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The Group Apologist, in Action

By K.C. Johnson

Several days ago, the most aggressive apologist for the Group of 88, Duke Music professor Robert Zimmerman, published a post leveling against me a serious allegation: that I had exercised a ?moderator?s veto? against him, refusing to clear a comment he had offered at DIW, which he interpreted as a disinclination to debate him. (Prof. Zimmerman admitted that I had cleared at least six comments he made at DIW?not exactly the behavior of someone out to silence his views.) I responded in his comment thread, stating that I had never exercised a ?moderator?s veto? against his comments. Indeed, I have noted on several occasions that Prof. Zimmerman plays an important role in communicating the basic mindset of Group members, since Group members themselves have largely refused to defend their actions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 02, 2009 (boomark / email).