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From: riddle@im4u.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Censorship ("LIBERALS BIG ON CENSORSHIP")
Message-ID: <452@im4u.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 09:59:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 09:59:30 1985
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Aint-No-Liberal: "Bob"

In article <91@decwrl.UUCP> black@pundit.DEC (DON BLACK) writes:
>
>     For all of you who fear censorship by the "Extreme Right," here's a
>few examples of what we can expect from the our dear friends on the Left.
> ...
>"LIBERALS BIG ON CENSORSHIP"

And what, pray tell, do "rioting Marxist demonstrators" in Ontario, a court
in Murmansk, USSR, or Zionists in Oberammergau or the U.S. have to do with
"liberals"?  Most of the Marxists I know would hit you if you accused them
of being "liberal," and most of the liberals I know don't like Zionism much
more than you do (although they don't usually combine it with anti-Semitism).

Of the examples you cited, the only one which *might* be a case of
censorship by a "liberal" was the sentencing of the fellow in Alabama not to
speak in public on abortion for five years (and given the inconsistency of
the rest of your article, I can't help but wonder if you're telling us the
whole story).

It seems to me that a number of "liberal" organizations -- like the American
Civil Liberties Union -- have been taking pretty courageous stands defending
the rights of people with views like yours to express them freely.  I am
also thinking of a case right here in Austin, Texas, where some minority
activists are absolutely furious with our "liberal" City Council for letting
the KKK march -- at a huge cost for police protection, I might add.

The "liberals" are bending over backwards for you, Don.  You ought to be
thanking them for it.

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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