Exquisite Tweets from @GeorgeMonbiot, @medialens, @donmackeen, @neilcaff, @clim8resistance
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@OliverKamm: True, but what about the other genocide deniers, such as LM magazine, edited by Times columnist Mick Hume?
GeorgeMonbiot@GeorgeMonbiot True that Edward Herman is a liar? True that he's comparable to Holocaust deniers?
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@GeorgeMonbiot But you wrote "True" in response to alleged lies in material here tiny.cc/gku2s that has nothing to do with us.
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@medialens: No, I wrote true that he had nvr b4 been accusd of silence on LM's libels. But he also rightly exposed you: bit.ly/jNvdAm
@GeorgeMonbiot We discussed Kamm's smears here: tinyurl.com/6fef96h You agree with Kamm? Why?
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@GeorgeMonbiot No, that was a later Tweet. You also wrote 'True' three Tweets earlier - take a look. Do you stand by that?
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@medialens: I believe that Herman got it wrong in some important respects. Do you stand by your support of his position?
@GeorgeMonbiot Which position are you referring to?
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@OliverKamm @GeorgeMonbiot As usual, no we don't.
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@GeorgeMonbiot We don't say that, George, but you retweeted it. Have you actually read the little that we've written on this?
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@medialens: Yes: "the 8,000 figure is a political construct and eminently challengeable ... that they are perfectly entitled to do."
@GeorgeMonbiot Just confirms that you haven't even read what we've written. Here's a section: tinyurl.com/5uqzn44
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@medialens: Amazing. That was a direct quote from your own media alert! 25.11.09. Which I, er, had to read in order to quote.
@GeorgeMonbiot @medialens but part of reading is comprehension, which seems to be evading you in this instance
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So, @medialens, do you still stand by your claim that Herman is "perfectly entitled" to say that 8,000 people not killed?
@GeorgeMonbiot We're saying +everyone+ is entitled to debate facts. Who are we, or you, to say they are not? Do you possess Absolute Truth?
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@GeorgeMonbiot Herman agrees people were massacred and he debates the numbers. Please explain, George - why is he not entitled to do that?
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@medialens: would you say that David Irving is "entitled" to question whether 6m Jews were killed by the Nazis?
@GeorgeMonbiot We reject Holocaust denial because of extreme racism/hatred driving it. Presumably you don't believe that's Herman's motive!
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neilcaff@medialens allusions to Nazis happen b/c Monbiot and his ilk have trouble navigating nuances and history w/o goodies vs baddies narrative.
clim8resistanceBen Pile
@medialens Haha so true! Sad to c @GeorgeMonbiot fall into this lazy attack rhetoric but the old saying holds true...
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