Very well said! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara L Tischler" <blt1@columbia.edu> To: <sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [sixties-l] "Stalinist"? -- To David Horowitz > Brave, John. This deserves no more comment. > > Barbara L. Tischler > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, John Campbell McMillian wrote: > > > Colleagues, > > > > Once again, you've played into the hands of Horowitz and (surprise!) > > nothing terribly useful or productive has come out of it. Let > > me ask you all this: why do you think Horowitz is on this list? > > To learn something about the 1960s? To promote some of the ideals of the > > 1960's, including tolerance, civil rights, particpatory democracy, > > civic initiative, and the liberalization of American culture? To examine > > the historiography of the period? To draw attention to the latest > > scholarly resources for studying the 1960's? > > > > No, no, no and no. He's here to cause trouble, inflame passions, > > and whine and complain to a captive audience. And - I'm sorry to say it > > again - there's still way too many people on this list who are revealing > > themselves as suckers for playing right into his hands. Can we please > > all follow Marty's lead, and let his posts pass without comment. (Or - if > > you get slandered or insulted or mis-represented by Horowitz, take solace > > in the fact that almost no one here takes him seriously, and get on with > > our lives?) > > > > It's perfectly clear by now that Horowitz has all the emotional maturity > > of a grade-school bully, but I'm sure if we all ignore him for long > > enough, he'll go away. > > > > Best, > > > > John McMillian > > >
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