Leading Japanese Left Newpaper Abandons 9/11 Truth After David Ray Griffin Visits [View All]

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Hmm. Perhaps we should start suppporting Dr. Griffin in his little bullshit spreading seminars. It seems to have backfired when he visited Japan recently...

I had not made it down to the "People's Newspaper" afterwards to find out what the aftershocks were to this event, but it was already clear by the end when the Editor of the paper gave a closing address that quoted Chomsky's debunking of conspiracy theories that the "People's Newspaper" was not convinced on 9/11 conspiracy. This despite the fact that they had peddled this line for over three years.

Last weekend I went to pick up some video of the event at their offices and got a copy of the paper they put out directly after the event. This issue is a STEP by STEP debunking of Griffin's claims which points out the errors and logical fallacies of the so-called "truth movement" and ends with the lead editor concluding that "after putting on this event, I want to make it clear that I can no longer advocate for the truth movement with any confidence". At multiple points the People's Newspaper notes that Griffin supports conspiracy theories about the events of Pearl Harbor, and the reactionary character of his rhetoric (I know from a personal account that the newspaper editor went to a 'truth conference' in Tokyo and was shocked to find himself surrounded by Japanese fascists'). If you visit the paper's site here: http://www.jimmin.com/index.html you will find that they are no longer endorsing 9/11 truth books or positions. These results speak for themselves. The truth movement has not only lost a community of potential believers here, one of the biggest left newspapers in Osaka has finally restored its name by slaying this absurd albatross.

Japanese fascists are still around? Imagine. And they suppport 9/11 Conspiracy theories? Unbelievable.