Asked if such hectoring nullifies the free exchange of ideas, Pasquarelli declares: "Our community is being more complacent than ever. It's the gay community's complacency that is truly chilling."
So are gay activists just questioning loudly or are they squelching dissent? One Project Inform member, who asked not to be named, compares ACT UP to another well-known protest group. "How are they any different from the anti-abortionists who threaten people outside clinics?" he asks. "Think about it. It's frightening.
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