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Friday, November 6, 1970
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RAPPING LEFT
The Only Problem Is . . .
Bv GUS DIZEREGA
The major requirement for even the hope of democracy is that the losers peacefully accept the victory of the winners and the winners refrain from destroying the losers. Only when both sides refrain from democratic process, such as it is, have the opportunity to function. This is a lesson which the great Silent Majority of Kansans have forgotten less than the Weathermen—the only difference between them and the Silent Majority, for at least the Weathermen have failures, accepts the responsibility for their deeds.
I am speaking of the election of Vern Miller to the office of Attorney General. Miller is a man who contends that there can be no overreaction when he would justify shooting down jawwalkers to prevent jawwalking, but we must hope that Miller is not a logical man. Miller has indicated his utter contempt for the rights to peaceful assembly and has shown his commitment to crushing the rights of dissident minorities in order to win the adulation of unthinkable masses. Further, and most ominously, Miller has promised that if elected he will jump on Lawrence with both feet . . . and attitude which makes his election intolerable.
The "Slent Majority": likes to think of itself as embodying "Americanism," as representing its social identity. It does not want to be taken seriously.
"... Miller has promised that if elected he will jump on Lawrence with both feet . . . It is this attitude which makes his election intolerable."
the majority nationally that Corkscrew would like the election of Miller demonstrates their predinance in Kansas. Let's look for a moment at a member of the "Silent Majority."
This man likes to talk of his patriotism—but is he really patriotic? How frequently has the American soldier done that good or good of the country." What has been the patriotic role of construction workers in Kansas City in "building America" this summer? They indeed have a right to be patriotic. The history of some of their boiler than thou patriotic!"
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the man of the "Silent Majority" to take a lot of principles—let's look for a moment at his principles and the principles of the American Legionaires and VFW's to hold clear their agreements.
Lord Acton, certainly no communist, wrote that with the American Revolution the American people "resolved to give up everything, not to abuse from escape to honor a precept of unwritten law. That was the right theory of political duty, the light that came over the ocean. It represented liberty not as a comparative release from tyranny, but as a thing so divine that the existence of society must be staked in the name of man. The sovereign right." Daniel Webster wrote: "The Parliament of Great Britain asserted a right to tax the Colonies in all cases whatsoever; and it was precisely on this question that they made the claim that by taxation was trifling but the claim itself was liberty, and that was in their eyes enough. It was
"... a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical . . . this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much."
against the recital of an act of Parliament, rather than against any suffering under its enactment that would impair his right to vote.
Bad Karma
A note of commendation to Larry Chalmers . . .
for establishing himself as the only folk hero in
Kansas that still wears a bow-tie and refuses to
believe it's not hip.
preamble. They fought seven years against a declaration."
In the light of the shrill cry for "law and order"
Jefferson's words are well to remember: "I hold it
that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing,
and as necessary in the political world as storms in
the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions indeed
generally establish the encroachments on the rights
"Revolution is an act of liberation, of throwing off the standards and programs of an oppressing group . . .
of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much."
Elsewhere Jefferson wrote "The spirit of resistance to government was on certain occasions. He was always to be kept at bay, will often be exercised when wrong but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion."
The Declaration of Independence itself states that "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes . . . But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same purpose, design to reduce them under absolute Deposition, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and provide new Guards for their future security."
Brothers and sisters this is what Americanism stood for. In their own confused way this is what they can do.
Revolution in this sense is one group imposing their standards and ideologies on others. Revolution is an act of liberation, of throwing off the standards and programs of an oppressing group—be the form of oppression the draft, high taxes, or the marijuana laws. Revolution is an act of self-defense.
The real unAmericans are not the long名拘dope smokers. Even at this superficial level George Washington had long hair and probably Washington had long unAmericans are "Silent Majority" types who have been given of their own heritage for the false security they have today. Then, when they find their security is illusory, their standards to be uninspiring even to their children they wrap themselves in the flag and embrace them as "unpatriotic." They embrace the very rulers of their wishes and hopes in order to crush their klds
whose gripes are fundamentally identical to their powerlessness, lack of local control, the need for a centralized control.
Like Pavlo's dogs they salivate whenever Agnew yells "Power to the Power" obediently forgetting that it is the Agnews and more liberal versions of him who have taken power from the people. What kid today wants to grow up like Richard Nixon—or even his old man? The "Silent Majority" is men—unaffraid, humiliated, virtually bankrupt. Fundamentally empty, they are iron-fast for that all they have. The tragedy is that if you are killed by a dying dinosaur, you're dead anyway.
A dying and soon to be extinct mentality has triumphed temporarily in Kansas with Miller's election. It's death three are violent, however and our situation is accordingly precarious. By the right, we don't have the right but the duty to revolt. The draft is a good deal more repressive than a tax on tea. But we are also outnumbered by unAmerican authoritarians who increasingly control even the courts. They have repeatedly boasted of their desire to destroy our youth culture—the last best hope to restore and renew.
Revolution is an act of self- defense." "Like Pavlov's dogs they salivate whenever Agnew yells 'Power to the People' obediently forgetting that it is the Agnews . . . who have taken power from the people."
extend freedom to all Americans young and old. Given Miller's statements and actions during his campaign we can expect neither justice nor law under his reign. We can only maintain a degree of independence if we make the cost of suppressing the youth movement an unacceptable one.
To a large degree the Civil War began in Lawrence. If Miller excceeds his rightful authority here after taking office we should not fear to have a second Civil War begin here, too. We expect a stundent conservative enforcement of the law and can live with it.-God knows we have till now. But if the new Attorney General attempts to introduce a gestapo to the city, he will resist; these we will resist—by force if necessary. No doubt the victory is assured, but because as Winston Churchill said, it is better to die than to live as slaves.
If this be conspiracy make the most of it.
I don't know what you chicks are complaining about. We're just trying to protect your feminine mystique.'
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DUH, BOSS? IT SAYS HERE DAT DEY PASSED A LAW AGAINST US, FANCY DAT!"
LETTERS
Have Regents Gone Too Far?
To the Editor:
The Black Students' Union with the help of black faculty members and other interest groups has joined to get Gary Jackson, a first-year student, reinstated in his University position. It is not our intention to allow the arbitrary assignment of Jackson to become a moist issue.
The events surrounding Gary's dismissal are well-known; the killings of Rick "Tiger" Dowdell and Kyle Baldwin in a climate change in this community at the time. But, what is not generally remembered is that they shot into the Airo-House, in which Gary resided. We feel that Gary then was totally justified in defending himself and his home.
The Board of Regents, before any investigation, quickly dismissed Gary from his academic positions of Assistant
Dean of Men and Teaching Instructor in the African Studies Department. Requests were twice made for reasons explaining his dismissal and were both times denied.
Attorney General Kent Frizzel, sensing a political football to toss around, issued a statement that Gary did not break any law (there is no law against purity) but said Gary did not live up to the standards of his academic position.
We view this as a flagrant act of racism and fascism. To deny a man the right to work in America is to deny him the right to live. What happened to the notion of due process? Where was Wanda wrong to a fair hearing and his right to contest his accusers?
If Gary committed a crime in purchasing ammunition, then we believe the Regents have the power to dismiss any faculty
member or student who has ever committed the same act.
Instead, we view this as one of a series of incidents in which the Board of Regents has clearly overstepped its boundary, riding roughhill over this university, and not letting first year was Lawrence Velvet, and the Student Senate, now Gary Jackson. Who will be next?
The BSU believes that we are going to have to draw the line somewhere. So, therefore, we are to faculty members and students, and to deny him his Constitutional rights then they can do it to you. Therefore, we are calling on all levels and strata of the academic and non-academic community to reinstate Gary Jackson in the Kansas Union and help reinstate Gary Jackson—in your own interest, as well as Gary's.
Noisy complaints about "the situation" at the State IJ, buyout the Koeber in event matters
Students 'Too Serious'
From THE PARSONS SUN
"The situation," all agreed, was little short of scandalous, if only because the students, the faculty and the administration—let's tell it like it is because "administration" is a code word for chancellor—were not resisting change but accepting and even on occasion, embracing it.
The Black Students' Union Communications Committee
The recent Kansas political campaign, and may it never rest in the form of a statewide party atop Dword dead was due to erupt any moment in the politicians who have dashed to Lawrence to decry from the rums that have erupted.
That didn't happen. Nothing happened, of course, except they held classes every day at KU and that was the way it worked.
So they decided to honor an outstanding member of the faculty, give him $100 to put in his sock for a rainy day. The volunteer would go to a drug rehabilitation center and contribute volunteer labor to numerous community projects.
There has to be something wrong, not only with students but with the administration—remember that if a student's events take place, it is enough to send strident crises roar westward through the Kwai Valley and into Thailand.
There was one development, in truth, and it must be mentioned here for the record. They decided to do away with the homecoming queen and to do something which helped humanity, a quaint notion but a lot of young people-upstarts some call them—are stuck with it.
But don't bother your already-bedeviled heads any longer. We have the Answer.
Here it is, straight from the Independence Daily
Reporter, as chroniced by its Old Grad, class of
2015.
There you have it. The current denizens of the Hill are simply "too deadly serious" for the good of themselves and their school! The Answer in all of its dimensions; a truly crushing indictment.
"We happen to be one who feels it's a big mistake from runt tradition, as soon as we graduate four years later, we're fun tuned! Today's KU students are too deadly serious and the pity of it is they'll have no happy memories of their school."
And for goodness sake, what kind of an administration—substitute the code word—is it which puts up with so many "diergety serious" students in the classroom? The answer is no, for a university? The students not only stand in
uicted; use chancellor stangs condemned.
Instead of pany raids, he is offering new courses on the environment. In stand of goldfish, his dish is "warm, thick and flexible." He visits cities with the hope—abstract though it may be—that added knowledge somehow might lead to their success.
And what kind of a State Board of Regents tomes a chancellor who is surrounded by an ex-communist? I know. We know. We demand to know. Meanwhile we'll all sleep better tonight with the knowledge that the finger has been placed at the root of the troubles and we Oread so that their eradication can continue apace.
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