31-01-2017, 03:10 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:Oliver Stone adds his name to the growing list --- saying that the Russian hacking story is "childish" and calls on America to Wake up! Before it's too late.
He also makes the point, that I also have made on this forum, that America has never suffered a war (or at least a modern war) on its soil. It always projects its war ecstasy overseas - for profit.
For those who don't know, Stone fought in Vietnam as a special forces LURP.
For those who don't know, Stone also accepts the official story of 9/11 (see his Untold History book and miniseries), as does Sy Hersh. As far as I know, so does Chris Hedges.
Now, I think very highly of Stone and Hedges most of the time, and sometimes Hersh is very good too. But these posts are essentially appeals to authority. If your Favorite Leftist is skeptical about the Russian hack story, that somehow proves something and you can basically stop thinking for yourself. Well, I like to think for myself, and I've never met a researcher who I agreed with 100% about everything.