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on RBN, when I'll be the guest of host Phil Tourney, a survivor of Israel’s unprovoked (but covered-up) June 8, 1967, attack on the USS LIberty.
Saturday, Aug. 30,
10 a.m PDT
To read, perchance to comprehend— that is the question
August 19, 2008
Pardon my peculiar rendition of Hamlet’s soliloquy, but it’s the best way to sum up the bizarre reactions to my Aug. 11 column: “Human Rights Tribunals neither good nor bad—just necessary, unfortunately.”
I don’t usually publish responses—good, bad or moronic—but I’m making an exception in this case to illustrate not only the pervasive anti-intellectualism that passes for informed debate in the media, but also to show how inept the zionist propaganda machine has become.
We have seen official vilification of dissent before, e.g.: the Catholic Church’s persecution and mass murder of independent thinkers (heretics); the Soviet Union’s persecution of anti-communist intellectuals; and the U.S.’s persecution of left-wing dissenters during the Red Scare hysteria of the late 1940s and early 1950s. These events are all officially recognized as repressions that do not reflect our democratic traditions.
Today, though, critics of Israel and critics of pro-Israel media mouthpieces are the targets of a new anti-intellectualism, one that meets with broad approval. Anyone who dissents from the official zionist narrative, or who holds the zionist media accountable to ethical standards, can expect to be defamed and have his arguments deliberately misrepresented.
As an example of the preceding, I'd like to share some of the responses I received:
August 19, 2008
