Re: [Marxism] If Cheney & Co. Had Really

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred is being, in my opinion, charitable when he writes:

"I have to admit that the prevalence of phrases and comments like this in
Truther propaganda lead me to agree with Eli that there is something deeply
chauvinist in the assumption that only the US government could have carried
out an action like this."

Chauvinism? No, flat out racism is more like it. When someone writes this:

"Remember, however, that Louis and this guy accept the 911 Commission
fairy tale that a handful of ARAB hijackers (most of whom trained at
US air bases) could get NORAD to stand down, commercial airlines to
vanish into thin air, and 50-story buildings to collapse into
themselves."

and makes sure to put "ARAB" in upper-case letters, and refers in another post, 
in what I take to be clearly sarcastic language, to "19 gifted Arabs," that's 
racism talking. The part about "trained by the good old USA" - THAT was 
chauvinism.

By the way, how seriously can we take the "analysis" of someone who thinks the 
World Trade Center towers were 50 stories, not 110?


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