Let us read Horowitz’s ad
I can’t believe the commotion over the slavery reparations ad in the April 17 Oregon Daily Emerald. The article only wanted to contribute to a free exchange of ideas, and it did. Most replies to the ad were quick to call David Horowitz racist. The article wasn’t racist in nature, it just looked at logical, rational arguments against monetary slavery reparations. Isn’t it conceivable that a non-racist might have problems with reparations for reasons not based on race?
But even more, I can’t believe that some individual or group removed all back copies of that day’s paper so that others couldn’t read the ad. I looked in the EMU for extra copies, and they were gone. Maybe they were taken by people interested in the ad. Apparently, at other campuses across the country where the ad was published, people have removed the papers so students couldn’t read the ad. When people do this, they are blatantly stating:
“Our position is not strong enough to withstand arguments, even misguided or erroneous ones, from the opposition.”
If they expect us to believe what they do, let us read the ad! How much stronger will our belief in your cause be if we know exactly what the opposition says?
If their only recourse against their opponents is to silence them, my guess is that they do not have a very strong argument based in fact and reason, and they want the average person to decide the issue based upon emotion and misinformation.

Dave Reed

senior


physics