Buzzanco responds

[Bradford DeLong]

>\"My response, boycotting KPFT, was not conditioned principally by 
>the slanders from Zionists; in fact, that had little to do with it. 
>This tactic--accusing critics of Israel of anti-semitism--is 
>becoming widespread and affects many advocates of peace and justice. 
>It must be countered, and I have been doing that.
>
>However, I expected, with great reason, Pacifica to act in a moral 
>and legal way once these smears occurred, and instead the network 
>has been complicit.  This is, keep in mind, an in-house hit job, 
>with LAB and National Board members, GMs and the Executive Director 
>involved in the smear campaign and so on.
>
>As the son of a union leader, I was raised with certain values about 
>solidarity and responsibility.  To stay on the air,  with a GM who 
>caved in to Zionist slanders and smear artists running rampant in 
>that studio, would make me feel like a scab.

But... But... But...

I can't say that this makes it any clearer, or more comprehensible.

I mean, if you have to do what a bunch of sleazy lying 
Likudnik-lovers and cowardly station administrators because 
resistance will make you "feel like a scab," then the (Likudnik) 
terrorists have already won.

Brad DeLong