Word: peninsulas
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...course of two weeks, The Crimson published one editorial, four letters to the editor and two follow-up articles, and the conservative publication Peninsula lost nearly a third of its already minute staff. For those of you who have been keeping up with The Crimson over the past couple of weeks, you may know what I am talking about. It all began with an article by Christopher Griffith '97 in the September issue of Peninsula titled "Know Your Enemy...
Joshua A. Kaufman '98 responded to that article with a vicious rebuke in the form of a Crimson column ("Naming Names: Peninsula's Fascists," October 15, 1996). In his editorial, Kaufman objected to what he perceived as the "Gestapoesque" tactics used in the Peninsula article. As evidence, Kaufman cited the self-proclaimed purpose of Griffith's piece that was "in keeping with the time honored practice of making a list and checking it twice in order to ensure that when the coup comes around the firing squad knows who's been naughty or nice." Griffith followed that statement with...
Kaufman, in his editorial, adopted the Peninsula's tactics, listing the names of those on the magazine's masthead and flinging barbs at its staffers, calling them "freakish fascists" and "fools." Kaufman urged his readers to "acknowledge their contribution to the campus press and let them know just how their drivel makes you feel...
Joshua Kaufman's column ("Naming Names: Peninsula's Fascists," Opinion, October 15, 1996) defamed my character and my name, calling me a "fascist" and "fool". Kaufman encouraged members of the Harvard community to "let [me] know how they feel" and the following day I found a swastika on my suite door. Although the column has put my safety in jeopardy, The Crimson refuses to print a letter of apology for its irresponsible handling of this incident, and Mr. Kaufman has never even made an attempt to speak to me. Please assist me in clearing my name by contacting The Crimson...
...Peninsula incident demonstrated the extent to which the Holocaust has become little more than a rhetorical grab bag, one that any Tom, Dick or Harry feels free to reach into any time he needs an argumentative trump-card. Similarly, the debate question exemplified the recklessness with which people tend to throw around the vocabulary of mass-destruction. You want to talk about the discrimination that exists in the criminal justice system, you call it a "genocide." You disagree with someone's brand of politics, you affix the Nazi swastika to his or her door--that seems to be the name...