[Peace-discuss] [sftalk] [OccupyCU] News Gazette article on 9/11 Truth Conference, Sept. 22, Urbana Free Library
David Gehrig
david-cu at nukulele.org
Fri Sep 20 02:07:27 UTC 2013
What's disgraceful, Fetzer, is you.
I'd like to believe that at some point Steve will figure out why. But as long as you keep him barking-mad up the wrong tree, I don't expect it.
Also, by the way, Dr O-boyo, can I shoot at you? That will render all of your opinions correct, apparently. Cheaper than a second PhD!
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> On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From James Fetzer Ph.D.
>
> It is disgraceful to see an academician abuse his position to curtail
> debate on the most important event of the 21st C. by "installing
> filters". He dismisses my research WITHOUT EVEN STUDYING
> THE EVIDENCE. I am quite confident he has not read any of the
> links that I have provided about 9/11 or Sandy Hook or the Boston
> bombing, for example. By embracing the moon landings without
> considering the arguments, he is embracing the occurrence of a
> series of events that are neither physically nor aerodynamically
> possible--very much as THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT was
> based upon any number of additional impossibilities. This is the
> easy way out: avoid the evidence and the issues at all cost since
> they may show that beliefs he has entertained are indefensible.
>
> He does not even appreciate the hypocrisy in attacking me without
> bothering to study any of my arguments on any of these questions.
> I am overwhelmed with contempt for the contemptible fashion in
> which he obviates the standards of reason and rationality by the
> expedient of cutting off discussion and debate and adopting the
> ostrich policy. When there is too much heat, he shuts down the
> kitchen. The man is a perfect example of an intellectual bully
> and a coward who abuses his position to give a false impression
> of principle, when he is demonstrating that he possesses none.
> And that is manifest in his infatuation with Noam Chomsky, where
> he seems oblivious of his mentor's gross intellectual deficiencies:
> Fetzer on Chomsky: Linguistics & 9/11 - YouTube
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> www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gFB4VjcmJwAug 2, 2007 - 7 min - Uploaded by Yoryevrah
> James H. Fetzer, prof. of philosophy (U.of Minnesota, Duluth, ret.), critiques Noam Chomsky's ...
> Dr. Jim Fetzer/ Noam Chomsky's faulty LINGUISTICS ... - YouTube
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> ► 27:21
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKKDmuqMOaAApr 27, 2007 - 27 min - Uploaded by paulagloria
> Noam Chomsky has let down many truth activists and given clear indication of working with ...
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> Jim
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> James H. Fetzer, Ph.D.
> McKnight Professor Emeritus
> University of Minnesota Duluth
> http://www.d.umn.edu/~jfetzer
>
> From: Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com>
> To: "sftalk at yahoogroups.com" <sftalk at yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: "david-cu at nukulele.org" <david-cu at nukulele.org>; "peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>; Jim Fetzer <jfetzer at d.umn.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [sftalk] [OccupyCU] News Gazette article on 9/11 Truth Conference, Sept. 22, Urbana Free Library
>
> You (Mr. Ó Baoill) speak so eloquently in your lofty address to the issues of the day. You and all your fellow Chomskyites speak the same language in that your really not communicating ideas but rather reinforcing each others Chomskyism. It must feel good and you are all so proud of yourselves as you flitter amongst prose that glitters in the eye. You've probably never been handcuffed and thrown down on the floor of a cage inside a dangerous prison because of your glittery flittery. You've never been shot at with rifles held by moronic souls who knew no better than to do what their daddy told em. You've never been hungry or felt the mad pounding in your chest as your heartbeat races knowing that your next word will mean freedom or jail. You've never seen the look on a grown man's face looking into the sentence on a official looking piece of paper that says Vietnam is your next home. You've never heard the screams of nightmares of groan men as they fight back the demons of heroin. Please continue with your Chomsky bedside manner and keep your eyes in the clouds of academic loft, because we know where the comfort of your words come from.
> From: Dr Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
> To: sftalk at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: david-cu at nukulele.org; peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net; Jim Fetzer <jfetzer at d.umn.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [sftalk] [OccupyCU] News Gazette article on 9/11 Truth Conference, Sept. 22, Urbana Free Library
>
>
> I was travelling, so my response on this is delayed.
>
> I've kept out of Truther threads for a variety of reasons, but I feel compelled to interject, in case silence be taken as implying consent and complicity.
>
> On 9/11 Trutherism, I've largely agreed with Chomsky's analysis - that the implication of a 'massive conspiracy' has too many moving parts to pass Occam's razor, and that in any event, it distracts from actually useful politics, as it heads down a rabbit hole. (Incidentally, I understand that there will be responses claiming that the the Truthers are agnostic on the question of a central conspiracy, that it's a grouping of analyses, etc. I'm not going to try to get into any of that because, frankly, I have neither the time nor interest. Hence, my silence until now, like, I suspect, many if my comrades on the list.)
>
> However, with this latest thread we move into both offensive and ridiculous territory.
>
> Ridiculous first: Stephen says that James 'Jim' Fetzer represents his views on every issue he can think of. Fetzer's summary of his own beliefs include a claim that Sandy Hook was staged to garner support for gun control. That's actually more offensive than ridiculous. I trust the sane members of this list don't need me to elaborate. On a lighter note Fetzer, bless his soul, clings to his belief that the moon landings were staged. That one I did laugh at.
>
> I'll jump to my main point: I'm implementing filters to block and 'send to trash' all future mail from Mr. Francis (and, pre-emptively, Mr. Fetzer). It saps my time, energy, and the value I get from the Socialist Forum lists. I suspect that others have done similarly. This mail is not an attempt or offer to enter into dialogue with Francis or his like. The method of debate of professed generalized conspiracy theorists fails several of the basic rules of debate, including the building of trust with other participants, a desire to reach consensus with those of disparate approaches, and a rational approach to argument.
>
> I feel it important, though, to first go on record, so Mr. Francis and his ilk not be able read silence as acceptance.
>
> Fetzer's Holocaust 'revisionism' is anti-semitic (and, more broadly, anti-humanist), in that it distracts from central questions about the totalizing violence and hatred that drove the 'final solution' with evasive and quibbling side issues that provide a nod and a wink to fellow anti-semites, while leaving just enough room for deniability. Fetzer is gracious enough to acknowledge 'abuse' by the Nazis, but notably goes no further - and this is his own defense to a critical audience. There are some attempts to muddy the water, to mimic actual scholarship that seeks to add nuance and critical analysis to narratives of the period, but to my mind, after viewing Fetzer's own summary of his approach, the distinction is clear. In addition, as Belden helpfully noted, it is possible (and, I'd suggest, important) to distinguish criticism of Israel from anti-semitism.
>
> I know there are those on this list whose families have directly suffered in the Holocaust. My own son's family lost many members - and as genocides are intended to, those who survived were displaced and lost any connection to the land that had been their home. I cannot help but wonder - briefly, but not enough to desire a response from Fetzer/Francis/etc. - if these 'revisionists' would apply a similar logic to the Irish experience, and seek to erase the violence that we were subjected to through the colonial experience.
>
> Andrew
>
> Dr. Andrew Ó Baoill
> andrew at funferal.org
>
>> On 17 MFómh 2013, at 23:20, Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm passing Jim's response to David Gehrig on to the group(s)...
>> and would like to reiterate my enthusiastic support for James Fetzer. I have much to learn from him. He and I are on the same page every issue that I can think of.
>> I again take exception to remarks like the one below:
>> "Steve Francis, by his selection of Jim Fetzer and Kevin Barrett, has made it clear that he has aligned himself with the Jew-hating wing of trooferdom."
>> I reiterate my support for the following JEWISH organizations.
>> NKUSA, JewsNotZionists, JewsAgainstZion, JewsAgainstZionism, International Jewish AntiZionist Network, American Jews Solidarity Against Zionism, Rabbis Against Zionism, IsraelVersusJudaism. These people created their organizations for a specific reason of which they are highly dedicated.
>> See Jim's response below:
>> From: James Fetzer <jfetzer at d.umn.edu>
>> To: Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OccupyCU] News Gazette article on 9/11 Truth Conference, Sept. 22, Urbana Free Library
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Kindly post this as my response to the completely unwarranted claims made by:
>>
>> David Gehrig <david-cu at nukulele.org> appears to be the epitome of arrogance
>> driven by ignorance. In his completely gratuitous dismissal of my positions, which
>> he supports exclusively by a very odd quote taken out of context. Does he not
>> know that the figure 6,000,000 was being bandied about as early as 1890 and has
>> 'a theological or ideological origin. It has nothing to do with the history of WWII,
>> including of course the Holocaust, which he may not realized would not take place
>> for another 40 or 50 years. But spare me more about the Holocaust!
>>
>> I have spelled out my position on a very wide range of complex and controversial
>> subjects, about which it appears he knows nothing at all. If he would like to show
>> me wrong, THEN SHOW ME WRONG. Pick the subject on which he thinks I am
>> most likely to be wrong. Explain my position and why I hold it, then spell out what
>> he thinks I have wrong and why. I find it completely insulting to everyone whom he
>> addresses that he can make pompous pronouncements with no proof!
>>
>> Here is a thumbnail sketch of my positions on issues that have arisen on the thread:
>>
>> 9/11 was not committed by 19 Islamic terrorists who hijacked four commercial airliners and outfoxed the most sophisticated air-defense system in the world;
>> the Wellstone plane crash was not an accident, as the NTSB reported, but was very carefully contrived for the GOP to take control of the Senate and launch wars;
>> the Holocaust has been exaggerated for political reasons, including war crimes by the allies in the form of collective punishment of German cities, which they needed to conceal;
>> JFK was hit four times--in the throat from in front, in the back from behind, and twice in the head (from behind and from the right-front)--where Lee Oswald didn't do it;
>> the moon landing was easier to pull off than most realize, as the film, "Capricorn I", releals, where Stanly Kubrick seems to have faked the landings for the government;
>> the Boston bombing was an obvious fraud, where the Craft International perps had been outed by the alternative press already the evening of the event itself; and,
>> the Sandy Hook event was staged to promote gun control, which fell short but not for a lack of trying.
>> Check out http://www.veteranstoday.com/author/fetzer/ for my and other's articles about them.
>> If anyone thinks I am wrong about any of this, just take a look at the evidence and tell me what I have wrong and how you know, so I can take your arguments into account.
>> Most of us don't have the luxury or the background or the ability to take this on, but I am a professional scholar who has been devoting himself to their study since my retirement.
>> I am not happy with what we have found, but the core of rationality is to adapt your beliefs to the available relevant evidence. For an explanation of how this can be done, consider
>> "Thinking about 'Conspiracy Theories': 9/11 and JFK", which provides an introduction to "inference to the best explanation" in reasoning about cases like these at http://www.d.umn.edu/%7Ejfetzer/fetzerexpandedx.pdf
>> I have benefited from collaborating with authorities in different domains, such as a world authority on the human brain and expert on wound ballistics, a Ph.D. in physics who is also an M.D. and board certified in radiation oncology;
>> an M.D. who was present when JFK was brought into Trauma Room #1 and two days later was responsible for the treatment of his alleged assassin in Trauma Room #2, a legendary photo analyst and another Ph.D. in electromagnetism.
>> In relation to 9/11, I have similarly benefitted from collaboration with physicists, pilots, engineers (structural, mechanical, aeronautical, and chemical), which has enabled me to sort things out on the basis of experts in areas where I am not.
>> Since David insists that I have "put my reputation through a wood chipper", as he so cavalierly puts it, let him choose the subject among those I've listed and SHOW WHAT I HAVE WRONG. He can pick the subject and explain what I say about it and why, then explain what I have wrong and how he knows. I don't think he can prevail on any of these subjects and if he cannot, then we will have proof positive he is the ignoramus who has no idea what he's talking about, which is already apparent to me. So he can take up my challenge or crawl back into the hole he came out of. The world will know he's a total fraud.
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:15 PM, David Gehrig <david-cu at nukulele.org> wrote:
>> I'm not going to get caught up in a tedious cycle of reply to reply to reply, mostly because Jim Fetzer has already done me the favor of putting his reputation here through the wood chipper, so thoroughly in fact that there are hardly any large chunks left that need addressing. So here's my sole reply to this thread.
>>
>> I long ago decided that there was an upper limit to the politeness a Holocaust denier can expect, so I hope you don't expect that through some sense of faux collegiality I will pretend I don't notice how Fetzer's remarks reek of eau d'Naziboy.
>>
>> What is Fetzer's argument about the number of Holocaust dead based on? He points to a website article of the form "What is it with the lying Jews and their fetish about the number six million? They're polluting the minds of white children." Here's a direct quote from the article Fetzer found so persuasive:
>>
>> "The primary function of this insidious global propaganda campaign is to -- quite simply -- brainwash non-Jews into a state of abject fear and paralysis while we are ideologically, economically, and physically enslaved by the Jewish tribe."
>>
>> Now, remember, that's an article that Fetzer not only doesn't find racially problematic, not only finds agreeable, not only doesn't set off his racism alarm, but finds so sunnily agreeable to his worldview that he actually recommended it to the rest of this list as an example of the sort of thing that shapes his thoughts on the topic.
>>
>> I've long felt that 9/11 trooferdom, while always quite stupid, was not inherently antisemitic. It has its Jew-haters, sure, but that doesn't mean everyone.
>>
>> Steve Francis, by his selection of Jim Fetzer and Kevin Barrett, has made it clear that he has aligned himself with the Jew-hating wing of trooferdom.
>>
>> The sad part is, I don't think that Steve Francis is motivated by antisemitism. I just think he's so completely credulous, he doesn't do the most rudimentary gut-check of the antisemitic slop people like Fetzer feed him.
>>
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>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is James Fetzer's response to David Gehrig's post (below)
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>>> From: James Fetzer <jfetzer at d.umn.edu>
>>> To: Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 12:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Fw: [OccupyCU] News Gazette article on 9/11 Truth Conference, Sept. 22, Urbana Free Library
>>>
>>>
>>> Someone is willfully misinterpreting, but that ain't me. I am a Holocaust REVISIONIST,
>>> because I believe we have inherited a grossly exaggerated account of the events that
>>> are alleged to have taken place at the end of WWII. The number of alleged "victims" of
>>> the Holocaust, 6,000,000, for example, appears to be a number that has theological or
>>> ideological origins and is not historically accurate. See, for example, a study discussing
>>> the origins of the 6,000,000 myth at http://zioncrimefactory.com/the-six-million-myth/
>>>
>>> Moreover, the Nuremberg Tribunals appear to have presented a biased case to convey
>>> the impression that the Nazis were responsible for the extensive starvation of inmates
>>> at internment camps, when, as Robert Faurisson, "Against Hollywoodism, Revisionism",
>>> http://robertfaurisson.blogspot.com/2012/02/against-hollywoodism-revisionism.html has
>>> explained, that was a consequence of Allied bombing of German cities, which interdicted
>>> railroad lines and made it impossible to resupply the camps, leading to mass starvation.
>>> Ironically, the Tribunals found that collective punishment is a war crime, which the Allies
>>> appear to have been keen to cover-up by attributing the starvation to the Nazis instead.
>>>
>>> There are many other reasons to doubt the "official account" of the Holocaust. I do not
>>> DENY that Jews, gypsies and the mentally and physically infirm were abused by Nazis,
>>> but the nature of that abuse appears to have been exaggerated for political purposes. It
>>> is no coincidence that the allegation of being a "Holocaust denier" is raised against any
>>> one who is remotely critical of the actions or policies of the government of Israel, which
>>> may qualify as "anti-Zionist" but does not qualify as "anti-Semitic". For more, I have a
>>> half-dozen or more interviews on "The Real Deal" discussing Holocaust mythology at
>>> http://radiofetzer.blogspot.com. Anyone can go there and do a search on "Holocaust".
>>>
>>> I published an article about this question, "Is 9/11 research 'anti-Semitic'?" in 2009. It
>>> is offensive that Zionist organizations and individuals continue to attack all of us who
>>> are trying to make sense of the evidence about the Holocaust and to counter the false
>>> account of history that these exaggerated attacks entail, which play upon a sense of
>>> Western guilt to manipulate the public to promote the political agenda of Israel. There
>>> is more that could be said here, but I would like to think this is enough. I have most
>>> recently laid out my views on these questions in an article in Veterans Today 2013:
>>> http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/06/04/anti-anti-semitism-and-the-search-for-historical-truth/
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>>> From: David Gehrig <david-cu at nukulele.org>
>>> To: Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: occupycu <occupyCU at lists.chambana.net>; "peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>; sftalk <sftalk at yahoogroups.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:40 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OccupyCU] News Gazette article on 9/11 Truth Conference, Sept. 22, Urbana Free Library
>>>
>>> Is that the same Jim Fetzer who says the Nazis only killed 600,000 Jews in the Holocaust, based on his willful misinterpretation of an ICRC document? Why, yes it is.
>>>
>>> You're not doing a very good job disentangling yourself from the Holocaust denial movement, are you.
>>>
>>> @%<
>>>
>>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:28 AM, Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>> The News Gazette has published an article (and below) on The Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference this Sunday at the Urbana Free Library, in the auditorium from 1:30-4:45pm. Again, the speakers are three highly knowledgeable experts on 9/11 Truth including James Fetzer Ph.D. (founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth), Wayne Madsen (editor of WayneMadsenReport.com, Washington D.C.) and Kevin Barrett (co-founder of the Muslim Jewish Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth). The conference is hosted by UC 9/11 Truth Urbana-Champaign and NewsFollowUp.com ... see Facebook Event email: info at midwest911truth.com
>>>>
>>>> The world has changed dramatically since 9/11. Citizens of the U.S. have seen a precipitous erosion in basic Constitutional rights since 9/11. This usurpation of rights has been directly tied to the creation of government entities and legislation, such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, the NDAA and revelation of massive surveillance of the American people by NSA.
>>>>
>>>> The first component of the conference will be to view the widely distributed and acclaimed documentary film by the Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, 'Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out'. Because AE911Truth.org is a highly significant leader in the 9/11
>>>> Truth movement, its influential documentary deserves careful scrutiny insofar its conclusions are widely regarded as providing crucial evidence for future legal action.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> James Fetzer, Ph.D., will assess the A&E documentary and report the latest scientific findings about how it was done, where all sides agree that the Twin Towers could not have been brought down by the impact of airliners and resulting fires.. His analysis of the science of 9/11 will be complemented by Wayne Madsen's analysis of who was responsible and why. Kevin Barrett will moderate and add his perspective to all of these issues.
>>>> We seek to find answers to legitimate questions about 9/11 and to enable credible prosecutors to bring the perpetrators for these acts to
>>>> justice. There is a vast amount of evidence gathered to support this belief and has led to the conclusion that neo-cons in the US were aided by the intelligence services of other countries. Supporters of the 9/11 Truth movement, including local members of UC 9/11 Truth Urbana Champaign, demand a new independent and international investigation of 9/11.
>>>>
>>>> We invite all to attend. The conference is free and open to the public. Thank youSteve Francis
>>>> UC 9/11 Truth Urbana-Champaign email: info at midwest911truth.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> News Gazette article:
>>>> Sunday conference to focus on 9/11 attacks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mon, 09/16/2013 - 7:40pm | The News-Gazette
>>>> URBANA — A conference planned this weekend in Urbana will explore issues surrounding the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
>>>> The Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St.
>>>> The event is sponsored by UC 9/11 Truth Urbana-Champaign. (see Facebook)
>>>> Admission is free and open to the public.
>>>> People who have been studying the events of Sept. 11 will talk about their perspectives on the attacks.
>>>> "According to national and international polls, nearly 30 percent of the population is skeptical of the 'official' version of the events of 9/11," said Steve Francis of UC 9/11 Truth Champaign-Urbana. "The 9/11 Commission Report is viewed as a cover-up by a significant percentage of citizens and the 9/11 Truth Movement seeks to find answers to these questions about the real cause of those atrocities."
>>>> The conference will begin the presentation of a documentary film, "Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out."
>>>> James Fetzer, the founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, will comment on the documentary and report on scientific findings.
>>>> Wayne Madsen, editor of WayneMadsenReport.com, will provide an analysis of who may have been responsible for the attacks and why.
>>>> Kevin Barrett, co-founder of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth, will serve as moderator and will add his perspective on the issues.
>>>> For more information on the event, call Fetzer at 608-354-4280.
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