Fosters Opinion: Be More Careful

Letter to the editor from Durham resident, Jayson Seaman, in response to the July 27, 2011 Fosters editorial, "Kach has been put on notice":

Be more careful

To the editor: What bold editorializing! You equivocated on every issue and ultimately faulted the Internet. Your conclusion that Jim Kach is 'on notice' is already obvious to everyone. But I took issue with one point especially: your glib characterization of people's vociferous concerns as "angry political animosity."

Two separate lines of research challenge this characterization. The first, by sociolinguist Michael Billig, deals with what makes racist jokes humorous. The second, by social psychologist Thomas Ford, deals with the possible consequences of disparaging humor.

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July 27, 2011 — Foster's Editor States that Kach Should NOT Resign