Question submitted by avaistheone1

Skinner, could you please review this exchange and tell me why Paul Craig Roberts articles are being handled this way on DU?

Many thanks,

avaistheone1


>>We just removed a thread you started - a Paul Craig Roberts
>>(globalresearch.ca) piece. Roberts is a hard Right Wing
>>Libertarian and is associated with some white eugenics
>groups.
>>We don't want to provide any platform or publicity for him
>or
>>the website.
>>
>>Thanks for your understanding.
>>
>>for the moderators,
>>pinto
>
>
>Hi Pinto,
>
>Paul Craig Roberts has not been a right winger or a
>libertarian for some time. In facts he has been very
>outspoken in his articles against them.
>
>Roberts'articles are posted on many liberal progressive
>websites such as Counterpunch, OpEd News, and Democracy Now
>among others.
>
>The distributor for his articles is Creators Syndicate. They
>handle articles for political and non-political writers from a
>variety of political beliefs from liberal to conservative, and
>I see no evidence whatsoever that they are right wing bigots.
>
>There are some 1,160 threads currently on Democratic
>Underground regarding Paul Craig writings.
>
>
>So why is DU suddenly making these charges against Paul Craig
>Roberts now? What is the evidence that he is supportive of
>white eugenics groups?
>
>Respectfully,
>avaistheone1

Hi,

Our policy is to not allow Roberts or globalresearch.ca pieces on DU, when we are aware of them.

We suggest you contact Administration either directly or in the Ask the Administrators forum to discuss DU policies further.

Thanks, pinto

...is precisely the reason the moderator provided to you.

Forgive me, I don't understand at all.

An allegation was made by the moderator that Roberts articles are not allowed on DU because the mod alleges Roberts supports white eugenics (this despite the fact there are over 1100 threads featuring Roberts articles on DU). I can not find a shred of evidence that the moderator's allegation is true, nor was any evidence offered by the moderator.

Roberts articles are widely distributed and featured on many progressive sites like Democracy Now, OpEd News and CounterPunch. Are you suggesting that because his articles also appear on Global Research that is a good reason to ban his articles here.
Please note the following liberal/progressive authors articles appear on Global Research and also appear on DU including and not limited to:
David Swanson (also has a journal at DU)
Seymour Hersh
Danny Schecter
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rep. Lynn Woolsey
Senator Bernie Sanders
Dr. Peter Dale Scott
Michael Hudson
Prof. Noam Chomsky
Dick Gregory
Ralph Nader
among others

If so is that the policy just for Paul Craig Roberts, or is that DU policy for all writers?

Thank you,
avaistheone1

First, this:

http://www.vdare.com/appeals/072506_pcr.htm

"My own standing and effectiveness as a policy commentator has never been higher. This is due to the existence of a small group of dissident websites — one being Peter Brimelow's VDARE.COM. Peter has focused VDARE.COM on the immigration issue and what he calls the "National Question" — whether the U.S. can survive as a nation-state, the political expression of a particular people. I wholeheartedly endorse these objectives and applaud the compelling facts and analysis that VDARE.COM delivers because the Mainstream Media will not."

Then, this:

http://www.splcenter.org/vdare-foundation

"Originally established in 1999 by the Center for American Unity, a Virginia-based nonprofit foundation started by English immigrant Peter Brimelow, VDARE.com is an anti-immigration hate website "dedicated to preserving our historical unity as Americans into the 21st Century." Now run by the VDARE Foundation, the site is a place where relatively intellectually inclined leaders of the anti-immigrant movement share their opinions. VDARE.com also regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-Semites."