Dear Kevin Barrett,

I hope this letter finds you in good health and in good spirits.

I just finished studying the materials you published of your exchanges
with Prof. Chomsky, here:
http://www.barrettforcongress.us/chomsky.htm

I got more and more upset as I read it. You did commit a minor but
important transgression by not editing out personal information about
his family situation. You really should have. It's easy to do and it's
important to have done so before publishing.

You are correct though, that everything else in those letters except the
personal information (health and family issues in the Chomsky family)
belong to the public, and they are perfectly illuminating about many
levels of reality, especially about the terrible relationship between
the anti-imperialist Left and the 9/11 Truth movement.

In those letters, Chomsky maintains an imperiously and arrogantly
authoritarian stance through the whole exchange, and keeps getting worse
as it goes.

I'm sure you've seen this video (a total of only a few minutes) of
Chomsky speaking on 911. It's clear, there's no "taking out of context";
his meaning is very clear as the blue sky:
"Noam Chomsky on 911 conspiracy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzGd0t8v-d4
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDqDvbgeXM

I just watched it again to do a reality check. There is no obfuscation,
no distortion: his views are very clear, and his claims to the opposite
are an embarrassment. Instead of apologizing to the progressive and
radical community and retracting, he stirs up a fake anger as a supposed
"victim" of some distortion. No, he took on a distorted view of
September 11 from the very beginning, and unfortunately he continues to
hold on to it with more and more bitterness.

I'm sad to see this in the great Chomsky. I have lost all respect for him.

But please edit out the few sentences of personal materials from his
letters; it will improve the view that people have of your organization
and of you in particular, plus, as you know, doing the right thing even
if a little late is a sign of honorable and just people. It would help
the 9/11 Truth movement a lot.

And I can see in your letters that you have the sensitivity and
understanding to apply that kind of discretion.

Thanks,
Petros
http://petros-evdokas.cyprus-org.net/Another-sort-of-Introduction.html
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