thread themes on outlawing fascistic racist speech

[Doug Henwood]

Speaking of Murray, I watched a bit of a talk he gave recently to the
right-wing Allegheny Institute on C-SPAN last night. His theme was how far
U.S. society has strayed from the vision of the Founding Fathers. Among the
milestones he listed in the departure from their original vision was giving
women the vote, eliminating property requirements for the vote, and banning
the poll tax. He said that while he wasn't about to stand there and
advocate denying women the vote or reinstating the poll tax, he thought
that there should be some requirements for voting. Of course, having made
the list of milestones only to deny that he'd like to return to a republic
of propertied white men is a classic Murray rhetorical strategy, like
denying that the Bell Curve was racist. What a horrid figure he is.

Doug