Chuck Harder Returns
 

Chuck Harder Returns
 

ve3... wrote:

The greatest shock I ever had from Chuck's program was on Jan 1,
2000. For the previous two years Chuck had been banging the drums of
Y2K doom and gloom and had been touting generators, a year's supply of
dried food, solar cells, and other disaster products. Many of his
followers spent their last dime on this stuff. When, on Jan 1, nothing
happened, I tuned in to see what Chuck would have to say to his flock.
Nothing. Ne..rien, nada. He serenely cruised through his broadcast as
if none of this had anything to do with him. Pretty shabby, I thought.
Later reflection brought me to the conclusion that considering the
litigious nature of US society, he dare not say anything in fear of
getting the pants sued off him. It is sad that so many listeners hang
on every word of radio pundits and treat their ideas as gospel.
Chuck Harder has many listeners and obviously, many detractors. I
would suggest that the best course of action is to listen to a few of
his programs and make up your own mind. Of course, if Abruxis comes up
with some real evidence, that would change things.

Chuck Harder kept saying, over and over again, "President Bush doesn't
get it ... he's a golden boy."
I would call that an anti-Semitic slur.
Why do I say this?
First, Bush Jr. is the most pro-Israel U.S. president since Harry
Truman. Everyone knows that; Chuck Harder knows that.
Second, there is the use of the words "gold" and "boy," two traditional
anti-Semitic slurs - and, in the context of Chuck's anti-Semitic rants
in early 1995 ("Jewish greed," a Wall Street controlled by "Greenbergs
and Sheinbergs"; The Nation, April 10, 1995, page 491) - very, very,
very suspicious).
Mr. Ve3, I respect your contention that Chuck Harder is not
anti-Semitic. I disagree; I think he is. To quote Dave Mason in the
late 1970's, "we just disagree" on Chuck Harder's attitudes towards
Jews. I suspect that if we presented our cases to a judge and jury, we
would have an equal chance of swaying the verdict.

Chuck Harder Returns
 

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Chuck Harder kept saying, over and over again, "President Bush doesn't
get it ... he's a golden boy."
I would call that an anti-Semitic slur.
Why do I say this?
First, Bush Jr. is the most pro-Israel U.S. president since Harry
Truman. Everyone knows that; Chuck Harder knows that.
Second, there is the use of the words "gold" and "boy," two traditional
anti-Semitic slurs - and, in the context of Chuck's anti-Semitic rants
in early 1995 ("Jewish greed," a Wall Street controlled by "Greenbergs
and Sheinbergs"; The Nation, April 10, 1995, page 491) - very, very,
very suspicious).
Mr. Ve3, I respect your contention that Chuck Harder is not
anti-Semitic. I disagree; I think he is. To quote Dave Mason in the
late 1970's, "we just disagree" on Chuck Harder's attitudes towards
Jews. I suspect that if we presented our cases to a judge and jury, we
would have an equal chance of swaying the verdict.

I think the best thing for me to do is just drop this whole subject and
quit these blogs. I think Chuck Harder is an anti-Semite, period. Just
like Mel Gibson. I look at Mel Gibson and chuckle at his pathetic
behavior; I might draw hideous characterizations of him with snakes
coming out of his mouth (ditto Pat Buchanan); but in the end, I just
blow it off.
Chuck Harder's anti-Semitism is his problem, no one else's. It
certainly isn't mine. He'll be on the radio for another 15 years or so,
but he won't get anywhere - despite all his blather about "rebuilding."
The radio industry has concluded that Chuck Harder is too far out to be
economically viable. They won't touch him with a 1,000-foot
transmitter. Eventually he'll be off the air for one reason or another,
but it's futile to wait and count the days until that happy event. It's
gonna be a long, long time before Chuck hangs up his mike, and I'll
just have to learn to live with him - and his anti-Semitism.