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Howard Zinn on PBS 3/17/03

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Submitted by Bill Fello (United States), Mar 17, 2003 at 22:01

I must confess I had never heard of Zinn before seeiing him on a PBS news show panel tonite. I was shocked by his almost willful ignorance of both history and the present, as well as his visceral venom against his own country. He claims that America has never been a supporter of establishing democratic governments, for instance, when the democratic governments of Japan and Germany, two of the greatest nations in the world, were created or sponsored by the US after WW II. His simplistic notions and willingness to ignore facts and invent his own version of reality are an indictment of his own intellectual integrity. He is the poster child for intellectual dishonesty and academic buffoonery. I laughed out loud at some of his inane claims, so at least he was entertaining.

I would never consent to have my sons and daughter "educated" by this man. There is no fool like an intellectual fool.

And I have no respect for an institution that would inflict this man upon unsuspecting students.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
1In Canada [51 words]Gary CathroOct 21, 2007 16:29112106
What Would Howard Zinn Have Done? [118 words]Don DavidsonNov 8, 2003 14:2912109
howard zinn [17 words]drew tammaroFeb 11, 2008 14:5812109
It is scary to read the comments here.... [74 words]Edmond FisherAug 3, 2003 13:0010428
1Howard Zinn needs to be explored [100 words]John AbleMar 18, 2003 19:217354
Howard Zinn on PBS 3/17/03 [58 words]William CaldwellMar 18, 2003 18:497353
Howard Zinn on PBS 3/17/03 [170 words]Bill FelloMar 17, 2003 22:017344
He is already in our High Schools! [201 words]Colleen WillisMay 6, 2007 14:147344
Howard Zinn is a coward [116 words]Halsey WickserMar 17, 2003 21:417343
Will this change anything? [321 words]Eric LussierFeb 12, 2003 16:456594
True Intelligent Humanitarian Principles [130 words]Jan DunnJan 11, 2003 02:055666
1Honest American [220 words]Khalil RobinsonDec 6, 2002 00:294445
Excellent job [3 words]Greg OfieshOct 15, 2002 01:003083
Message for the choir [279 words]Constantine KipnisOct 14, 2002 16:513078
David Karnes's open letter [41 words]Jack CaughranOct 13, 2002 11:543065
The line must be drawn somewhere! [195 words]Graham PeppercornOct 13, 2002 10:353064
Empty rhetoric [346 words]D. WolfOct 13, 2002 00:353063
What was supposed to follow the breach of the 1991 agreement? [35 words]Ella OblasOct 11, 2002 16:283053
Open Letter- Chair of Boston University Faculty Council [472 words]David KarnesOct 11, 2002 09:583046
A Pathetic Tirade by Zinn [14 words]Richard A. FinnOct 11, 2002 07:313042
Act III To Come [122 words]Lee D. CaryOct 11, 2002 00:543040
Bravo Daniel! Well done in a 2 vs. 1 debate! [59 words]Pete WeissOct 10, 2002 21:423039
Don't we learn? [40 words]M. NathanOct 10, 2002 20:193038
Thank you. [13 words]Albert GreenbaumOct 10, 2002 17:593033
Eagles and weasels! [176 words]SheerahkahnOct 10, 2002 14:323030
Here's a good argument [90 words]Josh KatzenOct 10, 2002 14:273029
Zinn can always move... [67 words]Glenn KlotzOct 10, 2002 14:123028
What Freedom Means [71 words]JeanOct 10, 2002 13:163025
Self-control with Howard Zinn [76 words]Joseph GreenbergOct 10, 2002 11:593023
WAKE UP JOE!! [117 words]ken johnstonMar 1, 2006 17:213023
The Heart of the Left [148 words]SeanOct 10, 2002 11:083022
Don't Wait [128 words]"JB" in PGHOct 10, 2002 09:353019
An agreement is an agreement. [27 words]Bruce BuntinOct 10, 2002 09:293018
Bravo on the superior morals of the US vs. the UN [160 words]Theodore RoseOct 10, 2002 02:353014
1Who is worse -- Zinn or Chomsky? [211 words]SubhasisOct 10, 2002 02:193011
Four years later... [30 words]M WidenerAug 9, 2006 12:333011
Changed your minds? [31 words]WalterJun 5, 2008 23:123011
Patriotism of Morons? [97 words]Dr. TruthJan 30, 2010 23:143011
look again [6 words]hello!Aug 4, 2012 13:463011
Your Terrific Arguments! [64 words]Peter SteinOct 10, 2002 01:213009
The "Blame America First" Crowd [87 words]Bob GreeneOct 10, 2002 00:563007
The World Gone Mad [136 words]Dan EisenbergOct 10, 2002 00:283006
Thank you for your diligence and courage [56 words]Phyllys LobdellOct 9, 2002 23:553005
Best shot. Congratulations. [82 words]Yuri SOct 9, 2002 23:473004
Zinn and the Art of Diversion [225 words]Mary Ann MeierOct 9, 2002 23:453002
Hasn't Saddam Already Attacked The U.S.? [54 words]Mike ZeldisOct 9, 2002 23:423000

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