Final_Judgment

538 The Continuing Cover-Up [441]
That doesn't make any logical sense, of course, but that is precisely
what the mainstream media seeks to convey and it has become a constant
drumbeat. Conspiracy theories are simply "bad." And if you believe in
them, you're the kind of person who might consider blowing up a federal
building in Oklahoma City or elsewhere.
Chomsky, in his own inimitable style, continues:
To accept the dogma, a person who is unable to tolerate more than
a limited degree of internal contradiction must studiously avoid the
documentary record, which is ample in a free society . . . 1104
In the case of Final Judgment, of course, those who wish to accept the
official dogma and reject findings put forth in Final Judgment must ignore
all of the evidence (published long before this book ever came into being)
that suggests not only: a) that Israel did have a motive to participate in the
JFK assassination conspiracy; and b) that there are multiple Israeli
connections to the conspiracy that can indeed be documented. Chomsky:
Within the scholarly professions and the media, the intelligentsia
can generally be counted on to close ranks; they will refuse to submit to
critical analysis the doctrines of the faith, prune the historical and
documentary record so as to insulate these doctrines from examination,
and proceed to present a version of history that is safely free from
institutional critique or analysis. 1105
The media has indeed played a part in the cover-up of the findings laid
forth in Final Judgment.
Although the book has now received some publicity as a result of the
ADL's effort to prevent me from speaking at the community college
seminar in Orange County, the media reports that did appear were
intertwined with the allegation that I was some sort of "Holocaust denier"
and therefore not credible.
Likewise, so-called "scholars" such as Professor Roy Bauer at the
Irvine Valley College refused to give me the opportunity to present my
case. Bauer would not allow the doctrines of the faith to be submitted to
critical analysis. Chomsky:
Occasional departures from orthodoxy are of little moment as long
as they are confined to narrow circles that can be ignored, or dismissed
as 'irresponsible' or 'naive' or 'failing to comprehend the complexities
of history,' or otherwise identified with familiar code words as beyond the
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pale . . .
Final Judgment was a departure from orthodoxy and it was dismissed
with "code words" (such as "anti-Semitism") and described—in fact—as
being "beyond the pale." However, because Final Judgment had suddenly
had the opportunity to be heard by an academic audience—rather than
among a select list of book buyers who had access to the volume—the
defenders of the doctrines of the faith erupted into a frenzy. Chomsky: