Radical Revisionism Passed Off as History

Just as he promised, Karlo at SwerveLeft presents some intelligent words on the rash.. nah, full-fledged, raging flood of revisionism as experienced this week with the disclosure of Deep Throat's reportedly true identity (yeah, I'm not so into absolutes as I once was). It's a good read (hint, hint: and Karlo keeps his blog cleaner and neater than mine so go read), from which I've excised the last few graphs:

Some commentary on Fox News has also suggested that Felt is a criminal. I guess the idea is that one should be loyal to the powers-that-be, even when the powerful are gangsters. This idea, incidently, is simply unadorned fascism. And it's the same sort of thinking that formed the basis for monarchies, or for organized criminal operations like the mafia. The fact that conservatives embrace this sort of thinking demonstrates the conservative movement has become morally bankrupt

.Fortunately, there is at least a little light during these dark times. As Laura says so eloquently on War and Piece, "May these new revelations re-inspire conviction that the forces of political malfeasance, corruption and lying to the public are ultimately vulnerable to the forces of truth -- and the decent people willing to sacrifice something for helping get it out there."

Ellsberg really bring this point home on Salon, "Felt was one of a dozen people who had access to information that the White House was lying. I'd like each of those people to ask themselves why they weren't Deep Throat, how they justified not sharing that information with the world. We desperately need more Mark Felts right now, and we needed them back in 1964. He played an important part in holding the government accountable, and should receive an honorary Nobel Prize."