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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc,net.motss
Subject: Re: Corrupting youth: Conservative [sic.] Campus Tabloids
Message-ID: <293@whuxl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 09:16:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 09:16:10 1984
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> I'm seeking information, anecdotes, relevant law from netters who
> have a knowledge of:
> 
> 	1) Statutary law & pending legislation regarding public
>            & private school funding, student activities, & poli-
> 	   tical interest groups.  Are there grounds for lawsuits
> 	   against such outside, invidious, & vested funding?  Is
> 	   a class action suit possible against all 60 rags at once?
> 
> 	2) Typical university rules & regulations impinging on these 
> 	   issues.
> 
> 	3) Any campus tabloids; also, student & alumni campaigns against
> 	   them.  Personal experiences?
> 				Cheers,
> 				Ron Rizzo

As much as I agree that what such papers publish is reprehensible, I
have to defend their right to exist.  Some people may be persuaded by
such blatant appeals to bigotry but I think most people would reject it.
The proper response to this New Right prejudice is to begin or support
rival papers to challenge them.  Such papers may not have the money from
the rich that these Right-wing papers can get, but they are more likely
to support themselves by contributions from those not as wealthy or as
extremist. 
All the same this trend towards outright bigotry and nationalistic
chauvinism does bother me very much.  The sense that America is
attaining an atmosphere like Germany in the 30's is made stronger
by such blatant appeals to rascism and militarism.
Tim Sevener
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