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- From: rburns@StarConn.com (Randall J. Burns)
- Subject: Re: Report on Gritz from Idaho
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.080724.28481@StarConn.com>
- Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA 415-949-3133
- References: <1299600161@igc.apc.org> <1993Jan24.102050.2547@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1993Jan24.190540.22575@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:07:24 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.190540.22575@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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- >Please explain Gritz's Nazi salutes and membership in and support of
- >the Identity Christian movement. Please also explain why a non-racist
- >would choose to run on the same ticket as David Duke. Please explain
- >why a non-Nazi associates himself with folks who claim the Holocaust
- >didn't happen.
- Perhaps for the same reason Jackson refused to repudiate Farrakahn n
- or FDR made the alliance with the mass murderer Stalin.
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- Duke and Gritz both represent constituencies that are _hurting_ _
- (economically, in terms of community autonomy and social status).
- I tend to see Gritz as more of a separatist, and Duke as more of a
- genocidal white supremicist attempting to clean up his image(and at times
- having done remarkably well at fooling a lot of people). Quite frankly,
- I think both Duke and Gritz are a bit overwhelmed at how strong a chord
- they've hit(i.e. if Duke thought he really had a serious stab at a
- political career, he would have probably covered his tracks more
- carefully earlier). They also both share a very real sense of urgency
- about problems their constituencies face.
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- People make strange alliances when they feel desparate. People like
- Menachem Begin work with Nazi's and commit terrorist acts. I got news
- for you Mr. Frank, you have negative credibility among the constituencies
- in which Gritz and Duke have appeal. You insist on saying that this is
- nothing more than mass hysteria and paranoia-and in doing so you are
- making the situation _worse_. I ask you: Why should some cracker trust
- you or your opinions? What leaders of poor rural whites do you most
- respect? So far, I've seen a lot of defensiveness, and
- insecurity around the situation of Jews in America(which I see as
- similar to the attempts in the 40's to deny that certain Sicilian ethnic
- Mafias really existed) , but I've seen no particular empathy or attempt at
- trying to see the other side.
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- Quite frankly, I personally think we are likely to face a _serious_
- crisis in America. I think we are likely to see some _serious_ ethnic
- tension that makes the LA Riots look like a picnic. One of the best
- tools we have around this is creating some empathy on the part of both
- sides.
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