But Kennedy attacked conservative criticism ofpolitical correctness. He said that the dominanceof liberal ideals on campus was not a result ofp.c. totalitarianism but of free speech and themarket place of ideas, "We shouldn't have toapologize for the persuasiveness of our ideas,"said Kennedy.

Kennedy said that conservatives who assert thatthey feel uncomfortable expressing their views oncampus should look in the mirror.

"Why is it intolerable to call conservativesracists and okay to call homosexuality unnatural?"Kennedy asked.

Epps, who spoke before Thernstrom, said themost recent hysteria about p.c. began in the BrownDaily Herald's Thatch cartoon, adding "AndI wish it would return to Brown."

In her remarks, Jardine accused the right winggroups of funding and driving the hysteria overpolitical correctness.

Jardine, who spoke after Thernstrom, accusedthe right wing of trivializing, ridiculing andtaking issues out of context. The scholar saidsuch right wing groups "do not want me to be aparty to this discussion."

The Salient'sReeder said that anygroup--ranging from the Radcliffe Union ofStudents to the newly formed Concerned Christiansat Harvard--that tries to force their opinion onindividuals is guilty of political correctness