Oak Cliff's Ed Sebesta helped topple Trent Lott

The Dallas Observer ^ | January 9, 2003 | Jim Schutze

[aristeides]

It was reasonable for Lott to think his words would not be controversial, because he had been saying much the same thing for years without anybody complaining. That's evidenced by the lack of reaction on the part of the reporters who were there and heard him. A couple of weeks later, Bob Schieffer of CBS (no right-winger he) apologized for not covering the story by saying he had dozed off (yeah, sure!) and that the words were part of Lott's Strom schtick.

[aristeides]

Don't we know Sid Blumenthal had a role in this story? I wonder why he isn't mentioned here.

[Trajan88]

Sid Blumenthal = slime. I don't like his face, make that his two faces.

Rest assured, he had a hand in the "story."

Trajan88; TAMU Class of '88

[deport]

Sink.... what do you know about this guy? His home page follows:

Temple of Democracy

[Miss Marple]

Well, it looks to me (from viewing that web page) like he thinks anyone who is at all sympathetic to the South is a neo-confederate. My guess is that his research, although nutty, turns up something useful to the liberal media from time to time.

The idea of a neo-confederate conspiracy among professionals is really pretty loony. I suppose only Sebesta knows about it, and all the rest of us are clueless. (Rolls eyes.)

[deport]

Yes sounds like he spends some time at his hobby... I was curious what Sink may remember but Oak Cliff is very exclusive if I remember correctly and both President Bush and VP Cheney owned homes in Dallas. I couldn't remember what area they lived in while there....

[aposiopetic]

Oak Cliff = S. of Trinity River = less $$ than Highland Park and various other parts N. of Trinity R.

[deport]

thanks... I couldn't remember but it was Highland Park I was thinking of.... I'm not from the area but do visit once in a while.

[GOPcapitalist]

Of course, doing so would pop his little bubble that Democrats are as pure as driven snow.

You hit the nail on the head. Sebesta's a peculiar figure who exhibits some of the strangest tendencies of the radical left, not the least among them being that of double standards. He automatically directs hatred toward any and every conservative who has even done so much as flown a confederate flag, but when one of his own is an ex KKK Grand Kleagle who rants about "white n----rs" on national tv, he seems not to notice.

Unfortunately Sebesta's a tricky individual insofar as he masks his own radical affiliations to some degree. I have seen other freepers quote and link to his website to make pro-north/anti-south arguments, often without realizing what it was. This happened a while ago, prompting me to do a little research on the guy. Turn's out he's a radical activist for homosexual causes, which seems to be one of the major drives behind his anti-confederate PC mongering (he seems to think the confederacy is the root of all things opposed to his homo agenda). He's also a radical leftist with marxist political affiliations, including the Pacifica Radio Network, a marxist operation based out of Berkeley that is run by Mary Frances Berry of US Civil Rights Commission infamy. Sebesta's been a high profile guest on Pacifica, most notably when they brought him on as an "expert" to make the case that George W. Bush was "racist." From what I can tell, the only people who take him seriously are the radical university campus style left wingers, the rabid south haters, and, in some secrecy, liberal media reporters. Everybody else who knows about him can tell right away that he's a fruitcake.

[GOPcapitalist]

the reason why Sebesta is hard to understand is that he is probably schizophrenic along the lines of the Unabomber

I think this is very likely. I read a transcript a while ago of an interview Sebesta did on marxist Pacifica radio. He was ranting and raving as their "expert" on why George W. Bush was inherently a "racist." His arguments were incoherent babble and left wing nonsense, but he had what seemed like the full agreement of the show's two leftist hosts and its other guest, Princeton's James McPherson. For those who don't know this latter name, among those who do not know his marxist political affiliations, McPherson is considered one of the country's leading civil war historians.

Anyway, check out Sebesta's website. If you can wade through all the left wing bullsh*t, you'll find some very wierd motives behind his PC mongering. One theme that he keeps stressing over and over and over again is just plain bizarre - he seems to hate the confederacy because he seems to think it is the root of everything opposed to the radical homosexual agenda he also strongly advocates.

[GOPcapitalist]

This seems very likely...do we have a bio. on him somewhere in the "archives"?!

I posted most of what I've been able to find about him in my previous two posts. Some stuff from him popped up on FR several months ago, and at the time I researched it and found lots of stuff confirming exactly what you suspect - the guy is a left wing marxist kook.

[GOPcapitalist]

Just checked out that link again to Sebesta's home page. I found a reprinted article from a homo newspaper that said the following:

"Homophobia, though, is woven just as intricately through the ideological fibers of this movement as its thinly-veiled racism-maybe more, said Ed Sebesta, who is gay and a longtime researcher of the neo-Confederate movement."

I also just checked around the web a little for more about his politics. In addition to the Pacifica stuff, it seems that he's a regular interview topic in those weekly throw away leftist "alternative" newspapers around the nation. He seems to have a particularly strong presence in one such paper. It is called the "Touchstone" and is apparently some sort of leftist publication serving College Station, TX and Texas A&M (their main page is covered in stories and links about anti-death penalty activism and "no war in iraq" peacenik stuff). Sebesta has given interviews and "expert" consultation on political correctness controversies they've covered.

I searched some of their archives and it confirms what is hinted by his website - he's a leftist conspiracy nut who thinks that the confederacy is the root of all things opposed to his radical homosexual agenda. Here's an entry he apparently made in their website guestbook at http://www.rtis.com/touchstone/comments/

"358 ed sebesta (Dec 15 2002 64.53.32.31) Trent Lott hates fags, always remember GAY PRIDE USA 2003 March on Washington. AIDS is just a bump in the road, hang in there my brothers!"

[GOPcapitalist]

Check out my last post. I was doing a little web search on Sebesta's latest charade and stumbled across a guestbook entry he made to a radical left wing "alternative" newspaper at Texas A&M (and I'm sure it and its four readers are popularity magnets on that campus!). It's a message of encouragement to Sebesta's fellow homos urging them to "hang in there my brothers."

Well guess what. It gets even kookier. It turns out that Sebesta's now writing articles for the leftist "alternative" paper, called the Touchstone.

As you would probably expect, they are nutty off the wall crackpot rants and every one of them boils down to a confederate conspiracy to deny his homo agenda.

To give you a sample, he's got one article on their site titled "From the Alamo to Kosovo: The Anti-Muslim/Hispanic Movement in Texas." It's at http://www.rtis.com/touchstone/sum02/09.HTM if you want a heavy dose of poorly written conspiracy theory rantings.

Others are articles opposing Phil Gramm's candidacy as A&M president, a lengthy piece claiming that George W. Bush is a racist, and typical the south hating pro homosexual rants that dominate his website.

[deport]

Thanks. Yes he seems like a leftist from what little I saw on his web site. I didn't spend any time searching through the drivel. But all that said I guess he did or could serve as a source of dated statements about Lott and others most likely.

[4CJ]

How long til the Sebesta Fan Club shows up?

I doubt they will, unless they seek a quote to support their position.

[4CJ]

Then again, after reading your post above, I wonder if they'll continue to rely on Sebesta for quotes ;o)

[GOPcapitalist]

I doubt they will, unless they seek a quote to support their position.

Then let's give it a try. I strongly believe a little taunting will do the job...

HEY WLAT! Abe Lincoln was a liar, fraud, tyrant, and smelt of elderberries. That temple of heretics to him in Washington D.C. is a blasphemous mark on our nation's landscape and the people who worship there practice an organized idolatry of sin and lies. The Lincoln's defender-in-chief "Noam" McPherson is a third rate historian who peddles the product of his marxist political affiliations in the form of south-hating propaganda manifestos fraudulently disguised as legitimate history. His advocate and Pacifica radio associateEd Sebesta is a paranoid PC-mongering homosexual marxist freak of nature who has never seen a confederate tombstone that he did not want removed and paved over. So there. Come defend your idols and heroes if you dare, Clinton boy.

...If that doesn't get them here, nothing will.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Great article;thanks for posting it.

Walt

[Aurelius]

Sebesta sounds like a small-time Morris Dees to me.

[GOPcapitalist]

Looks like the Wlat Brigade has arrived, and yes - it's leader is already singing praises for the article about his south-hating homo marxist hero.