# UC Santa Cruz students: meet the butt-end of my M-16

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-santa-cruz-students-meet-the-butt-end-of-my-m-16/352457 "2006-04-13T00:04:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uc-santa-cruz-students-meet-the-butt-end-of-my-m-16/352457/201 "2006-04-17T16:29:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Mr. Moto]  
Hey, if you get involved in political matters, nutcases will send you mail.  
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Indeed. And if you’re fighting a war of public opinion, smearing all your opponents with the actions of the nutcases on their side appears to be an effective tactic. That’s what the UCSC students are doing by putting the violent hate mail on their website. I have no idea where they got the idea from.

Daniel

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