Received: from insosf1.netins.net (insosf1.netins.net [167.142.225.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id NAA00269 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 13:09:12 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by insosf1.netins.net id OAA06803; Sat, 28 Sep 1996 14:09:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Don_R._Calkins@commonlink.com (Don R. Calkins) Reply-To: Don_R._Calkins@commonlink.com To: coatesrd@casmail.muohio.edu Cc: revs@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: Re: FORMER White Nationalist proposes research Date: 28 Sep 1996 13:26:05 GMT Message-Id: <407162751.6134180@commonlink.com> Organization: Common Link On-Line service > We, however, are somewhat concerned when you, > in your confession, you put down two of the primary instruments against > racism and organized racist groups (i.e. the Anti-Defamation league and > the Southern Poverty Law Center) which have for decades been the quite > faithful in their mission to erradicate racism and keep pressure on > those forces of radical racial hate. Rodney - I think he has a point. I have long felt that both of these groups have been too prone to use a propagandistic style of rhetoric. While this has value to the 'converted', it is, I believe, also apt to alienate the 'damned'. I think this was Milton Klein's point. The under-lying question is, tho, what is the purpose of these groups and does the tone of their statements affect their realization of this purpose. As I understand them, they were both developed to serve as a rallying point for people who already believed as they did, not to directly bring about change in others. If, as appers to be the case, their mission has evolved over the years, they may need to consider modifying their rhetoric accordingly. Don C "Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other." - Baha'u'llah : Race Unity pages - http://www.commonlink.com/~chiron_rising/race/race.html: IP = 204.77.198.71