[Ads-l] quote: more (of a) man

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

> On Feb 4, 2017, at 9:17 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> (classically, from a faggy guy to a straight guy), which I had back to
>> 1976.  the history of the quote isn't really the point of that posting, but
>> i did wonder if anyone had tracked the sentiment (which comes in a number
>> of variants) back in time.
>> 
> 
> In the 1976 neo-blaxploitation movie, _Car Wash_ Antonio Fargas, as the
> flaming faggot, Lindy, in response to bullying by, IIRC, Bill Duke, as the
> black nationalist, Duane (Call me "Abdullah!), says, approx.:...

that was, in fact, my 1976 citation. 

arnold
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