Reason Magazine Article Clarification

Dave Weigel of Reason Magazine published an article called Free Paulistine on September 3rd. A part of the article contains the following quote:

Here were the reporters, finally covering the Paul movement. Here’s what they were covering: Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, a vision in a yellow T-shirt and blue blazer, aired 9/11 conspiracy theories while reporters rushed to get comments from attendees. (I walked past a New York Times reporter who was quizzing two Paul backers about controlled demolitions.)

That pissed some people off. “I think the 9/11 Truth Movement as we knew it in 2006 and 2007 is dead,” said Justin Martell, a Franklin Pierce college student who’d spent much of 2007 showing up at New Hampshire candidate rallies asking about a new investigation. "We need to focus on the bigger picture, on issues like Iraq." The 9/11 truth issue roiled a number of attendees. “I might even be sympathetic to it,” said Paul voter Mike Reineke, “but I’m from New York, and that’s a touchy subject that you don’t want to talk to voters about.”

The point that I was trying to convey was that we may need to rethink our tactics and incorporate 9/11 into a larger picture, as it is ONE piece of a very large puzzle.

Debunking websites like ScrewLooseChange and the JREF Forums are quoting me as simply saying:

That pissed some people off. “I think the 9/11 Truth Movement is dead,” said Justin Martell, a Franklin Pierce college student who’d spent much of 2007 showing up at New Hampshire candidate rallies asking about a new investigation. “I might even be sympathetic to it,” said Paul voter Mike Reineke, “but I’m from New York, and that’s a touchy subject that you don’t want to talk to voters about.”

Dave Weigel quoted me incorrectly and incorporated it into his article in a way that was incredibly misleading. Now that the statement has been corrected, I hope that the "debunking" websites will practice the intellectual honesty that they claim to possess and make note of this mistake and Weigel's correction of my statement.

I told you what I thought...

As far as I'm concerned, this is forgotten. A LOT of people have become frustrated. No one is teflon coated against that. When you have a media that ignores you, debunkers that constantly lie about you, people allegedly within the movement that are constantly making accusations against you, and you live in a country filled with people who just don't care that elements within their own Government and others murdered 2,973 people to further agendas that have no place in this country, or in this world, it is VERY hard not to become frustrated.


Do these people deserve to know how and why their loved ones were murdered? Do we deserve to know how and why 9/11 happened?

"Now that the statement has

"Now that the statement has been corrected, I hope that the "debunking" websites will practice the intellectual honesty that they claim to possess"

Fat chance of that. The key players on those forums (i.e. the ones with the super high post counts) - I don't think there's any question those people are paid to oppose. Which means they're being paid to practice intellectual DIShonesty.