[Madstrider]

This is Stalinism, plain and simple.

What the university and the minority mau-maus are doing is the abolition of private life -- which is the central them of Orwell's "1984." Under Stalinism, there are no private acts, no private words, no private opinions. So silly behavior at a Halloween party, for instance, becomes grounds for a public humiliation, a la the "show trials." People are required to publicly recant "incorrect" ideas.

Perhaps these college Republicans would fight harder if they understood what it is they're fighting.

[drhogan]

the pres. of the college repubs apparently posted photos of the costumes on the web and linked the photos to the repubs web site. at that point, he (the repub pres) made the photos a political, rather than a private, issue. he does not have the political judgement to be president of the repubs--spanier is doing all of us a favor by pushing the guy out.
if one of George Bush's guys did something like this, Bush would fire him in a second.
people who want to post pictures of themselves or others in blackface should not be leaders in the repub party. I don't care what people do in private, but this was not really private.

[bigcat00]

A good point.

When conservatives complain about offensive programming on TV, the libs always say "If you don't like it, don't watch." Why doesn't the same rule apply here? Because
some animals are more equal than others.