Time: Tue Sep 30 16:28:26 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA12564; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 15:58:39 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA12647; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 15:45:17 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 15:44:48 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Political Correctness Gone Wild (fwd) <snip> > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >From: Sorrento95@aol.com >Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 15:09:29 -0400 (EDT) >To: lawmk@cyber1.cyberhall.com >Subject: Political Correctness Gone Wild > >One of the things I hate about political correctness >is that those afflicted with this particular form of >mental disorder will always find something to attack >you for, no matter how benign you are. > >A recent example of this syndrome is presented >by the behavior of Anita Hill, who has written a >book in which she criticizes former US Senator >David Boren, currently president of the University >of Oklahoma, where Hill was employed as a law >professor for several years following her famous >testimony accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual >harassment. > >She accuses Boren of having treated her in a >"racially insensitive manner" during a university >function in 1995. > >What terrible thing did Boren do? > >In a speech, he made a comment about "restoring >tradition in the law school." > >That's all. > >Hill says that she found the remarks "insensitive," >and even admits that he probably meant "traditions >of quality." > >Where did he go wrong by this all-powerful ultimate >judge of men? > >According to Hill, his insensitivity is shown by her >allegation that "he simply assumed that I would see >tradition in the same way he did, forgetting that when >he was a student, there were few women and few >students of color, and no black or female faculty." > >Remember, she admits he probably didn't mean >this type of tradition. Nonetheless, in Hill's view >he is guilty of insensitivity by simply using the >word "tradition" without explicitly specifying that >he did not have these objectionable traditions in >mind. > >When confronting politically correct moralizers, you >are damned if you do, and damned if you don't. If >Boren had taken pains to point out that he welcomed >the participation of blacks and women in the law >school, then the PCers could accuse him of being >"patronizing." > >The real travesty is found in the amount of media >attention given to self-aggrandizing hustlers like >Hill. She was given an opportunity to discuss her >book on Monday night's Dateline NBC. The version >of events I am reporting is based on a front-page news >article appearing in the 9/30/97 issue of the Oklahoma >Daily (University of Oklahoma newspaper). > > -- Michael Wright > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: lawmk@cyber1.cyberhall.com > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine : tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this _____________________________________: As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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