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...Those who level charges of PC totalitarianism are playing a dangerous mirror game." So writes Melissa Hart in her March 4 piece, "Who's the Real McCarthy?" Unfortunately, her article indicates little more than that she is playing no such game, for it shows that she both reflected minimally on her central ideas and that she did not subject them to a look in a mirror...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hart Missed Point of Flier | 3/9/1991 | See Source »

...article's central thesis revolves around somthing akin to the "I'm not stupid, you're stupid" argument, writing that the true totalitarians on campus are not the PC adherents but rather anti-PC fighters. This argument, of course, really doesn't disprove the original point; it only indicates that the respondent subscribes to the "classify and conquer" motif, where one side-steps the contention by dismissing the one who made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hart Missed Point of Flier | 3/9/1991 | See Source »

...means Yes, and No means No" is the PC battle cry. Last year, a few Kirkland House men stood in their entry way and yelled, "Yes means Yes, and No means Yes." Which group is right? Both of them...

Author: By Jon E. Morgan, | Title: An Orwellian Nightmare | 3/8/1991 | See Source »

...PC, conformity is paramount. It's all about the crushing of independent thought, the silencing of dissent. Inquiry is viewed as disruptived and or insensitive...

Author: By Jon E. Morgan, | Title: An Orwellian Nightmare | 3/8/1991 | See Source »

...while administrators refuse to legislate the problem away, and Kerrigan and McCormack enjoy the increased attention to their anti-PC activities, protesters and banner-hangers may find themselves stalemated in a long, symbolic game of capture the flag...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Is Harvard Headed For A Civil War Of Words? | 3/8/1991 | See Source »

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