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		<title>By: Mike Smith</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-18227</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When you have followed Paul Craig Roberts and you know he doesn&#039;t write racist crap, why are you so easily swayed by this smear campaign?

No one has done a better job of slamming people of the US for murdering people in the Middle East.  Perhaps this slander is because Paul Craig Roberts sides with Palestinians over Israel.

Look at the flaming of the US he did over the outrage of a picture of one solder getting his legs blown off, when Afghan people are being blown apart every day http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09072009.html

This is the site you should lose faith in, not Paul Craig Roberts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you have followed Paul Craig Roberts and you know he doesn&#8217;t write racist crap, why are you so easily swayed by this smear campaign?</p>
<p>No one has done a better job of slamming people of the US for murdering people in the Middle East.  Perhaps this slander is because Paul Craig Roberts sides with Palestinians over Israel.</p>
<p>Look at the flaming of the US he did over the outrage of a picture of one solder getting his legs blown off, when Afghan people are being blown apart every day <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09072009.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09072009.html</a></p>
<p>This is the site you should lose faith in, not Paul Craig Roberts.</p>
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		<title>By: swaneagle</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-18058</link>
		<dc:creator>swaneagle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been studying the characters tied into the so called 9/11 Truth Movement for a longtime as so many of them i became familiar with when i was researching and talking to the racist Christian Identity nutjobs in my community in Stevens County, WA.  My daughter and i were finally forced to leave when she was being called nigger and then it was spray painted on her grade school along with queer bag in 2007.  What really made it worse was when high school kids began harassing her relentlessly.  We had little to no support and i feared for her safety and her right to an education.  

Now that i live in western Washington, i am constantly addressing individual racists who are part of the 9/11 Truthers.  It is very disturbing due to the fact that so many people are clueless, especially activists.  Obviously addressing oppressive philosophies and behaviors have not been prioritized by the left.  I personally have always found Alexander Cockburn arrogant, sexist and a little too righty tighty for my taste.

Thanks Eric.  Nice to see you still doing this work as i do as well, tho more as a free lancer.

Peace, swaneagle</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been studying the characters tied into the so called 9/11 Truth Movement for a longtime as so many of them i became familiar with when i was researching and talking to the racist Christian Identity nutjobs in my community in Stevens County, WA.  My daughter and i were finally forced to leave when she was being called nigger and then it was spray painted on her grade school along with queer bag in 2007.  What really made it worse was when high school kids began harassing her relentlessly.  We had little to no support and i feared for her safety and her right to an education.  </p>
<p>Now that i live in western Washington, i am constantly addressing individual racists who are part of the 9/11 Truthers.  It is very disturbing due to the fact that so many people are clueless, especially activists.  Obviously addressing oppressive philosophies and behaviors have not been prioritized by the left.  I personally have always found Alexander Cockburn arrogant, sexist and a little too righty tighty for my taste.</p>
<p>Thanks Eric.  Nice to see you still doing this work as i do as well, tho more as a free lancer.</p>
<p>Peace, swaneagle</p>
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		<title>By: Super</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-4621</link>
		<dc:creator>Super</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CounterPunch seem to be guilty of bad judgment. Surely, they do not intend to be spreading bigotry? I actually don&#039;t enjoy the website very much, precisely because I have found them to be too uncritical of their sources in the past as well. I don&#039;t doubt their good intentions, so I hope they are willing to revise their position.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CounterPunch seem to be guilty of bad judgment. Surely, they do not intend to be spreading bigotry? I actually don&#8217;t enjoy the website very much, precisely because I have found them to be too uncritical of their sources in the past as well. I don&#8217;t doubt their good intentions, so I hope they are willing to revise their position.</p>
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		<title>By: Dee</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1504</link>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The hate groups already have their forums. If you want to read them then go to VDare, Alipac or to Stormfront. That is what free speech is all about, but we don&#039;t have to allow those points of view to post on sane, rational websites.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The hate groups already have their forums. If you want to read them then go to VDare, Alipac or to Stormfront. That is what free speech is all about, but we don&#8217;t have to allow those points of view to post on sane, rational websites.</p>
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		<title>By: Attack_Ideas_Not_People</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1503</link>
		<dc:creator>Attack_Ideas_Not_People</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are we so unintelligent that we need our thoughts pre-chewed? As long as the articles published by Counterpunch are intelligent and thought provoking,  they should continue publishing them.

We live in an age of name-calling, where people paint each other with large brushes, rather than debating ideas. Last time name calling lead to concentration camps. If you don&#039;t want that to happen, don&#039;t demonize people or views. Just argue rationally.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are we so unintelligent that we need our thoughts pre-chewed? As long as the articles published by Counterpunch are intelligent and thought provoking,  they should continue publishing them.</p>
<p>We live in an age of name-calling, where people paint each other with large brushes, rather than debating ideas. Last time name calling lead to concentration camps. If you don&#8217;t want that to happen, don&#8217;t demonize people or views. Just argue rationally.</p>
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		<title>By: Eric Ward</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1498</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Ward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>harumpthy_dumpthy you must mean the impure thoughts of a multi-racial democracy.  nope, no fear here. . .and yourself?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>harumpthy_dumpthy you must mean the impure thoughts of a multi-racial democracy.  nope, no fear here. . .and yourself?</p>
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		<title>By: harumphty_dumpty</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1492</link>
		<dc:creator>harumphty_dumpty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, the delicate sensibilities of some of you posters--so frightened of anything that might arouse impure thoughts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, the delicate sensibilities of some of you posters&#8211;so frightened of anything that might arouse impure thoughts.</p>
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		<title>By: Eric Ward</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1487</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Ward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dana, thanks for sharing all of Brenda Walker&#039;s quote so that everyone can see how racist her statement is (whether in a three word pull or the full statement).  Here is more on Walker, who is on the editorial collective of VDARE with Paul Craig Roberts.  

From her base near Berkeley, California, Brenda Walker has been active in the population wing of the anti-immigrant movement for years. She maintains two nativist websites, limitstogrowth.org and immigrationshumancost.org and is active in Support US Population Stabilization (SUSPS), an anti-immigrant group which tried to take over the Sierra Club. 

Although Walker&#039;s concern with immigration appears on the surface to be about the environment, it is clear that the race and culture of those coming to the United States is at the root of her fear. Walker specifically targets Mexicans and has called Mexico &quot;one of the most despicable countries on Earth.&quot; In a recent article posted on VDARE and various other anti-immigrant websites and blogs, Walker warns that &quot;Mexican men have a reputation for leering and worse at little girls, which shouldn&#039;t surprise us, since sex with children is socially acceptable in Mexico.&quot; She has also lashed out against Hmong and Muslim immigrants. 

Walker also is a regular contributor to VDARE, a nativist/white nationalist website, as well as the anti-immigrant journal, The Social Contract. In an article in The Social Contract, Walker makes the statement that &quot;The belief that all cultures are equal-the central tenet of multicultural society-does not bear even the most cursory examination.&quot; 

On her own website, www.limitstogrowth.org, she has written, &quot;Our country appears to have lapsed into one of its occasional periods of hysteria over a stubborn social problem. The residue of racism has created some unfortunate reaction in very inappropriate directions. Those of us who have been involved in immigration reduction have grown accustomed to shrieks of &#039;racist&#039; from excitable people convinced that they are on the side of virtue-or from professional ethnics who play the race card like a drum.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dana, thanks for sharing all of Brenda Walker&#8217;s quote so that everyone can see how racist her statement is (whether in a three word pull or the full statement).  Here is more on Walker, who is on the editorial collective of VDARE with Paul Craig Roberts.  </p>
<p>From her base near Berkeley, California, Brenda Walker has been active in the population wing of the anti-immigrant movement for years. She maintains two nativist websites, limitstogrowth.org and immigrationshumancost.org and is active in Support US Population Stabilization (SUSPS), an anti-immigrant group which tried to take over the Sierra Club. </p>
<p>Although Walker&#8217;s concern with immigration appears on the surface to be about the environment, it is clear that the race and culture of those coming to the United States is at the root of her fear. Walker specifically targets Mexicans and has called Mexico &#8220;one of the most despicable countries on Earth.&#8221; In a recent article posted on VDARE and various other anti-immigrant websites and blogs, Walker warns that &#8220;Mexican men have a reputation for leering and worse at little girls, which shouldn&#8217;t surprise us, since sex with children is socially acceptable in Mexico.&#8221; She has also lashed out against Hmong and Muslim immigrants. </p>
<p>Walker also is a regular contributor to VDARE, a nativist/white nationalist website, as well as the anti-immigrant journal, The Social Contract. In an article in The Social Contract, Walker makes the statement that &#8220;The belief that all cultures are equal-the central tenet of multicultural society-does not bear even the most cursory examination.&#8221; </p>
<p>On her own website, <a href="http://www.limitstogrowth.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.limitstogrowth.org</a>, she has written, &#8220;Our country appears to have lapsed into one of its occasional periods of hysteria over a stubborn social problem. The residue of racism has created some unfortunate reaction in very inappropriate directions. Those of us who have been involved in immigration reduction have grown accustomed to shrieks of &#8216;racist&#8217; from excitable people convinced that they are on the side of virtue-or from professional ethnics who play the race card like a drum.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Aly Wane</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1486</link>
		<dc:creator>Aly Wane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I fully agree: A couple of months ago I made the connection between Paul Craig Roberts and VDare: needless to say I was disappointed.  Counterpunch is a great resource, but even our favorite leftist online resouces must be taken to task for giving a platform to those who would easily de-humanize our immigrant brothers and sisters.  Peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I fully agree: A couple of months ago I made the connection between Paul Craig Roberts and VDare: needless to say I was disappointed.  Counterpunch is a great resource, but even our favorite leftist online resouces must be taken to task for giving a platform to those who would easily de-humanize our immigrant brothers and sisters.  Peace.</p>
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		<title>By: Dee</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1484</link>
		<dc:creator>Dee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree. 
As an American Latina, I am deeply offended that a great political newsletter/website like CounterPunch would have a White Supremist like Roberts write for their newsletter. Roberts writes for and shares the views of the radically racist VDare whose directive is to support White Nationalism. Additionally, his connection with the racist League of the South is unacceptable. Last week, Tom Tancredo finally outed himself saying Immigration IS About Race. At least he told the truth. Additionally, in a VDare column dated 3/14/09, Cooper Sterling said Tancredo didn&#039;t go far enough. He wants America to preserve its whiteness and &quot;make America an undesirable place for undesirables (minorities).&quot; 
Are these the type of writers you want affiliated with CounterPunch? I sincerely hope not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree.<br />
As an American Latina, I am deeply offended that a great political newsletter/website like CounterPunch would have a White Supremist like Roberts write for their newsletter. Roberts writes for and shares the views of the radically racist VDare whose directive is to support White Nationalism. Additionally, his connection with the racist League of the South is unacceptable. Last week, Tom Tancredo finally outed himself saying Immigration IS About Race. At least he told the truth. Additionally, in a VDare column dated 3/14/09, Cooper Sterling said Tancredo didn&#8217;t go far enough. He wants America to preserve its whiteness and &#8220;make America an undesirable place for undesirables (minorities).&#8221;<br />
Are these the type of writers you want affiliated with CounterPunch? I sincerely hope not.</p>
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		<title>By: Mimi Morris</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1483</link>
		<dc:creator>Mimi Morris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for this. It&#039;s about time that  progressives woke up to the reality of how degraded CounterPunch has become. It has been very depressing to see how uncritically its readers followed the brand name without paying attention to actual content and source.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for this. It&#8217;s about time that  progressives woke up to the reality of how degraded CounterPunch has become. It has been very depressing to see how uncritically its readers followed the brand name without paying attention to actual content and source.</p>
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		<title>By: Dana</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1482</link>
		<dc:creator>Dana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Umm, the actual quote on VDARE.com about Hmong is...

&quot;So will thousands of drug-addicted polygamists be welcomed into America in another escalation of multiculturalism against American values?&quot;

I take that to mean that proper screening should have been employed to keep out lawbreaking individuals. 

When only a three-word phrase is quoted, the reader can be sure that liberal BS is being perpetrated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Umm, the actual quote on VDARE.com about Hmong is&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;So will thousands of drug-addicted polygamists be welcomed into America in another escalation of multiculturalism against American values?&#8221;</p>
<p>I take that to mean that proper screening should have been employed to keep out lawbreaking individuals. </p>
<p>When only a three-word phrase is quoted, the reader can be sure that liberal BS is being perpetrated.</p>
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		<title>By: James Thindwa</title>
		<link>/2009/03/17/counterpunch-gives-platform-to-white-nationalism/#comment-1480</link>
		<dc:creator>James Thindwa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had become a fan of Paul Craig Roberts, and even wrote to him directly to praise him for his penetrating critiques of corporate globalization and his apparent disavowal of many of his old boss&#039; (Reagan) reactionary policies. I was not aware his association with white supremacist outfits. Needless to say I&#039;m disappointed, and as a longtime reader and (often) a fan of Cockburn, I want to urge CounterPunch to rethink its relationship with Mr. Roberts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had become a fan of Paul Craig Roberts, and even wrote to him directly to praise him for his penetrating critiques of corporate globalization and his apparent disavowal of many of his old boss&#8217; (Reagan) reactionary policies. I was not aware his association with white supremacist outfits. Needless to say I&#8217;m disappointed, and as a longtime reader and (often) a fan of Cockburn, I want to urge CounterPunch to rethink its relationship with Mr. Roberts.</p>
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