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To: Shalom Israel

I think I need to expand a bit on my comments relative to VMI/Rockwell/Raimondo that I made in my last post to you.

I just noticed that you joined this site in 2005. That is not intended as a criticism in any form. I think you might find some Free Republic history interesting.

We used to get a lot of articles posted here from Rockwell and Raimondo was a frequent poster here on free republic. That changed shortly after 9/11. All articles from Rockwell were banned and Raimondo was banned several times. I'm not sure the ban on Rockwell's site is still in place but I'm fairly certain that Raimondo's site is still banned.

Part of the ban may have been the result of some legal issues (I seem to remember that after he was banned, Raimondo may have asked not to have any of his articles posted here.)

The main reason for this ban was the profusion of articles from Rockwell's site and Raimondo's in particular blaming 9/11 and our involvement in Iraq on a Jewish/military industrial complex conspiracy. As you are well aware, Jim Rob doesn't allow even the mildest forms of anti-semiticism here.

For example, Raimondo really bought into the nut case conspiracy theories that cruise missiles brought down the twin towers, that the government of Israel knew about the attacks before hand, etc., etc. Rockwell frequently posted articles of this nature as well, many of them authored by Raimondo or posted on his website.

If you visit these websites, you'll find that Rockwell, VMI, and Raimondo's sites are really a part of the same. Rockwell is president of VMI for example. Follow the links and you'll find they are subsidiaries of the same foundations, etc. You really can't separate them.

All of this is specifically relevent to my point that VMI is a very biased source.


413 posted on 02/25/2006 5:51:33 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Stupidity can be a self-correcting problem.)
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To: DugwayDuke
The main reason for this ban was the profusion of articles from Rockwell's site and Raimondo's in particular blaming 9/11 and our involvement in Iraq on a Jewish/military industrial complex conspiracy. As you are well aware, Jim Rob doesn't allow even the mildest forms of anti-semiticism here.

I never heard that before. I'm aware that they blame American foreign policy for 9/11, and I disagree--nor should my agreement with them on this or that libertarian issue be taken to imply agreement on everything! But I was never aware of any antisemitic theories from either of those sources. I strongly favor the banning of antisemites.

But I reject, and resent, what looks like an attempt to color others with antisemitic views that Rockwell or Raimondo may have. As pertains to this thread discussion, it still seems you're making an objectionable ad hominem.

414 posted on 02/25/2006 6:05:40 AM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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