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- From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
- Subject: Re: Fighting fundies
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.162512.12627@unocal.com>
- Keywords: fundamentalists, struggle, discrimination
- Sender: news@unocal.com (Unocal USENET News)
- Organization: Unocal Corporation
- References: <C18GJC.78J@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:25:12 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- In article <C18GJC.78J@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Real Life?!?! HA!!) writes:
- >I was just sitting here, reading soc.motss, and I have noticed a number of men-
- >tions of the same thing: These fundie groups that are trying to make our lives
- >a hell are "non-profit"! Now, I may be wrong here, but is it not required for
- >a non-profit organization to abstain from any political activity? I'm probably
- >being naive here, but couldn't a few calls to attorney generals regarding the
- >activities of trash like OCA, CFV, etc. possibly result in some investigation?
- >At the least, if they were questioned or accused on this, they might have to
- >divert some of their funds to staying in operation.
- >
- >Another idea: Why not try to drain the fundies' pocketbooks a little bit each
- >day on our own? A few months ago, someone mentioned sending lead weights to
- >them through business reply mail? What about sending lots of letters, without
- >return address, postage due? How about calling their 1-800 numbers (Do they
- >have any?) incessantly, thus a.driving up their phone bills(maybe) and b.tying
- >up their lines and operators' time?
- >
- >All these things are free. I don't know if they would work; maybe someone has
- >tried some or all of this before. But anyone who has any other ideas, let us
- >know. I think the only way these hate groups are going to lose is if they run
- >out of money. So why not help them run out of money?
-
- Fundies don't necessarily advertise in the general media and culture. They have their own
- communities centered around church activities and a cable TV channel or two.
- In many places, because of low voter turnouts, they just have to get out 50% or more of their
- members to win an issue. They've taken over several local governments in So CA this way.
-