Dave Emory, Fascism, and Pacifica Radio

Chip Berlet cberlet at igc.org
Thu Nov 8 17:46:15 PST 2001


Hi,

Well shucks Art, we can agree on our mutual distaste for Dave Emory!

See Michael Albert shred him at:

Conspiracy? Not Again Critique of David Emory by Michael Albert

http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/Conspiracy_Not_Again.htm

-Chip


:-)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Art McGee
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:16 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Dave Emory, Fascism, and Pacifica Radio
>
>
> > I think both you and Adolph Reed are "getting real work
> > done." Why the sudden turn in your rhetoric toward
> > downright nastiness and petty personal attack? I have
> > always valued the BRC News because of its sharp polemic
> > that nonetheless avoided plumbing the sewers for
> > invective. If you have political criticisms of Reed,
> > fine, but slurs are not convincing.
>
> Whatever. This thread is a waste of my time, so I'll drop it.
>
> For the record, I speak for MYSELF, not any organization.
>
> Let's move on to something more interesting.
>
> I can't stand this Dave Emory guy. You know, the one who is
> always chasing Fascists around every corner and has the
> radio show. He seems to view Fascism and corruption in the
> U.S. as something that is anamolous as opposed to be
> endemnic and part of the foundation of the project. I hate
> these conspiracy theorists like him and what's that other
> clown, "The Expert Witness" on WBAI. They are all
> pro-imperialist and pro-oppression, and think that you
> simply have a few bad apples, as opposed to the apple itself
> being rotten. I view them as a distraction from the real
> issues of what's wrong, but it seems that Pacifica Radio
> only has space for that sort of creepy conspiracy or
> "corruption" bullshit, but doesn't have time for a real
> attack against Capitalism and Imperialism.
>
> Everything is just completely shot to fucking hell. Liberals
> and their lackeys have taken over every motherfucking thing,
> and a real radical or revolutionary critique is simply
> missing from even the alternative media outlets.
>
> Damn.
>
>
> Art
>



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