9/11 Truth + Mainstream Media = Big Ol' Mess

A couple days ago RD broke his oath to his fellow Civil Information activists by agreeing to be interviewed by a local novelist/newspaper columnist named Todd Babiuk. (They all swore not to cooperate in any way with "mainstream media", since the "MSM" has refused thus far to take their issues seriously or to investigate 9/11 the way they feel it should be investigated). He and Babiuk work for the same paper. Babiuk had introduced himself to RD on the street a month or two ago, expressing interest in what he was doing, but the interview request came rather out of the blue: He phoned RD before noon and asked to meet him at 2:00 the same afternoon. With little time to consider, RD agreed. Afterwards he fretted that the column would just be a hit piece, which of course it was. It was titled "9/11 Conspiracy Theories are a Source of Cheap Entertainment", or something like that, and implied that people become Truthers only because they're bored with karaoke and TV. Also, he hinted that they're enabling terrorists by not actively opposing them as much as the rest of the non-Arab population does. This is a crass mischaracterization of Truthers, but never mind that. I knew Babiuk wasn't on the level and that's not the point of this post. My real aggravation is caused by Robin Hordon's response to all this. We met Robin in his hometown recently and he came across as just the nicest, most amiable activist ever - unfailingly polite, patient, and honest. He is a tad paranoid about COINTELPRO infiltration and that's why he refuses to work with other Truthers in his part of the world, but other than that he's fine. Until today. In response to Babiuk's column, he blamed RD for the whole thing (in CAPITAL LETTERS), scolded him, told him "I STRONGLY suggest you take advantage of this and hold a FREE screening" of some 9/11 films this summer just to make a mockery of the "cheap entertainment" jab, tattled on RD's "misbehaviour" to Kevin Barrett for some strange reason, and made some snide comment about "the Zionist Babiuk." I have no idea what that means. He's not Jewish, I don't think, and Zionism wasn't mentioned in the column aside from the comment that some Truthers (as RD attests) are anti-Semites who still believe The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to be genuine. Perhaps he was referring to the fact that the newspaper is owned by a Jewish family.

At any rate, Robin was horribly rude and parent-like about the whole thing and I'm pretty pissed off with him. RD was nervous enough about the fallout of the interview - he asked me not to show it to any members of our family or anyone we know, lest his father somehow learn that he's mentioned in it - without Robin getting all high and mighty and paranoid. He even said RD came across sounding COINTELPRO. I'm so sick of Truthers carping at each other. If they would just cooperate with each other and get whatever it is they're doing done...