Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 17:49:40 +0000
From: David Welch <welch-AT-mcmail.com>
Subject: Re: M-G: Spartadooy HUAC Smears and the Logan Evasions


On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 08:11:04AM -0700, David Stevens wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 01:25:00 +0000
> > From: David Welch <welch-AT-mcmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: M-G: WV Smears Militant as HUAC Collaborant -- McCarthyesque "I am Not Now and Never Have Been"
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:44:36PM -0700, David Stevens wrote:
> > > WV Smears Socialist Militant as HUAC Collaborant!
> > > McCarthyesque "I am Not Now and Never Have Been"
> > It may be in poor taste for those who have suffered under McCarthyite
> > witch hunts but you are being hysterical. If you object to the
> > implication of the headline then you should produce evidence of the
> > contrary not whine about phrasing. If the comrade is ashamed of his/her
> > past then WV have a right to point that out. 
> 
>  This is bizarre.  David Welch now seeks to brand comrade "M.L."
> as being "ashamed of his/her" past.  Anyone reading the letter
> (_WV_ No. 688 10 April. p.3) will note that the comrade is quite
> forthcoming -- not even for the first time on this issue -- yet
> it's that very candor the dishonest Sparts twist into a headline
> having nothing to do with what is said!
I am not a member nor would I support the ICL. However I don't like to see
David Stevens' absurd sectarian rants to go unanswered. I wasn't
attempting to discuss the truth of the allegations just point out that if
they were true then the headline wasn't an unreasonable way to
characterise the contents of the letter. For Comrade Stevens to fill my
bandwidth with his bizzare interpretation of the words "I am Not Now
and Never Have Been is quite annoying. His original message stated the
accusation was of collabration with the HUAC, has he never heard of irony?

- David Welch 


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