[464] in libertarians
Re: IRF Info/Beg Letter.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethf@MIT.EDU)
Wed Dec 7 00:06:29 1994
From: sethf@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 00:04:13 -0500
To: ocschwar@MIT.EDU
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
> Thing is, though, that they may become very useful in the
> future, since fraternities are being subject to rather
> frightening onslaughts. Last I heard there was ongoing litigation
I won't disagree on either point, or say you should never have
any contact with them. But you should be fully aware of who and what you
are dealing with.
> MIT is generally Greek-friendly because they need the housing.
> This could change.
True. But it would require new dorm space (a long term issue).
> IRF is a good card to keep handy.
Perhaps you can ward off Terrones and Powers by showing them that
stuff, and indicating that's where you'll be pushed by circumstances. 1/2 :-).
Sort of like the old dynamic of U.S. attacks pushing small Latin
American countries into the arms of the Soviet Union ...
> As for their rightwinginess, should I dismiss the ACLU
> for their left-leanings?
Don't knee-jerk. I addressed this quite explicitly in my
message. The difference between the ACLU and the IRF is that the ACLU,
accounted a "left" organization, has a strong record of defending
absolute enemies, *literally* Nazis and Klans, and taking on bitter
cases. The IRF, accounted a "right" organization, has a record of
defending NOTHING opposed to that, as apparently has only taken on easy
cases. The complaint against the ACLU is that it's being political and
straying from being even-handed. The IRF boasts about being political
not being even-handed. There is no moral equivalence.
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Seth Finkelstein
sethf@mit.edu
