4/19/2013, “The “Skeptics” high priest, “Orac,” delivered a sermon on “demount,” to the “Oracolytes”
Respectful Insolence
Posted by Orac on April 19, 2013
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/04/19/eric-merola-issuing-bogus-dmca-takedown-notices-against-critics-of-stanislaw-burzynski/
If there is one aspect of cowards like “Orac” and “The Skeptic” Critic “Oracolytes” that is noteworthy, it’s “cowardice”
True, such a tendency is a human trait, but it’s one that seems to be cranked up to 11 in “Orac” and “The Skeptic” Critic “Oracolytes”
We’ve seen it time and time again
Most often, it takes the form of some sort of Twitter and / or blahg or blog bullying, such as when “The Skeptics” bit off more than they could chew by censoring (deleting and /or blocking) comments on:
onforb.es/11pwse9
Forbes (#Forbes)
http://t.co/vh3cgAR6hW
“Speech is best countered by more speech”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlipson/2013/04/19/a-film-producer-a-cancer-doctor-and-their-critics
Peter Lipson article:
“A Film Producer, A Cancer Doctor, And Their Critics”
Fortunately, they were ignominiously Faux Skeptic Revealed!, and had to retreat like the scum that they are
(in my not-so-humble opinion)
Over and over and over and over again, the story is the same
A “Skeptic” Critic aims the light of reason into a crevice of unreason and pseudo-nonsense, the target of that light doesn’t like it and, instead of slithering back under the rock from which he came, decides to try to abuse the social media system to get back at “The Skeptics” Critics
In “The Skeptics” universe, thuggery is a feature, not a bug, of wankery and tu-quoc quoankery
1/28/2013, “Orac” linked to and embedded a mischaracterized “excellent” YouTube video by C0nc0rdance
3/11/2013 “Orac” commented:
“(although we do have C0nc0rdance)”
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/three-myths-about-stanislaw-burzynski-and-the-skeptics
“Orac” requested that I comment on the video:
#6 – Didymus Judas Thomas – At the Tu-Quack Center IMAX 3-D Video Viewing Velodrome – January 28, 2013
“C0nc0rdance” commented:
#49 – c0nc0rdance – January 29, 2013
@Orac
“Many, many thanks for sharing my video.)…”
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/01/28/an-excellent-explanation-of-how-dubious-stanislaw-burzynskis-activities-are/
My review of C0nc0rdance
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-review-of-c0nc0rdance
“Orac” continues:
“Go to my link right now and try to play the video.”
“What do you see?”
“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Merola Productions, LLC.”
“Yes, apparently Eric Merola has issued a DMCA takedown notice against C0nc0rdance, and Google, as it so often cravenly does, simply complied.”
“At least, that’s what C0nc0rdance has stated, and I have no reason not to believe him.”
Forbes
“A well-known “vlogger” who goes by the handle “C0nc0rdance” reports receiving a DMCA take-down notice from Eric Merola after posting a video critical of Burzynski.”
“According to C0nc0rdance:
He objected to my “Fair Use” of a small low-res image of his movie poster.”
Burzynski, The Movie shared a link.
about an hour ago
“Wow, and people say the “Skeptics” (aka Astroturf campaign) aren’t powerful and with the system behind them.”
“This is what happens when I take down a YouTube video making false claims against my film and Burzynski as well as illegally using copyrighted images of me without permission within (not to mention publishing my personal emails in which I received countless profanity filled threats also in their YouTube post, and they claim “we” threaten – this is the system fighting back, hard):
“Orac” proceeds:
“In fact, C0nc0rdance posted a brief video explaining what was going on, but if you go to that link you will rapidly find this notice:”
“This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube’s policy against spam, scams, and commercially deceptive content.”
“Gee, I wonder who complained to YouTube about that video so rapidly, given that it hadn’t been up more than a day or so before it was taken down?”
“Could it be…Eric Merola?”
“That would be my first guess, of course.”
If there’s one thing “Orac” is practiced at, it’s “ASSuming;” just like his “Oracolytes:”. lilady, Guy Chapman, frozenwarning, Dr. Paul Morgan, and his “pal,” Dr. Peter A. (“bud”) Lipson
“Orac” states:
“Already, C0nc0rdance’s video about the Burzynski Clinic has been mirrored here, here, and here.”
“Orac” forgets THESE:
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=CLmz2oiMyZo&feature=em-comment_reply_received
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“Orac” posits:
“I’ll embed one of these mirrored versions of the video for your viewing pleasure.”
“Orac,” ONLY one ?
“It’s really worth taking a look at because it explains the essence of skeptical objections to Burzynski concisely and clearly, so that everyone can understand:”
A “FACT-CHALLENGED” video
“Orac” postulates
“No doubt Mr. Merola will take the mirroring of C0nc0rdance’s video as “evidence” of some sort of grand conspiracy by “The Skeptics,” given that he has repeated claims about such grand conspiracies at both of his Q&As after screenings of his new movie.”
“Orac” knows all about “conspiracy,” so much so that his cowardice has been revealed for all to see, HERE:
“Orac” and the “Oracolytes” Cult of Misinformation:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/orac-and-the-oracolytes-cult-of-misinformation/
And after “Orac” has digested THAT, there’s always 2nd’s
Forbes censors Peter Lipson “Speech is best countered by more speech” article comments:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/forbes-censors-peter-lipson-speech-is-best-countered-by-more-speech-article-comments/
And:
Forbes Learns a Lesson, but Not the Right One: Censorship and Bias re: A Film Producer, A Cancer Doctor, And Their Critics
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/forbes-learns-a-lesson-but-not-the-right-one-censorship-and-bias-re-a-film-producer-a-cancer-doctor-and-their-critics/
And 3rd’s
Wikipedia, what’s your motivation?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/wikipedia-whats-your-motivation/
“Orac” continues, blissfully unaware in his “alternate universe”
“Mr. Merola, assuming he really was the one issuing this DMCA takedown notice, should Google the “Streisand effect.””
“Orac” is so self-engorged that he does NOT even comprehend, that after the preceding, he and “The Skeptic” “Oracolytes” initiated a reverse Barbara Streisand Effect
“It really is applicable here.”
“Orac” blathers on:
“There’s no grand conspiracy.”
“Orac” IS a denialist
“There never has been, as getting skeptics—excuse me, “The Skeptics”—to paddle in the same direction on anything is much like the proverbial herding of cats.”
“Orac” is oblivious to the “fact” that it’s notably referred to as “lemmings in Sheeple’s clothing”
“Orac” rants on
“Mirroring like this and more people writing about the criticisms that Merola has tried to suppress is just what happens on the Internet, in particular on social media, whenever a person being criticized tries to use legal thuggery to silence or eliminate that criticism.”
“The examples are legion and include the ones I briefly mentioned at the beginning of this post.”
“There are more, of course.”
“Many more.”
“Orac” just described what Forbes, Wikipedia, and “The Skeptic” “Oracolytes” are experiencing
“In an case, although I’m not a lawyer there was nothing in C0nc0rdance’s video that I could see that was anything more than obvious fair use.”
“Orac” would most likely NOT ever be even close to being a lawyer, since lawyers are bound by ethical rules, and “ethics” is NOT one of “Orac’s” strong suits
“Early in the video there was a scene showing a shot that included a low resolution shot of the poster for Eric Merola’s Burzynski propaganda movie.”
“Later, there was another shot with that poster, and some random images associated with Merola’s filmmaking business as well as a photo of what looked like him.”
“Quite honestly, if I were C0nc0rdance, I’d just re-edit the video to remove the Burzynski Movie poster and any images of Merola, replacing them with either cartoons or a blank screen with a notice that the images had to be removed because Merola had issued a highly dubious DMCA takedown notice.”
“Let me also say this.”
“I know that Eric Merola obsessively reads pretty much everything I write about Burzynski; so I know he’ll see this.”
And here is where “Orac” truly showcases his ASSumption abilities:
“I also know that … Didymus Judas Thomas”
“(whose identity I’m probably about 75% sure of and whose Twitter handles mutate as fast as the genome of cancer cells)”
(“Orac,” considering your past track record of NOT being anywhere near 75% correct about alot of things re this subject-matter, I can NOT wait to learn what your “75% sure” ASSumption is)
“Orac” proceeds down the wide and straight aisle of ASSumption:
“also obsessively read anything posted about Eric Merola or Stanislaw Burzynski on any social media.”
If “Orac” was anywhere close to being 75% sure, I would have already reviewed “Doubtful News,” which received “free pub” on Forbes
“Finally, I believe that people like Eric Merola are hypocrites, feeling free to paint “The Skeptics” as “white supremacists” and puppy-eating evildoers to their heart’s content”
“Orac” truly should take time to check his “Mirror”
Maybe he should “Mirror” his “Mirror”
“(from what I’ve heard about Merola’s second Burzynski movie, in it skeptics are all but portrayed as Satan Incarnate)”
“Orac,” Satan was exceedingly beautiful, so there is NO way “The Skeptics” can be “Satan Incarnate”
“Orac,” I understand that a lot of “The Skeptics” claim their official religion as Atheism, so I can understand why “The Skeptics” would NOT be up on “Satan for The Skeptic Dummies”
“Orac’s” diatribe continues:
“but running like whipped puppies to the DMCA when either they or Burzynski are criticized, no matter how civil, reasonable, or science-based that criticism is”
“(and C0nc0rdance’s video was all of the above).”
“Orac” referring to the YouTube video by C0nc0rdance as “reasonable, or science-based” shows “Orac” for what he is
“Orac” the “ASSumptor”
The reason is, of course, clear.
Same as it ever was.
“Orac’s” tirade marches on
“One more thing:”
“Orac,” we know that where you are considered, it’s never just:
“One more thing:”
“If Eric Merola, Stanislaw Burzynski, and his crew of sycophants, toadies, and lackeys are offended by my opinion, my characterization of them that I have based on analyses of Burzynski’s claims and observation of the behavior of Burzynski and his propagandist Eric Merola, they should try something different to shut me up.”
“Orac,” I already know how to shut you up
All anyone has to do is mention my Post #73 on your blog, and that shuts you right up, because you have NO reponse for THAT
“Orac” reminds me of his “Oracolyte,” Guy Chapman (guychapman on Forbes, @SceptiGuy, @vGuyUK), who thought that because his BIASED 18 “Fact-Challenged” verbose comments were posted on Forbes, that that translates into his non-citation(s), non-reference(s), and / or non-link(s), being “credible”
I have just the thing, too.
It’s called “FACTS”
“Orac” rattles off
“Publishing the results of some of Burzynski’s allegedly completed phase II trials for the scientific community comes to mind first.”
“If Burzynski really has the goods, as Merola and company claim, then he can best shut up critics by bringing the science—solid, convincing science, that is.”
“I’ve said it before many times, and I’ll say it again:”
“I can be convinced by strong preclinical and clinical evidence.”
“I have yet to see anything resembling strong evidence from Burzynski.”
“Orac” is a coward, and has yet to publish a thorough review of Burzynski’s 2003-2007 phase II clinical trial preliminary reports
“Orac” rattles on
“At least, if he has such evidence he hasn’t published it yet, preferring to publish a mixture of case reports, tiny case series, unimpressive basic science, and the like in bottom-feeding journals, some of which aren’t even indexed in PubMed.”
“Orac” is unable to provide any citation(s), reference(s), and / or link(s) that give any cloak of credibility to his above blogsplat comment
“Orac, thankfully, is running out of steam:
“A conspiracy among editors of journals is not the reason, contrary to the claims in the second Burzynski movie.”
“Nor is a conspiracy of skeptics—excuse me, “The Skeptics”—the reason why trying to suppress criticism will boomerang on Merola.”
“It’s all because of Burzynski’s own behavior and Merola’s willingness to distort, misinform, and slime Burzynski critics.”
“Orac,” like the “spiritual” leader of “The Skeptics,” ends his sermon with:
“Spread the word”
But this blogpost would NOT be complete without including the ravings of one
Marc Stephens Is Insane in the Membrane:
#55 – Marc Stephens Is Insane – April 24, 2013
“I realized I posted these comments in the wrong Count Stan thread.”
“I haven’t paid any attention to the lunatic rantings of DJT for weeks, but Guy Chapman just updated the list of his sockpuppet Twitter spam accounts”
“(he’s on his 10th account)”
(try again, MSII)
“so I checked out his latest incarnation.”
“He’s now been reduced to writing poems and limericks about the Forbes article and his “free speech” being censored by Dr. Peter Lipson.”
“This is truly hilarious.”
“The man has deep, deep psychological problems:”
https://twitter.com/QbertQbert
“From what I can glean from his incoherent babble, he posted a comment on the Forbes article that purported to have uncovered some conspiracy that Dr. Lipson and Orac are friends”
“(or “buds”)”
“and that prompted Dr. Lipson to delete the comment.”
“As far as I know, the authors of Forbes articles doen’t even have the power to delete comments, so maybe Forbes smelled the crazy and deleted the comment themselves.”
“It’s not quite along the same lines as Alex Jones’s conspiracy rantings about the Boston bombings, false flag attacks and “The Craft” but loony tunes nonetheless.”
“Since DJT has already proven to be a 9/11 truther, he probably also believes that Navy Seals planted the Boston bombs with the cooperation of the FBI and the two brothers were just “patsies” who were set up and/or framed.”
M.S.I.I. is a Master Specialist In Inaccuracies
#56 – Orac – April 24, 2013
“Well, actually Peter and I are buds.”
“There’s no secret about that..”
(“Orac” fails to mention that his “bud,” Dr. Peter A. Lipson (@palMD) did NOT disclose his relationship with Dr. David H. Gorski (“Orac,” @oracknows, @gorskon, @ScienceBasedMed, #sciencebasedmedicine,
http://www.scienceblogs.com/Insolence, http://www.sciencebasedmedicine. org)
Yet, some of “The Skeptics” rant that Eric Merola did NOT disclose a relatives’ relationship with Burzynski
Boris Ogon
“You are right now having a live “debate” in front of more than 10,000 people, … “
3,934 views
Not so much
Waiting for the 10,000
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