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It is not anti-Semitic to object to the expansion of illegal settlements, the starvation and killing of the Palestinian people, or the butchering of a peace activist with a bulldozer! For these gross violations of human rights, we have the government of Israel to thank. We need laws to keep dual citizens from decision-making and policy-shaping position in the US government. Who knows whose loyalty they respect?"
It is not anti-Semitic to object to the expansion of illegal settlements, the starvation and killing of the Palestinian people, or the butchering of a peace activist with a bulldozer! For these gross violations of human rights, we have the government of Israel to thank. We need laws to keep dual citizens from decision-making and policy-shaping position in the US government. Who knows whose loyalty they respect?"</blockquote><ref name="adl1"/>
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James H. Fetzer
Born
James Henry Fetzer

(1940-12-06) December 6, 1940 (age 83)
Pasadena, California, USA
NationalityAmerican

James Henry Fetzer (born December 6, 1940) is a retired philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a conspiracy theorist.[1][2][3]

He has written on the philosophy of science and on the theoretical foundations of computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. Two of his most recent books were on the evolution of intelligence and philosophical aspects of "the Christian Right's crusade against science".

The various conspiracy theories researched and advocated by Fetzer include the assassination of John F. Kennedy,[4] the September 11 attacks,[4][2] the death of Senator Paul Wellstone.[4], Sandy Hook massacre, the Boston bombings, and all six lunar landings were hoaxes. He has lectured extensively on these subjects,[4] and has made frequent appearances on various radio[4] and television programs, including Jesse Ventura's America[5] and Hannity & Colmes.[4] Fetzer has published three collections of studies on the death of JFK, co-authored another on the plane crash that took the life of Wellstone, and edited the first book from Scholars for 9/11 Truth, an organization he founded. He has been published extensively as a journalist for conspiracy-theory oriented Veterans Today and has been a contributor to Iran's Press TV official government sponsored news agency.

Biography

Fetzer was born in Pasadena, California on December 6, 1940 to a father who worked as an accountant in a welfare office in Los Angeles County.[6] He has described himself as growing-up in a troubled home in the neighboring city of Altadena.[4] After his parents divorced, Fetzer moved to La Habra Heights, California with his brother, mother, and stepfather.[4] His mother passed away when he was 11, then he moved back with his father and stepmother, whose encouragement he credits with helping him do well in school.[4][7]

Fetzer attended South Pasadena High School, and went on to study philosophy at Princeton University where he graduated magna cum laude in 1962.[6] After Princeton, Fetzer was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, and eventually became an artillery officer.[6][7] He was stationed on Okinawa, Japan, and was anchored out in Formosa when John F. Kennedy was assassinated.[7] Fetzer was promoted to captain but resigned his commission in 1966 to enter graduate school.[7] He earned his master's degree program at Indiana University, transferred to Columbia University for a year, then returned to Indiana where in 1970 he completed a PhD in the history and philosophy of science.[6][7]

Fetzer was employed as an assistant professor from 1970 to 1977 by the University of Kentucky, where he received the first Distinguished Teaching Award from the UK Student Government, then held various positions as a visiting associate or visiting professor at the University of Cincinnati, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of South Florida, and the University of Virginia.[6][7] In 1987, he was hired as a full professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and was appointed a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in 1996.[7][8] Fetzer taught at UMD until his retirement in June 2006.[6][7]

During his military service, Fetzer married his first wife and had a son.[7] The couple divorced after four years of marriage.[7] Fetzer was married to his second wife while employed at the University of Kentucky.[7]

Works

Fetzer has published more than 100 articles and 20 books on philosophy of science, computer science, artificial intelligence and cognitive science.[6] He also founded the international journal, Minds and Machines,[9] which he edited for eleven years, the professional library, Studies in Cognitive Systems, which includes thirty volumes, and the professional organization, The Society for Machines & Mentality.[10]

Controversial views

Fetzer has written about the John F. Kennedy assassination and has been interviewed on his theories about the September 11, 2001 attacks, by Richard and Kate Mucci, hosts of Out There TV, and radio hosts such as Laura Ingraham, Jerry Springer, Donny Deutch and several hosts on Air America, among others.[11] He has been interviewed on Hannity & Colmes (twice) and on The O'Reilly Factor as well as other television programs. Some have questioned his apparent endorsement of a military coup to overthrow the Bush administration,[12] members of which he believes have betrayed the country and violated their oaths of office.

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Fetzer has published dozens of articles critical of the Warren Commission's findings,[7] and has edited three books of studies by experts on the assassination of Kennedy.[13] He is reported to have become interested in the subject after watching Oliver Stone's JFK in 1991.[7] Conspiracy debunker Vincent Bugliosi has described Fetzer as a "good and sincere" man and as "the editor of the only exclusively scientific books... on the assassination".[13] He has also been reported to be "a familiar and controversial figure in the JFK research community".[7] According to Josiah Thompson, author of Six Seconds in Dallas, Fetzer has proffered theories considered "off the wall" by other assassination researchers.[14]

According to Fetzer, the CIA, the American Mafia, anti-Castro Cubans, Texas oilmen, the "military–industrial complex", as well as Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and J. Edgar Hoover, all may have been involved in a plot to kill the President.[13] He has asserted that approximately six gunmen were firing at Kennedy, and that the X-rays of Kennedy as well the Zapruder film were fabricated.[13][15] Maintaining that William Greer, the agent driving Kennedy's limousine, deliberately stopped the vehicle after the first shot to give the assassins a better target, Fetzer has written that it was "such an obvious indication of Secret Service complicity in the assassination" that "had to be edited out" of Zapruder's film.[13]

Fetzer appeared as a guest on the MSNBC program Jesse Ventura's America on the 40th observance of the Kennedy assassination. In response to questions from the host and audience, Fetzer spoke about his findings that the Zapruder film "had been massively edited" and that X-rays and forensic evidence had been severely tampered with or withheld.[5]

Moon Landings

On May 2, 2013, Fetzer was interviewed by Sterling Harwood. Fetzer defended his conspiracist views that all six lunar landings were hoaxes.[16]

September 11, 2001 attacks

Fetzer has asserted that people within the administration of George W. Bush were responsible for the September 11 attacks.[3] He is the co-founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, a group that rejects the official conclusions of the 9/11 Commission and the National Institute of Standards and Technology that hijackers crashed planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and that the fires caused by the crashed planes were sufficient to collapse the buildings.[2] The group has asserted that the buildings in the World Trade Center were brought down by controlled demolitions and that the United States government possessed a political agenda that allowed or even orchestrated its occurrence.[2] Fetzer invited Steven Jones, a physics professor at Brigham Young University, to serve as the group's co-chair.[3]

Fetzer had a controversial interview with Errol Gluck on the podcast GluckRadio.com in which Gluck was set to talk about 9/11, but quickly offered questions about Noam Chomsky and the Holocaust. This lead to a heated debate, and Fetzer would later go on to call the show "misleading" and "hostile." Producers of GluckRadio.com pulled the show from their website following the controversy, but Fetzer recorded a copy of the interview for himself and published it on his own podcast, The Real Deal.[17]

Death of Paul Wellstone

After Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone's death in an airplane crash, Fetzer wrote a series of articles for Duluth, Minnesota's Reader Weekly in which he asserted that Wellstone was assassinated by a group of powerful Republicans to regain control of the United States Senate.[18][19] He claimed that sabotage due to an electromagnetic pulse may have caused the plane to crash, and those responsible for it were "...the troika that runs the government, consisting of Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Donald Rumsfeld."[19] In 2004, Fetzer co-authored a book on the subject, American Assassination: The Strange Death of Senator Paul Wellstone, with Don "Four Arrows" Jacobs.[18][20]

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Fetzer alleges Israeli involvement in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[21] Contributing to the Iranian government owned Press TV, he stated: “The Sandy Hook massacre appears to have been a psy op intended to strike fear in the hearts of Americans by the sheer brutality of the massacre, where the killing of children is a signature of terror ops conducted by agents of Israel.”[21] Fetzer has also published articles promoting conspiracy theories that the London 7/7 bombings, and that the Boston bombings were false flag attacks.[22][23]

Holocaust denial and antisemitism

Fetzer announced his support for holocaust revisionism at a talk by Gilad Atzmon.[24] In August 2012, Fetzer's blog featured neo-Nazi Ernst Zündel who was "persecuted & imprisoned for research on WWII".[25] The Anti-Defamation League notes Fetzer has stated anti-Semitism "has been used as a political club to attack research on 9/11" and that his writings allege that Israel had a key role in the 9/11 attacks, focusing on "American government officials of Jewish background."[26]

Israel and Palestine Nationalism

Fetzer has been called an "American patriot" by Muslim journals such as The Islamic Post.[27] Fetzer is a fierce critic of the military policies of Israel and the United States and he is a strong supporter of the Palestine issue.

The ADL quoted him:

It is not anti-Semitic to object to the expansion of illegal settlements, the starvation and killing of the Palestinian people, or the butchering of a peace activist with a bulldozer! For these gross violations of human rights, we have the government of Israel to thank. We need laws to keep dual citizens from decision-making and policy-shaping position in the US government. Who knows whose loyalty they respect?"

[26]

Iran

Fetzer favors a moderate policy towards Iran. His opinions, such as conspiracy theories about 9/11 and Sandy Hook have been promoted by Iranian state media such as PressTV. He was listed as a partner in the 2013 International Conference on Hollywoodism held in Tehran,[28] along with Kevin Barrett, and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel, who had previously been a frequent interviewee of Iran's PressTV.[29] In an Iran Review interview by Kourosh Ziabari in Tehran, Fetzer states that "Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapons program" and anti-Iran sanctions are violations of international law.[30] Although Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN General Assembly speech was condemned by president Obama, Fetzer enthusiastically gave his support to Ahmadinejad's "observations that an international investigation should be conducted to determine who was responsible for 9/11."[31]

Publications

Philosophy of Science:

  • James H. Fetzer. (December 31, 1981). Scientific Knowledge: Causation, Explanation, and Corroboration. Springer. ISBN 90-277-1335-9.
  • edited by James H. Fetzer. (1985). Sociobiology and Epistemology. Springer. ISBN 90-277-2005-3. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Definitions and Definability: Philosophical Perspectives. 1991. ASIN B000IBICGK.
  • James H. Fetzer (1992). Philosophy of Science (Paragon Issues in Philosophy). Paragon. ISBN 1-55778-481-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • ed. by James H. Fetzer (1993). Foundations of Philosophy of Science: Recent Developments (Paragon Issues in Philosophy). Paragon. ISBN 1-55778-480-9. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Charles E. M. Dunlop; James H. Fetzer. (1993). Glossary of Cognitive Science (A Paragon House Glossary for Research, Reading, and Writing). Paragon. ISBN 1-55778-567-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • James H. Fetzer. (1997). Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Paragon Issues in Philosophy). Paragon. ISBN 1-55778-739-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Minds and Machines: Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science, Vol. 7, No. 4. Kluwer. 1997. ASIN B000KEV460. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • edited by James H. Fetzer. (2000). Science, Explanation, and Rationality: The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-512137-6. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • James H. Fetzer. (2001). Artificial Intelligence: Its Scope and Limits. Springer. ISBN 0-7923-0548-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines. Springer. January 8, 2002. ISBN 1-4020-0243-2.
  • ed. by James H. Fetzer (2002). Consciousness Evolving (Advances in Consciousness Research). John Benjamins. ISBN 1-58811-108-3. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • James H. Fetzer (2005). The Evolution of Intelligence: Are Humans the Only Animals With Minds?. Open Court. ISBN 0-8126-9459-7.
  • James H. Fetzer (December 28, 2006). Render Unto Darwin: Philosophical Aspects of the Christian Right's Crusade Against Science. Open Court. ISBN 0-8126-9605-0.

Conspiracy Theories:

  • edited by James H. Fetzer. (1997). Assassination Science: Experts Speak Out on the Death of JFK. Open Court. ISBN 0-8126-9366-3. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • ed. by James H. Fetzer. (2000). Murder in Dealey Plaza: What We Know Now that We Didn't Know Then. Open Court. ISBN 0-8126-9422-8. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • ed. by James H. Fetzer (2003). The Great Zapruder Film Hoax: Deceit and Deception in the Death of JFK. Catfeet Press. ISBN 0-8126-9547-X. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Four Arrows (aka Don Trent Jacobs) & James H. Fetzer. (2004). American Assassination: The Strange Death Of Senator Paul Wellstone. Vox Pop. ISBN 0-9752763-0-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

References

  1. ^ Narain, Jaya (February 16, 2007). "We're all conspiracy theorists at heart". BBC News. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Pope, Justin (August 7, 2006). "Scholars join ranks of Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. AP. p. A3. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Mosedale, Mike (June 28, 2006). "The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much". City Pages. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 1. Retrieved July 29, 2012. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mosedale 2006, p. 2.
  5. ^ a b "JESSE VENTURA'S AMERICA for November 22, 2003". MSNBC. November 22, 2003. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Lederer, Sarah (February 2009). "James Fetzer's Home Page". Duluth: University of Minnesota. Retrieved February 2, 2009.[self-published source]
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Mosedale 2006, p. 3.
  8. ^ "Distinguished McKnight Professorship Program". University of Minnesota. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  9. ^ Fetzer, James H. (1991), "Editor's preface", Minds and Machines, 1 (1), Springer Netherlands: v–vi, doi:10.1007/BF00360575, ISSN 0924-6495, retrieved July 17, 2012
  10. ^ Curriculum Vitae (special)[self-published source]
  11. ^ Scholars for 9/11 Truth – Past Events[self-published source]
  12. ^ John Gravois, "Professors of Paranoia?: Academics give a scholarly stamp to 9/11 conspiracy theories", The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 23, 2006.
  13. ^ a b c d e Bugliosi, Vincent (2007). Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 506, 508, 974, 986, 1498. ISBN 9780393045253. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  14. ^ Mosedale 2006, p. 4.
  15. ^ Cockerell, Penny (November 22, 2003). "JFK 40 Years Later: America Still Has Questions; Assassination theories don't fade away". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. AP. p. A6. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  16. ^ Fetzer, James H. (May 2, 2013). "Did America Land Men on the Moon?: The Moon Landing Hoax" (MP3) (Interview). Interviewed by Sterling Harwood. Retrieved May 3, 2013. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |callsign= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |city= ignored (|location= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |program= ignored (help)
  17. ^ http://radiofetzer.blogspot.com/2012/12/jim-fetzer-jim-viken-clare-kuehn.html
  18. ^ a b Mosedale 2006, p. 5.
  19. ^ a b Diaz, Kevin (June 3, 2003). "Conspiracy theories thrive after Wellstone plane crash". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  20. ^ Dameron, Eva (October 31, 2005). "Author makes case for murder". Daily Lobo (University of New Mexico).
  21. ^ a b Moynihan, Michael C. (December 12, 2012). "Newtown Conspiracy Theories: Obama, Iran, and Other Culprits". http://www.thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 9, 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  22. ^ Veterans Today Sandy Hook: Analogies with the London 7/7 Bombings By Nick Kollerstrom with Jim Fetzer
  23. ^ APRIL 20, 2013 Some "hard lessons" from the Boston bombing
  24. ^ Veterans Today May 22nd, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Barrett "Fetzer Questions Holocaust"
  25. ^ THE REAL DEAL WITH JIM FETZER PODCAST
  26. ^ a b Decade of Deceit: Anti-Semitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10 Years Later
  27. ^ [1]
  28. ^ http://blog.adl.org/international/iran-hollywoodism-conference-partners-with-u-s-international-anti-semites-conspiracy-theorists FEBRUARY 5, 2013 1 Iran “Hollywoodism” Conference Partners With U.S. & International Anti-Semites, Conspiracy Theorists
  29. ^ Keating, Joshua (February 13, 2013). "Mike Gravel on movies, sanctions, and what we can learn from Iran". Foreign Policy.
  30. ^ James H. Fetzer: Anti-Iran Sanctions Violate International Law MARCH 06, 2013
  31. ^ SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 Even Your Best Friends Won't Tell You: Ahmadinejad's UN General Assembly Speech

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