Barry Chamish re: Steven Plaut, Daniel Pipes and The Jewish
Press
Now to the vulgar slander that appeared in the Jewish Press last week.
First, some background: Before I ever heard the name Daniel
Pipes, it was reported to me that he had mounted a campaign of
slander against me. Until then, I didn't realize that not only
was he a member of the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR), he
was almost entirely funded by them directly or by proxy. His
prominence was not due to any innate talent; he had an in. His
father, Richard, was head of the CIA's Soviet department through
the Cold War. Pipes turned to writing mediocrities with names
you don't know like Goldwasser, Balint and Plout.
Their assignment was to write to every site and newsgroup which
published me, threatening them if they so continued. The first
two, I surmise, saw how they were used and backed off. What
remained was the third mediocrity, Plout.
Now I never publish his name simply because he doesn't deserve
any publicity on my coattails. Leave it be said that he is a
professor, virtually unknown in Israeli academic circles, and he
once wrote a book, apparently about the local boy scouts
movement. I looked it up on Amazon. It is number over a million,
meaning it's sold about twelve copies. Pipes tried to cover his
tracks by setting up a phoney grudge between me and him. That
didn't work because, if I had to, I would choose a much worthier
grudge match. But he took on his assignment with vigor and not
much intelligence. After being caught in the act with sites
loyal to me, he played the same game using pseudonyms in places
like Rotter.net and Israel's Wikipedia. But he was too dumb to
cover his tracks well. His style of slander was repetitious
enough but the big giveaway was referring to Pipes and leaving
links to his site everywhere he showed up. The best giveaway
though was, accidentally or not, now and then, thoughtfully
including his e-mail address in the comments supposedly by other
people.
His most vicious slander was a long term attempt to portray me
as a Holocaust denier. For that I am suing him next week. In the
Jewish Press article, to save himself in court, he admitted it
wasn't true. But in the wake of it, he employed a few devotees
with names like Efratguy to spread the same lie.
Consider this letter just received from a blog owner: I posted
your email in my blog and someone in new jersey did a search for
"daniel pipes shill blog" and found us, and then several
visitors came from Tel Aviv straight to my site. They
anonymously said a few rude things about you and now they're
just lurking. I was amazed at how quickly they showed up AND the
fact that there were probably a hundred returns to that
search...think they went to every one of them and badmouthed
you? anyway, my blog is at http://nord.twu.net/acl/
news.html
Stay safe... looks like you're enemies are pretty desperate to
shut you down. I couldn't believe it when they called you a
neo-nazi and a holocaust denier!
On the Pipes/Plout partnership: Israel
Insider
On Pipes's fine organization: htt
p://www.newswithviews.com/guest_opinion/guest82.htm
A few of the letters sent to the Jewish Press were forwarded to
me. I'm told many more were sent and I can't begin to express my
gratitude to all these wonderful people. Let us categorize the
arguments. First, the writers noted the article had no research,
no scholarship, but it sure contained a lot of hate:
"Virtually every "question" raised by the conspiracists about
the Rabin assassination has by now been fully explained away and
answered:"
Only error and misdeeds have to be explained away, like trying
to "explain away" lipstick on your shorts.
* It is surprising to me that the Jewish Press would support
such weak quasi-intellectualism as was present in the conspiracy
article by Steven Plaut. One can never judge the truth by just
labelling something mental illness and writing it off like that.
Every true Dayan (and scientist as well) understands that every
detail of a claim must be examined carefully before a conclusion
is reached as to its veracity or lack thereof.
* Next, the writers expressed the suspicion that the article was
commissioned by people a great deal more powerful than the
"author:"
* Tell me, dear Mrs. Klass, do you have any idea who could
possibly have been paying whom to make fun of a very good and
serious man called Barry Chamish and whose political fortunes
are supposedly served by it?
* One wonders why the author of this article finds the official
gov't line so much more credible than the obvious conclusion
which the above facts lead to. One also wonders if he doesn't
have similar biases in his poohpoohing other conspiracies, in
particular the Rabin Assassination which he has written about
extensively in defense of the gov't position.
* Plaut then quotes a certain "seminal book" by Daniel Pipes.
The entire Plaut article thus strives to resemble a scholarly
review of another scholarly work.
This sort of writing just proves that he is either a mole or a
tool of the Federal Government.
* The author then goes to the fallacy of logic (argument ad
hominem) and links Barry Chamish to fringe neo-Nazi and
Holocaust revisionist groups. I can attest, that as a
conservative in some political aspects, nonetheless my writings
have appeared in the web-pages of the far left in America. The
fact of the Internet is, that anyone can cut and paste the
writings of anyone else. So much for the spurious use of
argument ad hominem by the individual to whom I address.
Very simply put; Barry Chamish writes with a bias to Israeli
nationalism and Daniel Pipes is a Neocon. There you have it.
* But what really peeved the writers, was the "author's"
insinuation that I, and anyone who thinks as I do, is "mentally
ill." Now here's where things get interesting:
Israel's Plague of Conspiracism 1-Conspiracism is probably best
characterized as a form of mental illness. Are you a licensed
psychiatrist? 2-Some researchers in psychiatry plainly
agree.....WHO?
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Commentary: International Relations, Research & Education
Vocabulary words used incorrectly by individuals who consider
themselves intellectuals create misrepresentation, but what is
even more bizarre is how loosely some individuals use non
existent terms or words. There are many slick unsavory
characters from all walks of life who probably contribute to
numerous unsolved mysteries.
There is no reference to "conspiracism" or "Conspiracists" in
legal or medical terminology or any reference to a diagnosis of
"conspiracism" as a mental illness or "plague".
Conspiracy: in Criminal Law occurs when two or more persons
conspire/ plan an unlawful act, which becomes unlawful when done
by the concerted action of the conspirators.
Civil Conspiracies: the term "civil" is used to designate a
conspiracy which will furnish ground for a civil action,as
where, in carrying out the design of the conspirators, overt
acts are done causing legal damage, the person injured has a
right of action.
Reference: Black's Law Dictionary-Fourth Edition
* His faulty logic goes like this: Because some people believe
in conspiracies, all people who believe in conspiracies suffer
mental illness, and therefore promote anti-Semitism thus they
are dangerous and you should avoid them.
* When I have questioned Plaut about his passion against
Chamish, he was totally steadfast. No facts in the world could
sway Plaut from his attitude. His answers were full of emotion.
He did not answer my questions just lashed back about Chamish
being crazy.
As I see it, Plaut has a personal dislike for Chamish and the
Jewish Press fell prey to it. If it is not a personal dislike,
it is probably part of a campaign to discredit Chamish so the
truths he does discover are not given validity. I guess that
would make it a conspiracy, and since I am the one to suspect
it, by Plaut's definition that would make me mentally ill.
* Daniel Pipes may be an 'expert' on the Middle East but it is
news to me that he is also a serious student of psychology. To
describe all those who come to grips with some of the most
serious conspiracies - and their cover-ups - as paranoid
delusions, - means that a huge percentage of Israel needs to be
in the padded cell recommended by this supposed academic.
* At risk of being called a conspirator by Plaut, and therefore
mentally ill by his definition, I question why Plaut is so
vehemently opposed to Chamish's work that he would spend so much
time and effort to discredit him.
* Conspiracy theories are like Chassidishe Maises (miraculous
stories of Tzaddikim) If you believe all of them you're a fool,
if you don't believe any you're in denial!!!
* Now look at this remarkable exchange, sent to me. The reader
merely suggested that Plout appear on Tamar Yonah's radio show
on Arutz Sheva to explain his views, because she often has me as
his guest. What is Plout's answer? He calls Tamar "mentally
ill."
I asked Plaut if he'd be prepared to be interviewed on Tamar
Yona's show. This was his reply!!
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