-Caveat Lector- Well, Nessie, I basically agree with what you are saying but that was NOT the issue about which I was asking. I apparently did not express myself well. I was saying that just ANN COULTER was not considered extremists and giving some examples of possible groups generally considered one way or the other, like Jerry Falwell on the right and maybe Marxist on the left as possible people who would be counted extremists for contrast. My question was what was wrong with posting the weekly, nationally syndicated column of a person who is NOT extreme, frequent visitor of talk show news pundits on TV, etc. Ann Counter. Why does this deem me a fool and her article 'irritating' and 'propaganda' that requires I be so informed by the listowner? You, yourself, have raised the very subject she does with her article. It is how people view the ideology of others as being taught in schools, etc. at the expense of their tax dollars. You have said you do not like the superstitions of others so taught. She is aying what is so magic about the 'after school' aspect of what goes on when it has been going on all day. Why is it wrong to post this? Is this forum for liberal views only because when I signed up, I understood something very differently about different views, etc. all coming together and Hegelian dialectic and all sides being necessary to get a complete picture. If this post is inappropriate, I want to clearly know that. I will not post material that is in any way inappropriate to this list. I do not, on the other hand, appreciate being given the impression that all sides were free to post if they are not. Just asking for clarification as to why a Coulter post is not welcome when some post up to two entire newsletters of much more extreme material, page after page. I seem to have missed some rule or other and want to know what it is and where it is located because I got the same deal when I posted a Neal Boortz article. Coulter is Republican and Boortz is a Libertarian. If this is a liberal forum, I want t o know and that is what I am trying to find out. ~Amelia~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nessie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Ann Coulter on the Religious Cult of Liberalism -Caveat Lector- >We have posts from the extreme side of the left in the form of gays, eco-extremists, wiccans, pagans, anarchists Gays, eco-extremists, wiccans, pagans, anarchists are not the "extreme side of the left." Many among them aren't leftists at all, not by any stretch of the imagination. Some gays, some wiccans, and some pagans are leftists. Some gays and some pagans are rightists. Most wiccans are apolitical. No wiccans are rightists. Anarchists are neither leftists nor rightists. Eco-extremism was founded by Nazis. Some contemporary eco-extremists are leftists, some are rightists and some are anarchists. Making it even more complicated is that the very definition of "extreme" is a relative one. The same position can be easily seen as extreme by one faction and as moderate by another faction. Get your facts straight. Better still, abandon the paradigm. Left/right is a false dichotomy. The spectrum is insufficient in scope to serve as a valid metaphor for the political landscape. < <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
