on tue sep NUMBER NUMBER at NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERpm NUMBER paul prescod wrote owen byrne wrote except that parroting the party line doesn t really require much freedom of speech now if you had posted something from a left of center source you would have been shouted down in flames buried in ad hominem attacks and probably get your name added to an fbi list do you think it is really useful to combat hysterical right wing propoganda with hysterical left wing propoganda sure it is it tends to bring out the people who let hysterical right wing propaganda spew forth while reaching for their gun whenever a liberal enters the room my hysterical left wing propaganda is generally an emotional reaction on a mailing list not an organizaed attempt at converting people s thinking through lies and distortion as was the original article whereas your constant and predictable brandings of my postings are to my mind a deliberate and reasoned effort to reduce debate and discourage left of center postngs owen 