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To: wardaddy
I think we Conservatives would do well to sheath the racist tag label a bit unless truly merited. The PC dems make hay enough with that tag.

They do make hay with it, which is all the more reason for us to be sure we don't find ourselves allied with those who use legitimate issues like illegal immigration to cover their racist agendas. If we aren't diligent with it, then the Left gets to "make hay," as you say, and deflect the argument.

Yes, they're going to make that claim even when it is unmerited, but if they can confuse the issue by showing that we are buddy-buddy with those of doubtful intent, it works to their advantage.

The thinking person knows the difference.

As for this site, the founders can do I suppose about anything they'd like. It's theirs'.

That was my ultimate point, though I would add that they ALSO don't owe anyone an explanation. If you want to use their reticence to make the decision to withdraw financial support from FR, that is of course your prerogative.

41 posted on 11/21/2002 9:47:13 AM PST by Illbay
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To: Illbay
The thinking person knows the difference.

I disagree. When one uses the racist or anti-jew tag incessantly, it dilutes the intended purpose. I understand your enthusiasm to keep a perpetual purge going at all times to ward off nasty folks but it can just as easily be used to try to shut down dissenting voices....which is precisely how the liberals use such contentious words. It's like publicly proclaiming someone to be a child molester or abuser in today's climate...some of the goo almost always invariably sticks. I don't think I said anything about witholding my own contributions from this site. Nor have I seen anything on these scorned sites that looks so offensive at first glance whereas on Stormfront as you alluded to, one can tell fairly easy that one is "not in Kansas anymore".

49 posted on 11/21/2002 10:33:29 AM PST by wardaddy
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