12-04-2009, 05:51 PM
Nathaniel Heidenheimer Wrote:Myra- you are doing the work of God n' a Half. This is exactly the Sicily - mainland jump we need to be taking. Hopefully we won't owe Lucky!
(Pardon my use of military metaphors, it allows me to convince myself that Im coordinating... SOMETHING)
Daily Kos is a site where you can expect
a) the most facile use of the holy grail -- mindless repetition of the word
Conspiracy Theory by folks whose idea of spirtualism is to channel Chip
Berlet:vroam:
b) the most bang for your buck, because it is among this crowd that
the false dichotomy of conspiracy theory vs its false opposite is the
most reinforced-- it is the equivelent of the non-communist left during
Cold War. This wall can and should be bum rushed. Of course you
understand the importance of sources with this crew. It is important
put up sources that they recognize as legit-- this does not of course
mean that many others that they dont arn't.
c) An incredible source for this is the pages 6-24 of JFK and the
Unspeakable. Here there are incredible footnotes that essentially
invite the namecallers to wrestle in the mud of their choice. See for
example the quote by Daniel Schorr COMPLETE WITH ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED FOOTNOTE. An all things considered quote is the
equivelant of tactical nukes on the beaches of Daily Kos.
I hope to join you asap on Daily Kos, but as I remember I had some tech difficulties on that site. Will type there all day starting May 16th. In the meantime please keep this important beach-head alive.
Thanks again Nathaniel. You also make an important point about proper sourcing, something I've been too undisciplined about everywhere--including here. I'll work on building better cases.
Daily Kos is actually, IMO, a better resource than Democratic Underground in some ways. They do not have heavy handed admins, and they have a membership more likely to engage the debate regardless of which side they're on.