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...liberal-left is beginning to repond to the right-wing campaign against "Political Correctness," as recent articles in The Crimson make clear ("PC Past and Present," October 1, "Pro Anti-Anti PC," October 2). As a member of the Harvard International Socialist Club, I am encouraged by the reaction from the Left to a well-timed and carefully organized right-wing attack...
...campaign against PC comes in the wake of a successful U.S. war in the Middle East, and in many ways, the objectives are the same...
...students with personal computers can use the network; however, IBM PC's require additional hardware to communicate with the system, which is designed for Apple computers...
...organization can therefore play an important role, not only by defending that which has been unfairly lumped as PC, but also by opposing those who engage in a sloppy, misguided witch hunt itself ultimately aimed at limiting ideas. There does indeed need to be an examination of issues of academic freedom in today's rapidly-changing universities. But it cannot be conducted only from the right. So long as this group is also willing to engage in true, substantial discussion of the issues involved in PC--and not simply whether PC exists--Teachers for a Democratic Culture can carry...
...support "Teachers for a Democratic Culture," then, not because we believe that "politically correct" views are inherently better than "politically incorrect" views, but because the group is a necessary antidote to the excesses of pc critics. The right maneuvered into a powerful position by portraying itself as an oppressed minority. Hopefully, "Teachers for a Democratic Culture" won't let them get away with...