about your views...

[mictlacihuatl]

I've been pretty quiet during this whole thread (as usual) but damn does it
get anymore arrogant and reactionary than this, CRISTI?
Other people? Figures...

In mexicayotl yeliztli aik ixpoliuiz! -Mictlacihuatl


At 05:45 AM 1/25/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Yaoxochitl wrote to me:
>
><a long-winded list of sputtering grievances against me, my
>opinions, and Europeans in general, using epithets like:
>
> racist,
>ethnocentric, and paternalistic presumptions
> xenophobia and a wrath
>of ignorance
>grossly disorted picture of "history" and
>fostering nothing more than this fantastic lye.
>spoon-fed you in high
>school,
>absurd conclusion
>dont rant
>and rave about some biased, racist spanish friar
>your views are based on sentimental evasions, quick certainties,
>and
>easy slogans.
>So please,
>do me a favor, have the decency to research before you "feel" or
>"think"
>about a subject you know nothing about.>
>
>My reply to Yaoxochitl:
>
>An excess of exciting, passionate verbiage, insults, imprecations,
>and name-calling does absolutely nothing to persuade others to
>your point of view.  I thought your people were known for their
>oratory skills--but perhaps you neglected to learn those skills,
>since they were just more "lyes" by dirty white people, eh?  I have
>absolutely no intention of playing your silly game and trying to
>argue any of this with you, or to rationally discuss my sources
>etc., since I already know you to be a person who listens to no one
>at all, preferring to believe only what his fears and insecurities tell
>him to believe (forever after, for better or for worse).  I absolutely
>don't give even a tiny fig what you think.  That probably comes as a
>complete surprise to you, eh?
>
>> Hell, you even called my ancestors, "Azteca!"  If you knew
>> anything about my people then you would at least get the name right!  We
were
>> and still  called the Mexicah(Meh-Shee-Kah).  Any college student knows
that
>> the term "aztec" is a misnomer created by 19th century scholars!
>
>On the contrary, Mexica is what YOUR ancestors were called.  I
>was referring to the Azteca, including ALL of the peoples in that
>region who spoke Nahuatl, not just your poor, overburdened little
>group.  Properly, I should have included the Maya as well.
>
>So please,
>> do me a favor, have the decency to research before you "feel" or "think"
>> about a subject you know nothing about.
>
>Please do me the favor of having the *guts* to post these kinds of
>"opinions" publicly, rather than personally, to listmembers.
>
>Cristi
>