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In reply to the discussion: James Randi: debunking the king of the debunkers [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)Some of Randi's followers from the JREF forum migrated to DU and have acted in concert.
Amazing Randi forum: Much blowing of wind, little real substance, but, Gosh, there're a lot of you.
They're not all bullies, but some, I've noticed over the past decade, work to denigrate investigation, not just of the paranormal, but of the national security state. It's similar to John McAdams' supporters, "debunking" any claim of conspiracy in the death of President Kennedy they can find:
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4028402
What's personally troubling, McAdams uses one of my BFEE posts as an example:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/blog/DU_Bush.htm
I imagine he collects the ISPs of visitors and gives them to the people and organizations who support his "work."
Bottom line: Thank you for caring about this stuff, CrawlingChaos. It would be most disagreeable to run along the path alone.
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