Young Conservatives Steal Tactics from the Left

february 24, 2004  07:13 pm
Young Conservatives Steal Tactics from the Left
The media were on campus when University of Colorado Young Republicans held an "Affirmative Action Bake Sale," basing the price of goodies on the buyers' race. "Going to court and being outrageous and being silly is something that liberals have had a monopoly on for years," Brad Jones, the group's chairman, charges. Jared Jacang Maher analyzes the students' rhetorical brain twisters for Boulder Weekly, noting that while they criticize what they call the left's "culture of blame and oppression," they are fashioning themselves as the new victims.