[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] VeteransToday article: Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference videos: Parts 1, 2, 3....

[David Gehrig]

Karen, a thoughtful reply that deserves a thoughtful reply in return.

Let's imagine that instead of a Holocaust denier, Steve Francis brought in a nationally known Islamophobe, someone who argues that there is a great international Islamist plot to destroy western civilization and that we are now in an international war of cultures of which only one can survive, and that there is something inherently evil in the heart of Islam. Let's suppose this guy's claim to fame is that he says there's a big Islamic plot to conquer America.

Now let's imagine that AWARE knew, a month ahead of time, that this guy was coming to town to give a talk.

What would AWARE have done? 

Would it have done exactly nothing? No protests, no angry letters to the paper?

Would it have done effectively *less* than nothing by deciding that, rather than attacking the Islamophobia of the speaker, it should instead actively attack someone trying to raise awareness of the true racist nature of the guy giving the talk?

Would the sum total of "anti-racist" action from AWARE be a few highly general platitudinous mumbles on the listserve that "of course we oppose Islamophobia," without even an explicit acknowledgement that an Islamophobe was coming to town?

Would you have looked away, the way you looked away from the Holocaust denier?

If not, what explains the difference? `Are some antiracisms more equal than others?

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> On Oct 5, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Mr. Gehrig
>  
> Enough, you've crossed the line maligning those members of AWARE, of whom I'm one, who work very hard on their own time, at their own expense to irradicate war and racism. Some of whom happen to be Jewish.  I've only been involved a few months but some have been involved for many years.
>  
> Whatever your problem with Mr. Francis, or Mr. Fetzer, neither of whom I have ever met, as I am, like some others with AWARE, not interested in the  9/11 Truth Conference.  This is an open venue to discuss political views and theories for all, but name calling is not welcome.
>  
> You owe AWARE an apology.
> From: david-cu at nukulele.org
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 13:10:09 -0500
> To: stephenf1113 at yahoo.com
> CC: sftalk at yahoogroups.com; peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net; occupyCU at lists.chambana.net
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] VeteransToday article: Midwest 9/11	Truth Conference videos: Parts 1, 2, 3....
> 
> It's also, you'll see if you take a look, a venue very friendly to Holocaust denial. 
> 
> But somehow we're just not supposed to think that's a bad thing. Jews, schmews, it's not like antisemitism is a form of racism or anything. 
> 
> Here's a chant you might want to consider for next July 4: "We're AWARE! We're unfair! About Jews we don't care!"
> 
> @%<
> 
> On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Jim Fetzer, an editor of Veterans Today has written an article about the Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference videos that includes links
> to all three:
> 
> http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/10/03/the-complete-midwest-911-truth-conference-parts-1-2-and-3/
> 
> The 9/11 Truth Movement is growing leaps and bounds.
> 
> Veterans Today has an Alexa ranking of about 5600 out of about 75 million websites in the US.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Steve Francis
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