Disarming the Struggle AgaiAIDS: Anti-Science Obscurantism, Conpsiracy Theories

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 5 11:19:00 PST 2000


Mo, Leo, it's very useful. Chris has now revealed himself to be in the class of people who believe in flying saucers at Roswell, Christian science healing, and the virgin birth. Now we don't have to bother with taking his views seriously any more. The problem is when Mbeki or people in power who ought to know better endorse this pernicious rubbish about AIDS. --jks


>I have no difficulty sitting by quietly during
>discussions of the metaphysics of whiteness, precisely
>because it is so clear that such discourse has no
>impact on the real world politics of the anti-racist
>struggle. But this shit just makes me crazy, I have to
>admit, because there are people who listen to this
>anti-science obscurantism and conspiracy theory
>explanations of HIV and AIDS, and do real harm to
>themselves, eschewing medical regimens which could, at
>the very least, prolong their life and dramatically
>improve the quality of their life. And if that wasn't
>bad enough, we now have Mbeki bringing the entire ANC
>government in South Africa into serious disrepute with
>this pseudo-progressive mindlessness. It's time to
>bring Bebel's apt phrase back, and talk about "the
>socialism of fools."

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