Re: Freedom to Spew: Appropriate Responses?

Damn. Despite what the software says, I didn't write this piece,
Bijan Parsia did.

Damn software! :>

Kendall

On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:29:09PM -0600, Kendall Clark wrote:
> What can we do to oppose speech we hate?
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> Freedom to Spew: Appropriate Responses?
> URL: http://www.progressive.org/wx031801.html
> By Kendall Clark
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>    I can't believe I'm writing about David Horowitz, even indirectly.
>    Oh well, the things we have to do.
>    
>    So Horowitz has a new publicity stunt and the money to make it
>    happen. My personal thought is to ignore him whenever possible and
>    dismiss and denigrate him otherwise. It's not like anything useful
>    comes out of debating with him or his allies. Typically, tactically
>    speaking, opposing his little pranks is exactly what he wants, and
>    it only feeds his sense of self-righteousness, his popularity, and
>    his coffers. Of course, not opposing them isn't great either.
>    Horowitz is skilled at setting up this catch-22, and he's has had
>    years and dollars enough to elaborate his traps. I suspect, if some
>    response is required, light-hearted seeming humor and ridicule would
>    better sneak by his defenses than direct confrontation.