Thursday, January 28, 1993
OPINION UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kansan editorial only validates Chelsea-bashing
If the University Daily Kansasan Editorial Board had a mother, she would say. "Don't encourage them, dear," for this is exactly what it does by spending time, ink, space, and paper on the issue of the media's coverage of Chelsea Clinton. Doing so only serves to prove its validity; if Chelsea is truly not news, then there should be no need for an editorial board column about her.
While it is true that the media should not punish Chelsea for being the president's daughter, the editorial board's contribution to the fiasco is an almost comical case of good intentions gone wrong.
Since the board does not have a mother, and I'm sure that motherdog will not mind, I will impart a bit of maternal wisdom: "Don't stoop to their level. dear. Just ignore those big bullies."
Ryan D. McGee
Worland Wu freshman
Nortand, Wyo., freshman
K-State students offer apology for fans' actions
As Kansas State University students, we feel compelled to comment on the ethics of some of our fellow students during the KU-KSU game on January 18th.
Although we support our athletic teams, we (along with a large majority of KSU students) do not support or approve of some of the inappropriate fan behavior exhibited during the game. Applauding after Richard Scott left the floor limping was unsportmanlike, and I am sure that most supporters of the Wildcat basketball team do not care to be associated with that. Secondly, the ice throwing incident was an individual, and Roy Williams' frustrations with two similar incidents in as many years were appropriate. Very few students here would do something that low and all that we have spoken with dis approve of any action of that type.
Finally, we hope that students at KU do not feel that all Kansas State fans are at "that level" that Rex Walters referred to. Most of us are proud of our team and excited that our record is what it is. We enjoyed the game and although we are not authorized to apologize on behalf of the student body, we do feel that the majority of Kansas State students do not condone some individuals' behavior and are, frankly, embarrassed by it.
J. Bart Mann
J. Michael Porter
Kansas State University seniors
Writer should follow Rush's sound advice
After reading Lisa Cosmillo's article on Rush Limbaugh and his almost famous term "feminazi," I shrugged off and regarded it as just another liberal over-generalization that has become characteristic of the University Daily Kansan. It was not until later that day, after listening to a couple of young women discuss the editorial, that I was compelled to write the Kansan. I listened in astonishment as the two spoke about how almost all men feel very threatened by the potential of "woman power" and how conservatives are the real Nazis, and then went on to speak about how their fathers were uncomfortable, as Ms. Cosmilio's supposedly is, by the power they possess. Give me a break! I am not defending Rush Limbaugh. His over-generalizations are sometimes as thin as Ms. Cosmillo's. One characteristic that is well known about Rush is that the things he says are not always meant to offend. Should you disagree or be offended with him, he has some sound advice. As he states in the introduction of his book:
"Lighten up. We should all laugh more at ourselves. I don't need to improve much in this area, but admit it, many of your people do. Come on, launch at yourselves, folks. And if you can't laugh at yourself, turn these pages and laugh at me laughing for you."
Ms. Cosmilo, however, takes the junk she writes seriously. In comparing the two attitudes in writing, it is not hard to see why Rush is so successful.
There are a few things that just do not hold water in Ms. Cosmillo's column. Rush Limbaugh has not and does not use racial or gender slurs. I challenge Ms. Cosmillo to give us a solid, credible quote from Limbaugh to prove her bold statement. Limbaugh does not label all women as feminazis. Women that deserve the label are those that are intolerant of any view that challenges militant feminism, and those that display insecure and power-hungry characteristics, much like the ones running rampant in Ms. Cosmillo's editorial. Yes, Lisa, I'm calling you a feminazi. The term is used to raise eyebrows, get laughs, and for Limbaugh, get ratings. The fact that you have decided that Limbaugh and others who use the term are linking you to the likes of those who performed such atrocities in World War II further exhibits your insecurity and inability to rationally understand the feminist movement as a whole.
I had a problem with Ms. Cosmillo's attack on her father and men in general. Lisa, your father is not scared of you as a person. Rather, he has valid reservations about your irrational assumptions and conclusions. Ms. Cosmillo's editorial then explains how Rush Limbaugh and Ms. Cosmillo's father decided that women are just to be mothers, wives, or rape victims. Get off your cross. I don't know exactly what Ms. Cosmilio's father said. Unfortunately, I could not witness this paramount moment in the women's movement, but I know Limbaugh has never expressed roles for women as previously stated.
I admire and applaud the women's movement, but people like Lisa Cosmillo discredit those women and men who have and do work for equal rights and inter-gender harmony. If self-proclaimed leaders like Lisa Cosmillo continue to have such narrow tunnel vision and have their themes illogically embraced, the gap between men and women will widen, and the chances for equality and harmony will dissipate.
Ed Connealy Leawood sophomore
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