<div>Stating an assumption without providing any basis for it is not an effective argument.</div> <div> </div> <div>And having done my time as a working-class student at a bourgie liberal university, I'll use "bleeding hearts" as much as I please, although I generally prefer more colorful terminology.</div> <div> </div> <div>It's only a "moldy cliche" if you haven't experienced it firsthand.<br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carrol Cox</b> <<a href="mailto:cbcox@ilstu.edu">cbcox@ilstu.edu</a>> wrote:</span></div> <div><span class="gmail_quote"></span> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">My assumption has always been that the use of this moldy cliche<br>("bleeding hearts") is a surer sign of deep racism than even the N word <br>-- the cliche might be termed an expression of "the racism of the<br>coward."</blockquote>