I take issue with the Cavalier
Daily's "Catching a Commie" (4/8),
an editorial which "insults the
intelligence of those who will read
it."
You state that "both (Kunstler)
and the Communist Party in this
country have frequently fought for
civil liberties." I suggest you do
some research. Communist support
for causes like social justice and
civil rights is designed less to
promote those ideas than to pull in
supporters for more radical causes,
excite passions, and create greater
national division and discontent -
all a part of a drive to shatter the
system and pave the way to
Communist rule.
Dr. Bella Dodd, who became
involved in the CPUSA to promote
social justice and, disillusioned,
ultimately dropped out, has written:
"I had regarded the Communist
Party as a poor man's party...
Now I saw this was only a
facade...it was in reality a device to
control the 'common man' they so
raucously championed."
As for McCarthy witch hunts,
one of the few people actually
smeared in those days was the late,
human and imperfect but more
frequently than not justified, Sen.
Joseph Raymond McCarthy, still
being slandered over a decade after
his death.
It is indeed questionable
whether Kunstler is more interested
in making the system work or in
destroying it. To HISC and the
Progress: Good work, brothers.
Right on!
Eric Scott Royee
College 1
