Re: Snitches on the "Left"

[dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx (Doug Henwood)]

At 10:03 PM 4/14/96, rakesh bhandari wrote:

>I can't think of a bigger waste of time and resources than
>infiltrating something like the Freeman to snitch on them.  Don't liberal
>watchdog organizations have anything else to do?

Liberal organizations? Well, no. Two, utterly cynical reasons suggest
themselves: 1) raising fears about imminent Nazi takeover is gold in the
direct mail business (it should be added that the Southern Poverty Law
Center has a vast pot of money that's won in lawsuits that they seem just
to be sitting on - or so I'm told - I've yet to confirm this for myself);
and 2) raising fears about imminent Nazi takeover is also a way of
convincing the wavering to pull the lever for Clinton. If you tell them
that despite the minimal differences between Clinton & Dole that the Nazis
will have Dole's ear but not Clinton's, it will sometimes push them over
the line.

Doug

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