Comments on: Robert Redford under Fire from Civil Rights Group http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/07/robert-redford-under-fire-from-civil-rights-group/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ed Darrell http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/01/07/robert-redford-under-fire-from-civil-rights-group/comment-page-1/#comment-352073 Ed Darrell Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:19:56 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=2081#comment-352073 Yes, CORE has sold out. It is not the civil rights organization that we came to expect leading creative change in the 1960s, any more. CORE is not taken seriously by other, more active civil rights organizations. CORE sponsored the astonishingly inaccurate book, "Eco Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death," which alleges (falsely) that the U.S. ban on spraying DDT on cotton crops somehow caused an increase in malaria in Africa, thereby making Rachel Carson a mass murderer (actually, malaria deaths have declined, but don't confuse them with the facts). I have no small experience being on the opposite side of the table from Robert Redford over the years, and I must say that if Redford proposes it, he's probably right; and if the current CORE opposes Redford, he's right and CORE is wrong. The descent of CORE into irrelevancy and pseudo-science is truly a tragedy. Yes, CORE has sold out. It is not the civil rights organization that we came to expect leading creative change in the 1960s, any more. CORE is not taken seriously by other, more active civil rights organizations. CORE sponsored the astonishingly inaccurate book, “Eco Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death,” which alleges (falsely) that the U.S. ban on spraying DDT on cotton crops somehow caused an increase in malaria in Africa, thereby making Rachel Carson a mass murderer (actually, malaria deaths have declined, but don’t confuse them with the facts).

I have no small experience being on the opposite side of the table from Robert Redford over the years, and I must say that if Redford proposes it, he’s probably right; and if the current CORE opposes Redford, he’s right and CORE is wrong.

The descent of CORE into irrelevancy and pseudo-science is truly a tragedy.

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