Gloria Steinem to speak in Toledo

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Thu Sep 20 22:18:55 PDT 2001


Doug put out an article or the like pretty much taking her to task for that. No it certainly doesn't point in the way of libel, it points in the way of nervousness about the accusation surely.

Steve

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Diane Monaco wrote:


> [I apologize for my out of sequence postings the past few weeks -- an lbo
> poster informed me that my computer clock was set for the year 2000. I
> think being out of the country this past summer (returning several weeks
> ago) must have put me through a time warp :)]
>
>
> Well, Steve, she threatened to sue a publisher for libel which means she
> must have felt the written material was defamatory -- does that not point
> in the direction of slander? Anyway, she did issue a published statement
> about the accusations; I , however, was not able to locate it. Perhaps
> someone else can post it.
>
> Diane
>
>
>
> At 11:49 AM 9/20/2001 -1000, you wrote:
> >what's so slanderous about the accusation?
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Diane Monaco wrote:
> >
> > > Macdonald, I find it even more dejecting that some would find it worthy to
> > > highlight such slanderous accusations, from one's youth mind you, as
> > > weighing in more than a full life of very meaningful and progressive
> > > activities that have meant the world to many of us.
> > >
> > > Diane
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Macdonald Stair wrote:
> > > >Why? Are we saying that slander includes the truth now? Oh my...
> > > >
> > > >Macdonald
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> > > >Subject: Re: Gloria Steinem to speak in Toledo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Jim Farmelant wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >Will Ms. Steinem be speaking about her experiences with the CIA?
> > > > >
> > > > > Better not bring that up or she might sue you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Doug
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
>
>



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