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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: No One Wants To Defend The Official Story |
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http://madison.indymedia.org/newswire/display/50290/index.php
Gee, it ought to be effortless to argue the merits of the official story if it’s really true shouldn’t it? The fact that no one’s willing to step up to the plate speaks volumes. This has happened time and time again. You might remember that NIST also declined a debate and finding 9/11 Commission members available to do so is like pulling teeth. Republican Steve Nass was real bold and full of bravado when shooting off his mouth and calling for the firing of Barret from behind his political barracks but when challenged he wouldn't debate either.
Chicken * know damn well that they're filthy liars. I have less than no respect for these pathetic, petty cowards.
http://madison.indymedia.org/newswire/display/50290/index.php
Gutless UW Profs Won't Debate Barrett, Fetzer Thurs. 10/5/06
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It appears that Kevin Barrett and Jim Fetzer will debate two empty chairs Thursday, October 5th, 2006 at 6 p.m. at the Curti Lounge, 5243 Humanities, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The History Students' Association tried to find one or more U.W.-Madison professors willing to defend the 9/11 Commission Report in a debate with Barrett and Fetzer, to no avail. This seems odd, since UW Political Science professor Donald Downs has claimed that Barrett's views are preposterous, while Physics professor M.F. Onellian has engaged in childish name-calling: http://mujca.com/groucho.htm
The fact that not a single U.W.-Madison professor is willing to defend the 9/11 Commission Report in public speaks volumes. The cowardice of professors who call names, but won't debate the facts, is astounding.
Ironically, the Oshkosh Northwestern just ran an editorial bemoaning the fact that no academics are willing to debate Barrett:
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061004/OSH 06/610040382/1190/OSHopinion
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Kevin Barrett responds to Oshkosh Northwestern editorial
To the Oshkosh Northwestern,
Thank you for your editorial "A teachable moment on a terrible theory." I agree that academics who disagree with my analysis of 9/11 ought to scrutinize my statements, research the evidence I cite, and then--IF they still disagree with me--attempt to refute my views in a public debate.
9/11 skeptics, including dozens of former high-level military, intelligence, and executive branch officials--see patriotsquestion911.com--have been seeking honest debate for years. But nobody will debate us. As you wrote:
"Unfortunately, those who might consider Barrett unqualified or dead wrong on 9/11 seem more inclined to let him control the discussion...Academia seems hesitant to dissect and destroy his theory." That is because no sane person trained in critical thinking who has researched the issue will dare to defend that monumental fraud known as the 9/11 Commission Report. Indeed, those who chose to do so would be setting themselves to be held in public contempt, and possibly even face future prosecution, as accessories to mass murder and high treason.
Please wake up to your journalistic responsibilities, investigate 9/11 for yourselves, tell the American people the truth, and help us get our democracy back.
Sincerely,
Kevin Barrett
Posted October 4, 2006:
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061004/OSH 06/610040382/1190/OSHopinion
Editorial: A teachable moment on a terrible theory
Controversial Instructor Kevin Barrett believes the U.S. government was a conspirator in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
He lives for editorials like this one because he believes the ink and digital space will spotlight his name and the shock-and-awe of his contrary views on an American nightmare.
But Barrett, a University of Wisconsin-Madison religion instructor, isn't really getting a credibility-booster or billing any greater in this newspaper than he'll get when he comes to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Oct. 26, a guest of the Campus Greens.
Barrett should not be met at the borders of Oshkosh or campus by a police blockade or ornery protest.
Nor will taxpayer-funded, armored limos rush him and his opinions to a campus red carpet gala.
He is a part-time instructor with a theory or two on 9/11.
Some find his ideas fascinating. Others think they are fascinating bunk.
Ultimately, his ideas aren't worth even spare change in the marketplace of ideas.
What is honorable about a university like UWO is what has long been honorable about all Wisconsin universities: Students and professors keep doors and minds open. They are willing to hear people out. And they are willing to use their smarts, statistics or science to call a phony a phony.
That's the definition of academic freedom.
Barrett's views made him a target by shoe-thumping state legislators calling for his firing. He expects to catch a bit of a screening of the 9/11 conspiracy-theory film "Loose Change 2" on Oct. 26 and then, according to early plans, discuss academic freedom.
Unfortunately, those who might consider Barrett unqualified or dead wrong on 9/11 seem more inclined to let him control the discussion.
Academia seems hesitant to dissect and destroy his theory.
Maybe it's because so many find professors and students find Barrett's views, as UWO Chancellor Richard Wells personally labeled them, "nonsensical."
Maybe professors and students don't care to "waste their time" challenging what they consider poorly supported paranoia.
Maybe some fear a face off – much like this editorial might – would only give the 9/11 conspiracy crowd more words to distort and weave into their web.
But it sure would be heartening if the academic community we rely on to advance human thinking, to cure illnesses and to make the discoveries that shape the future would spend a little time on Oct. 26 soundly stomping Barrett's 9/11 suppositions.
Not because they want to stifle academic freedom. But because they see too many holes in his theory to count.
Rather than read headlines like "9/11 conspiracy prof speaks at UWO," wouldn't folks near and far love to see one like "UWO profs outwit 9/11 conspiracy prof?"
The Final Thought: Controversial UW-Madison Professor Kevin Barrett will not and should not be met at the borders of Oshkosh with resistance when he arrives for a speech on academic freedom on Oct. 26. Nor should the community or university roll out any red carpets. |
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