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Yoon's editorial is marred by a disturbing self-contradiction. His main thesis is that we should engage repulsive points of view "through interaction and discourse." Yoon says he has "faith in rational argumentation."
Yet Yoon concludes by saying that "We may not be able to shut [skinheads] up, but we can certainly outnumber and outshout them." So much for interaction and discourse. And since when did rational argument ever entail outnumbering and shouting down your opponents? Larry K. Fan '94
After reading G. Brent McGuire's recent editorial ("Confessions of an Iconoclast," opinion, May 3, 1994), I am left wondering whether he is calling for rational discourse, as he claims, or radical political action, as he has done.
Afterwards, I would defend my actions by claiming that I was only trying to promote rational debate and show that marriage and religion "should not be taken seriously." Rather than censure me, the family should thank me for introducing rational discourse into the otherwise emotionally and politically charged atmosphere of...
McGuire seems to feel that he has cornered the market on "rational discourse" and "intelligent criticism," yet he describes the feminist term "empowerment" as "a code-word for abortion rights, universalized day care and the celebration for 'liberated mothers' and their bastard children". Rational debate or political diatribe (informed by...