Date:  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 23:04:02 -0500
From:  "Jeutonne P. Brewer" <jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>
Subject: Re: redneck, nigger, good ole boy, kicker, etc.

In response to these comments

> > In these
> >contexts, the non-rednecks or non-fans-of-the-Confederacy are a
> >captive membership.
> >
> >This issue is not "political correctness", whatever that means this
> >month, but tyranny of the majority.

Duane Campbell wrote:

> Would the exclusion of these symbols, beloved by the majority, be tyranny
> of the minority?

No, it wouldn't. In this country a basic purpose of the Bill of Rights
is to protect the minority from oppressive acts by government and the
majority. When a symbol the Confederate flag is used by government or
majority groups to threaten or silence a minority, that is an
oppressive act, a form of tyranny.

My apologies to legal experts if I haven't stated this is the most
exact legal terms.

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Jeutonne P. Brewer, Associate Professor
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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email: jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hamlet.uncg.edu
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