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...Kerrigan, a writer for Peninsula, the letters, phone calls and demonstrations imploring her to remove her flag were perfect examples of knee-jerk PC fascism. Gleefully adopting language straight out of The PC Handbook, she claimed that she was being "marginalized" on account of her Southern heritage. Biased, intolerant North-erners were "pressuring" her, conspiring to violate her freedom of expression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OICURPC! | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...CRITIQUE of the knee-jerk TV critics will probably be a bit hard for them to swallow. But before they set out on their self-righteous campaign to rid the planed of this menace, there are some other people they should consult...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein., | Title: Stop the TV-Bashing | 5/17/1991 | See Source »

...bunch of stodgy young kids sitting around saying we won't let women in," he said. "It's not a matter of being reactionary, knee-jerk people...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Will Yale's Skull and Bones Episode Mean Poison For Harvard's Nine All-Male Final Clubs? | 4/26/1991 | See Source »

Most of Moscow's brass, however, is not absorbing that lesson and is simply demanding more money. That is in part a knee-jerk reaction, conditioned by a series of shocks to the military system, like the humiliation in Afghanistan, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, and two years of major cuts in the defense budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Strategy: How Moscow and Beijing Lost the War | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

Nancy Weston After months of suspense, thirtysomething's writers let her triumph over cancer and bumped off goldilocks Gary instead. But if the show is renewed, viewers may question whether the oh-so-plucky Nancy was worth the trouble. Why did she marry such a jerk, anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great TV Expose-O-Meter | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

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