Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!think!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!mit-amt!gorin From: gorin@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Amy Gorin) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Skinhead Group Keywords: skinhead Message-ID: <1459@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 22 Jan 90 21:09:10 GMT References: <21893@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Reply-To: gorin@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Amy Gorin) Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 34 In article <21893@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Christopher Roth) writes: >In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: >> >>Amy implied surprise if there were not 100 persons on the net >>who would vote NO on a skinhead group. As much as I loathe >>and despite National Socialism and racism, I would not vote >>No to their having their own group. >This is a subject of much controversy, I >feel the only way to defeat racism is to get it out in the open where >it can be discussed. Actually, I wouldn't vote no myself. I would, however, read the newsgroup - if only to keep track of planned rallys and actions so I could show up on the opposing side (as I am sure is already done in other groups by other people/organizations, for all that the denizens of those groups may not want to admit it.) However, their own space is their own space. I'm sure racist skinheads would no more welcome left-wing attacks/arguements (you may have a different definition than they do) than folks in .newage or .motss welcome fundie flaming. Of course, if the "tolerant" skinheads manage to convert the "supremicist" skinheads, so much the better. The other problem comes when the not-necessarily-left-wing-but-certainly- alarmist press gets ahold of the story that SKINHEADS are using OUR TAX DOLLARS to ORGANIZE. We have no real ground except prejudice upon which to deny them this group. But we may defend with our (net) lives their right to start it. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- gorin@media-lab.media.mit.edu There's a seeker mit-eddie!mit-amt!gorin born every minute