denials & dignity

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From: Marianne Mueller Kreuscher
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1990 18:20

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Regarding the idea that one ought to deny false charges or innuendos:

There is a fascinating 4-part article in the New Yorker concerning the
1948 Texas senatorial race between Coke Stevenson and Lyndon Johnson.
Coke Stevenson, well regarded for his integrity and honesty, refused
to dignify Johnson's slanders by denying them.  (Johnson's subsequent
political successes led to something less than a Great Society, one
might argue.)   

Who's to blame when the public and the government believe lies: the
liars, the public, the government, or innnocent people who refuse to
dignify such silliness?

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Subject: denials & dignity
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