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OPINIONS
[ Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 ]

Letter to the Editor
Readers continue to respond to photographs

I am writing in support of the photographs that the College Republicans recently posted on their Web site ("Pictures lead to call for resignations," Dec. 5). I have news for the leftists: the First Amendment applies to everyone, not just you. It is completely irrelevant that the photos are being largely interpreted as hate speech, because any political viewpoint can be classified as hateful toward the people who disagree with it. The allegation that the KKK costume was a promotion of racism is a classic example of logically fallacious context dropping. If the KKK costume was an endorsement of racism, then the Takkeem Morgan costume was an endorsement of both Morgan and bike theft. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe the College Republicans view Morgan as their hero. Therefore, the message that a logical person would deduce from the KKK costume is that the College Republicans dislike the KKK as much as they dislike Morgan.

Paul Smith
junior - computer science
 



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