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Writing in dissent, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall argued that the existence of one-race schools in a previously segregated district was "inherently unequal," regardless of the reason. In view of the "unique harm" associated with school segregation, he said, the offending district should be held accountable for any taint of separateness until it had been entirely removed...
...OBJECTION is not to a little "old-fashioned American patriotism," but to nationalistic euphoria. Patriotism does not rejoice in war and killing; it approaches war with solemn trepidation. Patriotism should not begrudge others their right to dissent. Patriotism should not question the loyalty and patriotism of those who disagree...
Part of it is a question of style. Contemporary peace activists might be naive and intellectually slovenly, but they are dissenters, and dissent is both sine qua non and proof positive of a functioning democracy...
...Gulf War, however, is not one of those situations. In a war of so little consequence that we haven't even put our economy on a war footing, there is no absolutely no reason to put our democracy in hock Conservative opposition to debate and dissent is not motivated by military necessity, but by the most venal sort of political opportunism. The insinuation that opponents of war somehow love their country less is one of the basest--and one of the most effective--smears in all of politics...
Congress was just beginning to debate the Administration's gulf policy last week, but thousands of Americans have been voicing their antiwar views for months at marches, teach-ins and vigils around the country. With Jan. 15 approaching, protest organizers are hoping to ignite a bonfire of dissent against any U.S. military action. Said Dennis Murphy, an antiwar demonstrator in Charlotte, N.C.: "These politicians are the people who gave us Vietnam, Watergate, the deficit, the savings and loan crisis, and 'Read my lips.' Are we supposed to stand back and say, 'Oh, go ahead and do what you want...