June 29, 2004
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A Reader Remembers East
Germany…And PC Arizona
The
Wall Street Journal suppresses FAIR Founder John
Tanton’s protest—but VDARE.Com Rescues It Anyway.
From: Dr. John H.
Tanton [email
him]
To: The Editors, The Wall Street Journal
Re:
The Wall Street Journal, “Borderline Republicans,” June
17, 2004, p. A18
I’m having trouble sorting out the immigration reform movement’s
political orientation. Your editorial finds us “in
the political left …” The
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) places us on the
right. Averaging the two views puts us in the center,
which I hold to be the case.
That leaves The Wall Street Journal and the SPLC at
the extremes.
As a devotee of the concept that there is no such thing as bad
publicity, I thank you for the editorial, even with all
your loaded language. And thanks also for spelling my
name right!
[VDARE.COM
note:
Dr. John H. Tanton is the founder of
Federation for American Immigration Reform
and, as
such, apparently ineligible for the usual journalistic
courtesy that victims of personal attacks get to defend
themselves. To the Journalistas about their manners,
click
here.]
