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...Corporation fellow Nannerl O. Keohane said in an interview that the governing boards “were not looking for an anti-Larry” candidate and that they wanted to find somebody who “shared Summers’ commitment to positive change...
...just a little crazy, but follow-the-glorious-leader-and-drink-the-Kool-Aid crazy. LaRouche himself has concocted a whole range of bizarre conspiracy theories—claiming, for example, that the Beatles were British-trained soldiers used for psychological warfare. Despite his homophobic, misogynistic, and anti-Semitic statements, he runs regularly for President as a Democrat (much to party leaders’ annoyance) and believes Dick Cheney (or the “beast-man,” as he calls him) and Lynne Cheney to be the real powers behind the Bush administration...
...that they will continue to be a constant blight on our campus—supposedly a place of rational discourse. My fury, as they thrust their nonsensical pamphlets into my book-laden arms, stems from the fact that their behavior pollutes the image of every reasonable and conscientious anti-war activist...
...while critical questioning of our government’s actions constitutes legitimate dissent, the violent methods and crackpot theories of movements like the LaRouchians’ only damage the debate. When such groups are viewed as just another set of pacifist protesters, it means that we have trivialized the anti-war movement, undermining its reputation and ability to act. The Bush administration has repeatedly tried to portray the entire anti-war movement as crazy fanatics; allowing mainstream protesters to become indistinguishable from people like the LaRouchians makes these attacks even more effective...
Harvard students must not stand idly and risk letting the anti-war movement be co-opted by these kinds of malicious conspiracy theorists. We must take a more proactive role in honestly and productively discussing the issues surrounding the Iraq war and raising awareness on campus. We need to preserve the reputation of the anti-war movement and make it clear that groups like the LaRouche Youth Movement have no place de-legitimizing true, honest discourse on our campus by handing out their conspiratorial garbage...