I got too much Fetzer in the Hardfire debates. He makes talking over people and hogging all the air time an art. srsly.
Hey Knife, thanks for the plug on the Podcast thread.
Just tumbled out of the sack. Have few hours spare to work on the site.
Anyway, about Fetzer, where do I start? He is, as you say, a terrible interviewee/host. He just cannot button it for more than a few seconds, he has an overactive waffle gland I think. But, oddly, I find the bloke highly amusing. I have only just started to listen to his output and I must recommend at least one or two of his debates as I think they perfectly illustrate the disintegration of the TM after it's "peak" of 2006.
The "disinformation syndrome" necrosis that is destroying the TM is a subject fascinating to me. I would love to find the first instance of someone in the TM accusing another of "disinfo".
For the reasons above my favourite Fetzer debate so far is the confrontation between him and Prof. Jones
(HERE). For those who may not know, this was just after the "Scholars for 9/11 Truth" split in the winter of 2006/2007. Fetzer and Jones were co-chairs of Sf9/11T and their association comes to an ignomious end right here. There's a JREF thread
HERE that gives good insight into what led up to that. Briefly, at the core of the whole split was Fetzers love-in with Judy Wood, Jones objected to that. That sets the stage for the "battle" that ensued.
Fetzer and Jones exchanged a few letters (see
HERE and
HERE)
Then we come to the "debate". It's from Fetzers Dynamic Duo Radio Show on GCN. Fetzer kicks off hilariously ranting and rambling on about grand pianos on helium balloons and many other ad-homs and gripes, when he finally takes a breath Jones is introduced then it gradually worsens even further from there. Fetzer and Jones snipe at each other about their respective qualifications and published works. Fetzer tries to lecture Jones on the "Nature of Science". Jones, who mostly seems like a quiet affable man, eventually loses his rag and Fetzer resorts to turning down Jones' volume. I've heard more mature interactions when my grandson plays yu-gi-oh card battles with his best friend but it is compulsive listening.
All-in-all, not a really productive advert for the TM. In fact the opposite is true. For that reason (and the humour content).....Highly recommended.
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