Let Us Treat Jim Fetzer with Kindness

[Charles Drago]

However, the impact of [Fetzer's] public utterances - in many research spheres - is all but indistinguishable from that which a Sunsteinian pysop would have.

Ultimately, my loyalty lies with the legitimate and essential investigation of deep political crimes. Not with any one man.

However damaged that individual may be.

Thanks, Jan.

Of course you're correct in point one: If a man is going to shoot me in the forehead because he's convinced it's the only cure for my migraine, I still end up at room temperature.

As for loyalty: I stand in comradeship with you, and others, who remain loyal to our larger, shared causes. I will never defend Jim Fetzer's twisted conclusions and methods, and I will always fight to separate our good work from his later, tainted failures.

But simultaneously, I'll extend to Jim the courtesy that should be extended to a failing warrior.

One more thought: If we ever are led to conclude that it was not physical and/or psychological illness that led to Jim's public meltdown, but rather an intel op in which he was a witting participant, then all bets would be off.

But as of now, I'm pretty much convinced that Jim Fetzer is a very ill man.