Rivero out in the Open - and exposed

I had a ding-dong with Mr Michael Rivero of WhatReallyHappened website. It's a rare event for Mr Rivero to put himself in a position to face the public. Mr Rivero inhabits a world where he can usually control everything that's said.

Rivero had bragged he'd had a letter published in the Honolulu Advertiser (about America, Israel and the flotilla). Rivero had 'invited' his readers to thank the Honolulu newspaper, leaving their email for his supporters to click, and a link to the page on which doubtless they were 'supposed' to leave comments.

I took the opportunity and what followed was a 3 day rumpus of comments which ended at a total of some 370+ comments - it proved a very interesting and extensive review of Rivero and his methods. And of his ethics, and those of his "crowd".

Rivero is now trumpeting the exchange as one wherein he was using me as "target-practice", that I am a MegaPhoney, that I wanted to stifle debate about Israel to protect her from the least criticism. His hypocrisy and deceit is endless! (That's why he provides such a rich source of it.)

The thread at the Honolulu Advertiser is here.

Here's Rivero inviting his followers to back him up..... Rivero-Phonies?


The comments added by members(?) of WRH are here.
Notice the difference in tone between what 'the good members' of WRH say when they're at home compared to when they're in the public, as at the newspaper's comments board.

The single comment for this post of Rivero's says: "Would I be correct in assuming that ...this newspaper is not owned by a Ziotard?"

Here's Rivero again


I would invite anyone to read that thread and imagine that "Israel's MegaPhonies(!) piled-in". It was just me? A few other people kept some threads going, one apparently strong and very broadly anti-Islamist. But I was there on my own - Rivero invited people to comment.

I also invite anyone to assess whether my comments were without substance, not backed-up, As Rivero claims - completely falsely in my opinion, and in objective fact I would tender.

As for "anti-semitism" performing the same role as "communist" once did (in America) -- there's a major difference in the content and substance of the accusation. This just looks like a Nazi whom, on fear of exposure, is screaming McCarthyite!!

I mean, since when did Rivero cease using "Communist!" as an accusation? [The man can't say a word without contradiction]


Oh - now suddenly it's only one Mega-Phonie? And it (me) was "screaming". Right.

The WRH member comments are here, one of which revealingly says

Discernment

We can all agree there was an OBVIOUS difference between the postings of Michael Rivero and Curt. Throughout, it appeared that Michael was trying to state that "wrong is wrong" no matter who the perpetrators are (or were), whether they were Nazis, Zionists, Communists, Fascists, the American Government, etc. (This is THE consistent philosophy as demonstrated by the types of articles posted at WRH.)

Hmmmm, no. This is the basic fraud of WRH. It has a very narrow perspective - a peculiarly warped one at that - Hitlerite Jewish World Conspiracy, in a pathological fashion.

WRH does not represent various viewpoints, it has a very strict agenda which can be delineated through study. What is left out, and what gets in. (In my opinion, Rivero is fascist.....and increasingly he appears extreme Islamist. One can't put a rizzla-paper between Rivero and Bin Laden or HAMAS - though Bin Laden seems more prepared to take responsibility than Rivero will allow.)

and again


He was using me as target practice? Really? I thought I'd shown he was morally bankrupt, a liar and a fraud. Dangerous too.

and again


My "endless smears" of Rivero were actually serious accusations he couldn't refute, and which I would never have made without being certain of them. I don't call people liars in print without certainty - it'd be stupid to do so.

WRH comments page is here.

and again


My version runs more like:

Rivero LIES

I say he's a liar.

Rivero LIES AGAIN.

I say he's a liar.

etc.