...that the government could pull off something this big. As Taxloss has pointed out, the very scale of the operation in terms of time and manpower makes it unlikely if you want to keep it a secret. And as both myself and others have pointed out, these conspiracy theories all have their origins in profoundly antisemitic or neonazi websites. Again, let me ask you, do you feel comfortable supporting something that originates with someone like David Irving? A man who has been shown repeatedly to lie, fabricate, distort and misrepresent historical fact in his efforts to show that the holocaust never happened? You automatically assume everything Bush says is a lie or distortion or figment of his imagination. That's a good assumption because it's based on Bush's past behavior. Why would you not assume the same of David Irving? As a progressive liberal, doesn't it just gall you repeating words from a man like this? Or how about Mike Rivero, the Freeper who started WhatReallyHappened and originated the claims that the Clintons murdered Vince Foster? Do you think he shares your same goals and objectives? Do you feel comfortable accepting what somebody like that might say? Do you value the opinion of holocaust deniers, neonazis, and freepers over the opinion of somebody like Esther Kaplan of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice or investigative journalist David Neiwert?
http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v16n2/AntisemitismAfter.htmlhttp://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/01/conspiracies-and-conspiracy-theories.htmlAll I'm saying Desertrose is that suspicion of authority is a good thing, but you must be equally suspicious of all authority and not just that which supports your own currently held beliefs.
On edit: I incorrectly stated Esther Kaplan's affiliation with the SPL. I corrected it above.
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