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...radicalism saw the South African system of apartheid as perhaps the ultimate symbol of social injustice in a world rife with oppression and misery. The obvious link between the subjugation of the country's Black population and our corporate brand of capitalism provided an easy target for the self-righteous indignation that is the unique province of student protest. There were cries of anger for Harvard to divest all its holdings in corporations dealing with South Africa. Students responded with moral outrage to charges that such an action would have no effect on corporate policy...
...wonder if we really believe that anything we face here can even compare to their day-to-day hardships. And if we think it does, can there be any other explanation than that we feel we are somehow more important or better than they and thus can be self-righteous about orthography and epithets...
Indeed, Weicker's gregarious style, immensly popular at home, has won him few admirers in Washington. He takes every opportunity to make long-winded, self-righteous speeches during floor debates, and has been accused of milking his vocal anti-administration stand during the Watergate hearings for more than it was worth. He traditionally sponsors an eclectic array of legislation and though he sits on several influential committees, few consider him an effective lawmaker...
...also both controversial and politically difficult: arms control. Jimmy Carter tried but failed to protect SALT from becoming a hostage to the overall climate of the superpower relationship. That failure resulted partly from the widespread impression that he naively viewed arms control as an enterprise distinct from-and more righteous than -defense and national security. As long as the arms controllers stereotype themselves as peace-loving good guys vs. the warmongering bad guys of the Pentagon...
Moral Majority Leader Jerry Falwell notes with righteous pride that among the very first texts ever to come off a printing press was the Holy Bible. Sometimes he must wish the whole process had stopped right there. Falwell learned two weeks ago that interviews he had granted to two freelance writers were about to be published in the March issue of the girlie magazine Penthouse. Aghast at being tucked between the same covers as those unclad Jezebels, Falwell tried to block distribution of the magazine last week with a court injunction. When that failed, he filed a $10 million lawsuit...