The Chronicle 78Th Year, No
The Chronicle 78th Year, No. 43 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Thursday, October 28, 1982 Political activist Hoffman arouses large Duke crowd By Betsy Forgotson Hoffman spoke for two and a power structure." Few people Political activist Abbie half hours about his career as clapped until Hoffman said, Hoffman told Duke students to "America's leading dissident." "That gets big applause in the both question and defy He first attacked "the entire North." authority in a speech before a boatload of Gentile bullshit" in He called the anti-war near-capacity crowd in Page 1959 in his hometown of movement of the 60s "the best Auditorium Wednesday night. Worcester, Mass., when he example of democracy in action Hoffman said he had been attended a Worcester Obscene in American history. True warned upon his arrival in Literature Fighters (WOLF) democracy demands dissent. Durham that Duke was one of meeting. We should teach students to the most apathetic campuses question authority since it's around, but he said, "There are He recalled placing a red, usually illegal, immoral or just 3,000 other campuses vying for white and blue sign reading fucking dumb." that title." "Fuck Communism" in front of Attacking pre-professionalism a stack of banned books, Using a Southern drawl, he prevalent at universities in this causing WOLF members to said that in North Carolina, decade, Hoffman said, "If argue whether the "C-word" or "Democracy is a very, very you're thinking of keeping your the "f-word" was obscene. The radical concept indeed." nose clean so you can get out of organization disbanded over Hoffman labeled North here and sell yourself out, the the issue.
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