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Old 07-09-2003, 10:55 AM
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Re: Foes of Affirmative Action in Michigan Plan to Take Their Battle to the Ballot

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...said Mr. Connerly, chairman of the Sacramento-based American Civil Rights Institute and its companion political-action committee, the American Civil Rights Coalition.
It just drives me crazy when interest groups use tactics like incorporating terms like "Civil Rights" in the names of groups who espouse ideas that would generally be the opposite of the movement(s) that made the term a household word.

Some people who don't read carefully, or don't have the savvy to understand the technique might vote for the issue because of the name of the organization. On the other hand, others might vote against it because of some lingering racism.

In any event, I hate the arrogance of people who use this kind of cynical propaganda technique.

I'd like to hope that our society was intelligent enough to understand how this attempts to "use" their emotions...but, alas, I'm not sure it is.
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