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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 07:58 PM
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WHO is Greg Szymanski and is a legitimate journalist
or a CT? These articles about the end is near and we have 90 days all being an alarmist? I tried getting a bio on him on Google,but couldn't find anything.
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:03 PM
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1. He's a conspiracist
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 08:06 PM by salvorhardin
And works for neo-nazi Willis Carto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Carto
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:09 PM
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2. How would I know that?
no mention on Wiki??
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:13 PM
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3. Szymanski writes for "American Free Press"
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:25 PM
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4. A basic rule of thumb
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 09:27 PM by salvorhardin
Is that if it sounds like a conspiracy theory it is a conspiracy theory.

A second rule of thumb is that if it comes out of Artic Beacon, Tom Flocco, The Barnes Review, American Free Press or similar then it is a far-right racist conspiracy theory.

Some names are easy. Willis Carto is a long time neo-nazi nutcase. Names like Szymanski are harder and I suspect like Walter Storch Szymanski is a pseudonym. But like the previous poster noted, a simple Google search will tell you whom he writes for.

Here's three good articles to begin with (Same author - Dr. Laniac)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/22/03154/6289
http://www.drlaniac.com/articles/view.asp?file=moreondisinfo.htm
http://www.drlaniac.com/Articles/View.asp?file=DontBeFooled.htm

The person who has been doing the most research into the confluence of far-right conspiracy theories and the left is Chip Berlet of Public Research Associates.
http://www.publiceye.org/top_conspire.html

For a historical background, read historian Richard Hofstadter's The Paranoid Style In American Politics.
http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/conspiracy_theory/the_paranoid_mentality/The_paranoid_style.html




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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:37 PM
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5. Huh?? Most of what I say sounds like CT!
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 09:45 PM by serryjw
I have been accused so often.....especially about MIHOP so I'm not sure I agree with your contention
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:41 PM
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6. Disregard my first premise
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 09:41 PM by salvorhardin
And go with the rest. At least read up on who these people are and what their beliefs and goals are. You might be rather shocked to find out what you've been supporting.
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