Schlafly helped defeat ERA, supported Goldwater--where do I sign up?
At 1:53 PM 8/15/96, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Take a look at the Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression's list of enemies of free expression. Excerpt follows.
Linkname: Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum Filename: http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/BCFE/bcfenatl.html#Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly .... "Leading the pro-family movement to victories since 1972." Basic membership includes a subscription to The Phyllis Schlafly Report and costs $15.00. Mrs. Schlafly, whose husband Fred used to head the World Anti-Communist League, is the person considered most responsible for the defeat of the ERA. Her book A Choice Not an Echo, published in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1964 to support the presidential aspirations of Barry Goldwater, is ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ one of the seminal texts of contemporary American conservative politics.
So, she helped defeat the ERA and supported Goldwater. Sounds pretty good to me. From this excerpt, I'd call her a friend of liberty. (Yes, I'm serious. Some of you find it hard to tell when I'm being completely serious and when I'm being facetious, so I thought I'd clarify this.) --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
Keep in mind the BCFE comes from a traditional liberal bent. However, even though Schlafly is no friend of free speech as it relates to sexually explicit material, I welcome her participation in the wiretap debate. Privacy cuts across partisan lines. I would love to have her column in the hands of some of the Republican senators who will vote on the House wiretap bill or craft their own next month. -Declan On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 1:53 PM 8/15/96, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Take a look at the Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression's list of enemies of free expression. Excerpt follows.
Linkname: Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum Filename: http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/BCFE/bcfenatl.html#Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly .... "Leading the pro-family movement to victories since 1972." Basic membership includes a subscription to The Phyllis Schlafly Report and costs $15.00. Mrs. Schlafly, whose husband Fred used to head the World Anti-Communist League, is the person considered most responsible for the defeat of the ERA. Her book A Choice Not an Echo, published in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1964 to support the presidential aspirations of Barry Goldwater, is ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ one of the seminal texts of contemporary American conservative politics.
So, she helped defeat the ERA and supported Goldwater. Sounds pretty good to me. From this excerpt, I'd call her a friend of liberty.
(Yes, I'm serious. Some of you find it hard to tell when I'm being completely serious and when I'm being facetious, so I thought I'd clarify this.)
--Tim May
Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
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