[lbo-talk] 9/11 nuttery going mainstream

[ravi]

At around 14/9/06 12:21 am, Chuck wrote:
> Jerry Monaco wrote:
> 
>> Or let's put it differently.  Do you truly think that those who
>> believe in all of those 9/11 conspiracy stories are more racists than
>> society U.S. society at large?  Maybe your point is then that no
>> matter what USers believe it will have some kind of racist
>> underpinning.  Bush's belief's have a racist underpinning and so does
>> Ted Kennedy's.  And no doubt there is some sort of unthinking racism
>> in you and me also.  So it is possible that some kind of racism
>> predisposes us to certain ways of thinking.  But I don't find that it
>> is any more prominent among 9/11 storytellers, than among the rest of us. 
> 
> Listmembers are tired of this subject, as am I, so I won't be responding
> to your questions.
> 

I am not tired of it at all, and I think Jerry offers yet another angle
(and a very good one) of criticism on the "racism" technique of
discrediting 9/11 "conspiracy theories". To some extent, what is at
stake here is the larger issue of the syntax and limits of debate,
especially *within* a group.

Jerry, as always thanks for your honest response (to my earlier message).

	--ravi

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