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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Jerry Falwell and Reagan
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 23:41:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 23:41:52 1985
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> [Tim Sevener]
> Has anybody noticed the typical double standard applied by the media?
> We all know that the fact that Louis Farrakhan, an anti-semite,
> supported Jesse Jackson was a source of great contention and howls
> of indignation: when would Jackson disavow Farrakhan?
> He did of course disavow Farrakhan and apologize for antisemitic
> remarks in a very emotional speech at the Democratic National 
> Convention.
>  
> But did anybody ever ask when Ronald Reagan was going to disavow
> Jerry Falwell?  After all, as Farrakhan had worked to bring
> Jackson votes, Falwell worked and helped bring Ronald Reagan
> some 74% of the Fundamentalist vote.  Did we hear any pundits
> calling for Reagan to disavow Falwell? Do we now?
> Of course not.
> [Stuff Omitted]  
> Again, *I* will ask the question the media pundits refuse to ask:
> when will Ronald Reagan disavow Jerry Falwell?
------
Come on Tim.  You're comparing apples and oranges.  A right-wing
equivalent to Farrakhan would be a racist organization such as the
KKK.  Jerry Falwell may be a narrow minded zealot trying to force
feed the rest of us with his rather peculiar ideas, but he does
not preach racism.  I personally considered Reagan's relationship
with the religious right my main reason for voting for Mondale.
But Falwell is not in the same league with Farrakhan and the KKK.
Falwell may be a greater threat than Farrakhan, but only because
of the greater degree of his support.
-- 
Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan