IF YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE FACTS, JUST SCREAM "CONSPIRACY THEORIST" AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS
Written by Cisco
Saturday, 08 March 2008
My compassionate nature does not normally allow me to respond to blog writers who demonstrate a writing skill that is just slightly superior to that of a two-year-old who has just discovered that he can doodle on the kitchen wall with the brown stuff that is leaking from his diaper, but the sanctimonious nature of the infantile writing of Dana Blankenhorn allows me to make an exception in his case. Mr. Blankenhorn posted an article on ZDNet.com entitled “Health Conspiracies Usually Aren't” in which he accuses me of being a health conspiracy theorist.
Mr. Blankenhorn never actually does us the courtesy of stating what he means by the term “health conspiracy theorist.” Indeed, his definition of the term must be very broad, for he accuses his own chiropractor of being a health conspiracy theorist because his chiropractor “finds most conventional health treatments to be a scam,” and Mr. Blankenhorn accuses his own sister of being a health conspiracy theorist because she “finds chiropractic to be a scam.” We can only assume that, based on these broad general examples given, Mr. Blankenhorn sees a health conspiracy theorist lurking around every corner. Using Blankenhorn's broad standard for health conspiracy theorists, we now can confidently state that Jonas Salk was a right-wing wacko health conspiracy theorist because he was always talking about a polio virus that he couldn't even see. I think that Mr. Blankenhorn would encourage you, the reader of this article, to immediately take a look in the mirror and see if you can spot the health conspiracy theorist that may be hiding inside of you.
Call me crazy, but I think that in order for a person to be deemed a “health conspiracy theorist” that person needs to actually speak or write about a conspiracy. I have reviewed my attacks on Pfizer and Robert Jarvik, and I can not find a single mention of a conspiracy. The closest that I may have come to suggesting a conspiracy is when I remarked on the coincidence of Pfizer using the inventor of an artificial heart to promote a drug that destroys your God-given heart. Rather than suggesting a conspiracy, I was attempting to point out the irony.
It occurred to me that a person with a limited skill set such as that possessed by Mr. Blankenhorn may have some difficulty in understanding the concept of “irony.” Since Mr. Blankenhorn may stumble upon and read this response to his blog, I will take a moment to provide an example of irony that even Mr. Blankenhorn will be able to understand.
Mr. Blankenhorn, in your blog post dated February 29, 2008 which has the wonderfully catchy title of “Dirty F'ing Haties,” you make it clear that it is your objective to silence the people that you refer to as “haties.” According to you, Mr. Blankenhorn, the group of “haties” includes Rush Limbaugh, Neal Boortz, Michelle Malkin, the sponsors of those individuals, and all of us on the political right who tend to agree with those individuals. You specifically say “Spread the word that these people (referring to the haties) we were once scared of will scare us no more, that they and their ilk and their enablers must be removed from our sight, must never darken our doors, and that one purpose of the government in Washington must be to confront them, to turn the whole culture against them, to show them history's door, and to write-out anyone who says a word in their favor.”
Now here is the irony part, Mr. Blankenhorn, so please pay close attention. You would do anything in your power to silence the free speech of the political right. You state that you would even use the government to silence us. But all of the “haties” that I know, and I myself, will do everything in our power, up to and including sacrificing our lives, to protect your right to free speech. That is irony.
In his post, Blankenhorn refers to me as “right-wing.” I am sure that he meant the term to be pejorative, much as I would mean the term “liberal fascist” to be pejorative if I were to use it in referring to Mr. Blankenhorn. But I accept that description of my political positions, and that is what provides a great deal more credibility to my attack on Pfizer. We people on the political right are supposed to be champions of corporate hegemony. We are always characterized as people who support big business at the expense of America's poor people. And yet I am attacking one of America's largest corporations because of the very real damage that it is callously inflicting on the health of untold thousands of poor people. Just who is the right-winger and who is the liberal in this discussion? Mr. Blankenhorn, if he were to be true to his liberal conscience, would be singing my praises rather than attacking me. I can not be certain of Blankenhorn's motivation in his attack, but I would be interested to know whether he has any Pfizer stock in his portfolio.
Mr. Blankenhorn is kind enough to point out that all statin drugs cause a reduction in synthesis of CoEnzymeQ10, and we certainly thank him for his timely input. I never once implied that Lipitor is the only statin drug that causes a depletion of CoEnzymeQ10 in the human body. I am attacking Lipitor right now because Pfizer has shown the most blatant disregard for human life in their aggressive advertising campaigns. If I am successful in getting Pfizer to cease putting corporate profits ahead of human lives, then I will move on to Crestor and all of the others.
I would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to thank Mr. Blankenhorn for giving me new insight into the thinking of the liberal mind. The new insight that he provided can be found in this one statement that he made in his attack on me: “Fact is that statins may have many other beneficial effects, beyond lowering a single cholesterol number.” Blankenhorn is telling us that it is a fact that it is possible that statins might have other beneficial effects. Did you follow that? I have to admit that it is difficult to get your mind around the convolution. I must address Mr. Blankenhorn directly again: Mr. Blankenhorn, where is the fact? Do you even understand the meaning of the word “fact?”
Here in the real world, we do not confuse possibilities and theories with facts. Here in the real world, I can't say things like “Fact is that Dana Blankenhorn may possibly have a man-crush on Barack Obama.” I am not stating a known fact, so I am not allowed to preface my comments with the words “Fact is.”
But that is the liberal mind set. They seem to always be confusing theories with facts and facts with theories. In my attack on Pfizer and Lipitor, I stated documented facts and no theories. But Blankenhorn decided that I was a “health conspiracy theorist.” Then Blankenhorn yanks from his anal orifice a theory about statin drugs providing additional benefits and he calls it a fact.
All of this would just be so much more amusement for me if it were not for the fact that Blankenhorn and liberal fascists like him are serious when they talk about using government to take away our right to freedom of speech. They want to silence any world view that differs form their own, and they really do think that their end justifies their means.
A very prominent example of the extremes to which liberal fascists will go can be found in Ben Stein's new film, Expelled. In the movie, Ben Stein addresses the same issue of freedom of speech which is being denied to many in the scientific community who dare to express doubts about Darwinianism. It is interesting that once again the liberal mind is confused into thinking that a theory, Darwinian evolution, is a fact.
When I stated earlier that I would be willing to sacrifice my life in an effort to protect free speech, regardless of the political leanings of the speaker, it was not just so much hyperbole. I am dedicated to the protection of free speech, and to that end we will be doing all that we can to support Expelled.
As a courtesy to Dana Blankenhorn, we are providing links to both his ZDNet attack on me and to his personal blog. Also, we are providing a link to the Expelled movie web site. Watch the super trailer that is on Ben Stein's web site. It is well done and it certainly provided me with the desire to see the movie.
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