----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: RE: Mindless and Heartless
> I apologize in advance, because this letter was addressed to someone else. > But... > > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > ...But, of course, it's not a > > coincidence that the David Duke's of this world have > > rallied particularly to her claims. They agree with > > them. This tells us something... > > It does? I don't quite follow. Shouldn't a claim (of any type) be evaluated > for truth or falsity on its merits, rather than incidental factors like the > nature of the people who believe in it? I mean, if David Duke suddenly said > that he completely supported Newtonian Mechanics, that wouldn't mean that > the rest of us had to stop believing in Newton's Laws... If David Duke were to state he supported the Copenhaugen school of QM interpretation, I'd make an "even a blind squirrel" statement and laugh it off. But, the political support of Mr. Duke is another matter. I think that it is fair to say that Mr. Duke has his antenna out for chances to promote his anti-Semetic and racist idology. Given the the letter to ABC news contained a classic anti-Semetic claim, and that Mr. Duke weighed in in support, why isn't it reasonable to think that his political sense has not faded with time. Howard Dean, when anti-Semetics tried to jump on the bandwagon, kicked them off. While I think the support of racist anti-Semites doesn't have to guarantee a position is wrong, anyone who places themselves in the political limelight who gets such support needs to be clear that it is very unwanted. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
