ever said that it's not manly, nor have they ever claimed that it's not country or old
school. Nor has anyone outside my family that I have ever met.

Sincerely,

A good ol' country boy with long hair :)

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On Sunday, March 27, 1994 at 5:46:47 PM UTC-6, Robert Perry wrote:

In article <2mqbis$3cf@decuac.dec.com> laurent@tamrc.enet.dec.com (Hal Laurent) writes:

In article <2mpvap$i1l@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, fireman@catt.ncsu.edu (Tracy L. Brooks) writes...

...
Well, I know I'll get flamed like heck for posting this but I'm
going to ask anyway.
How many male country singers wear earrings?
To me the type of person singing a song has as much meaning as
the words in the song. I'm from the old school and boys just don't wear >>earrings. Also boys don't have long hair either.

And I suppose that blacks shouldn't be allowed in white peoples' restaurants.
And I suppose that Jews are all money-grubbing scumbags.

What other "old school" prejudices do you have?

Hal Laurent

Just in jest, I remember a friend of mine saying "Men shouldn't wear
earrings and women shouldn't wear beards!" Actually , though, Hal,
I just think that the original poster was just talking about personal preference in looks; ie men should look like men and women should look
like women. Tying this thread in with discrimination against various
groups of people probably isn't really that valid!

bert

So you're saying Jesus did't look like a man? He had long hair.

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On Monday, March 28, 1994 at 11:09:54 AM UTC-6, Tracy L. Brooks wrote:

frels@austin.ibm.com (Judy) writes:

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Why _isn't_ it valid? The original poster stated that she
wouldn't spend money on music made by a man who wore an earring.
She isn't concerned about how that person looks - it that
were the case, she just wouldn't look at the picture. Instead
the original poster is devalueing the entertainer's product
because the entertainer wears an earring. Sounds like pretty
basic discrimination to me.

Original poster: don't flame me privately for this. Like we've
both said "It's my/your opinion and we're entitled to state it."

Judy

Look people, I'm the original poster and I'm not a she!

Call it discrimination if you like. At least I got the guts to stand up
for something that I feel is wrong. I disagree with men wearing
earrings, and therefore I don't think I should support them. Were you
all brought up in a Hard Rock Cafe where the theme is 'Love All, Serve
All'?

All I asked was which male country singers wore earrings. Only 1 person
has sent an answer, although I received several statements of support.

Tracy B.
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Well, we don't support your actions here. We don't support those who discriminate people who go against their bullshit sexist beliefs. It's that simple.

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