>From Chip Berlet's new book though,
> I see that Tony Brown in his more recent books sourced LaRoucheite junk. The
> book below, though, looked like a credible book, to me.
Tony Brown certainly does have some bizarre views of the world. But let's be careful: Insight sometimes comes from strange places.
Read a chapter or
> so, said, jeesh I wasn't a biology major, so I put it aside.
>
> Rethinking AIDS: The Tragic Cost of Premature Consensus
> Robert Scott Root-Bernstein, published by the Free Press, no fringe
> publishers they.
Well said. And Root-Bernstein is not new ager or conspiracy theorist. This should give pause to some folks on this list who instead of engaging AIDS dissenters with well formulated, tough questions, go into juvenile denunciation mode.
> Duesberg, who was heavily pushed by the New York Native, a gay paper in
> NYC, has a book called_Inventing The AIDS Virus_. Published by Regnery. Not
> a god sign. Regnery is a long established right-wing press.
That is certainly true. When I firt picked up the book, the fact that it was published by Regenery gave me major pause. Upon reading, it turned out that Duesberg has what seems to be a libertarian slant, nothing that would deeply affect how he interpreted the scientific evidence itself (or so it seems to me). But it is well worth remembering that different people have different reasons for becoming AIDS dissenters. There are certainly AIDS "dissidents" who are anti-gay, anti-black, anti-technology, anti-modernism, etc. They by no stretch of the imagination constitute anything close to the majority of dissenters but it is these people who non-dissenters point to when they want to denounce all dissent from the standard theory as outrageous and irresponsible. Most of the AIDS dissident are quite apolitical with liberalish overtones--which means that they can sometimes say and do things that can make "leftists" uncomfortable and suspicious.
> Final note. A co-worker, who frequently wears a, "HIV Is A Myth, "
> t-shirt, when engaged on the subject throws out a jumble of paranoia and
> quackery.
No doubt. But that only means her interpretation of what she has heard and read is wacky. It does not necessarily mean that her fundamental argument is wrong.
She was getting nowhere with any of us, one person complained to
> mgmnt. who has had many friends die over the yrs. Now she sticks to her
> other topics, a blend of the New Age and heath quackery. Oh, and she handed
> me the book by Cathy O'Brien_Trance Formation Over America_The one that
> David Icke touts that alleges Henry K., ex-Prez Bush, Bob Hope and Queen
> E(lizzy)beth II, are Satanic shapeshifting Paedophilic Reptiles from Outer
> Space. This was supposed to prove the existence of child sex abuse rings in
> high places. Oh, and the reason JFK had Marilyn Monroe killed was Marilyn
> was gonna spill the beans on Roswell, New Mexico and the secret military
> projects the Pentagon was stealing from the captured UFO's.
All interesting, Mike, but it does not prove anything except some AIDS dissenters are some very strange people indeed.
Chris