He also believes global warming is a conspiracy by capitalists and allows for anti-vax bullshit on Counterpunch. His animal rights history series also had some holes, he relied on an antiquated centuries old diatribe to 'prove' we evolved to be vegetarians, which is nonsense, but it's been awhile since I've read it so if I error on specifics, it's due to imperfect memory. After awhile I decided I couldn't recommend the site anymore. Which is a pity, because it often does have gems, but I think progressives need to speak out more against bullshit in their ranks.
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After a lot of thought recently (as in hours, but I think pretty quickly) I may have to write up something about the Assange case soon, on the hypothesis if this is true. Not for my blog, but somewhere else. I probably could use help with some critiques though.
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Re: Cockburn
Date: 2010-12-18 01:59 pm (UTC)He also believes global warming is a conspiracy by capitalists and allows for anti-vax bullshit on Counterpunch. His animal rights history series also had some holes, he relied on an antiquated centuries old diatribe to 'prove' we evolved to be vegetarians, which is nonsense, but it's been awhile since I've read it so if I error on specifics, it's due to imperfect memory. After awhile I decided I couldn't recommend the site anymore. Which is a pity, because it often does have gems, but I think progressives need to speak out more against bullshit in their ranks.
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After a lot of thought recently (as in hours, but I think pretty quickly) I may have to write up something about the Assange case soon, on the hypothesis if this is true. Not for my blog, but somewhere else. I probably could use help with some critiques though.