Re: Saturday protest

[Robert Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>]

At 08:56 AM 7/16/98 +0000, you wrote:
>I must say that I'm not very impressed with a comment that Cass 
>Davis, of Moscow, made to an Idaho Spokesman Review reporter.  
>
>In discussing the protest of Saturday's Aryan parade, she said "The 
>people of North Idaho may be a little ignorant and a little 
>uneducated, but they aren't Nazis."
>
>She's right about the people of North Idaho not being Nazis; the few 
>who will march in CdA do not represent the overall mindset of North 
>Idaho residents.  The first part of her statement is really rude, 
>though.

First of all, Cass Davis is a "he," not a "she."  Secondly, the comment is
self-depricating.  His words may not be well-chosen, but he is speaking as
a native of Northern Idaho.  Cass is not an "educated" person, but he is
saying that you don't have to be a graduate of an Ivy League school in New
England to be anti-racist.


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