Anti-Americanism and 911
June 4th, 2006, search relatedRelated posts :: Anti-Americanism and 911 :: Anti-Americanism and 911 :: Anti-Americanism and 911 :: Anti-Americanism and 911
Tags: video
—– Original Message —–
From: “Dr Malcolm Riddoch”
> Hi Anthony, thatPete and BobG and anyone else who might be interested,
>
> just following along with the question of what anti-Americanism actually
> means to you Americans I must say the last crop of responses was not
> particularly enlightening. I think perhaps if you could give me some
> specific quotes of anti-American speech I might be able to form some sort
> of consistent criteria as to what constitutes anti- Americanism.
a conspicuous refusal to use any examples of “murder, rape and
dispossession” in an “amoral” discussion except ones relating to United
States foreign policy and its allies, when there are plenty of other
universally undisputed examples (e.g., Congo) that would serve the purposes
of such an amoral discussion just fine.
I notice that you have been avoiding this in your replies every time it has
been pointed out. That doesn’t surprise me.
> Humour me, I am just a foreigner after all living literally on the other
> side of the world so what do I know?
>
> In regards to this question then what about American anti-American
> speech? Is there such a thing or does your constitutional right to
> freedom of speech mean that all American speech is by definition pro-
> American in that it upholds your first amendment? For instance what do
> you think of the Scholars for 911 Truth? A group largely comprised of
> over 200 US based academics and military, political and student
> associates who maintain on scientific grounds that the collapse of the
> twin towers and WTC7 can only be explained by the use of controlled
> demolitions? Jeff King gives a good overview of their empirical argument
> in this MIT lecture (viewable on the website):
>
> http://an-archos.com/wp-content/uploads/…
The right to free speech is not a prohibition on paranoid idiocy.
> Probably the most extreme American free speech I’ve come across on the
> internet is your fellow Texan and Houston resident Captain Eric May. He
> claims to be former US military intelligence now on a mission of
> conscience, has called for the immediate arrest and detention of the US
> executive and its collaborators and has issued a code red emergency alert
> for a possible domestic nuclear terror attack by rogue elements of the US
> secret government on Texas City Texas this June 6. You can find examples
> of his extensive writings via a google search:
>
> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Captai…
>
> And here’s a recent radio interview:
>
> http://an-archos.com/wp-content/uploads/…
If I don’t email after June 6, you’ll know what happened.
> Now I do not for one second expect anyone here to agree with any of the
> claims whatsoever that these fellow citizens of yours are making, it’s
> the proscribed forms of public speech in the US that I’m interested in.
> I’d just like to know if all or only some of these Americans are
> anti-American in your views? They all claim to be true American patriots
> of course like yourselves. So if you all could provide me with specific
> examples of what you consider to be anti- American speech here and the
> reasons why you think this it would be much appreciated as I do genuinely
> want to understand where you’re coming from.
See above.
> Please be advised that I have absolutely nothing against any of you
> personally and when it comes right down to it we are all in this world
> together as part of a much wider global community.
Including Congo?
