Smearing 'villains' - a lucrative business

March 25, 2004

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

Some of you have asked for Paul Fromm's e-mail so you can send your message to be read at the Sunday, March 28 "Free Zundel" demonstation in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta. It is 1315038@pop.primus.ca

Now to today's Zgram:

The name Matt Lauder strikes a very unpleasant chord in me because he inveigled himself into our ranks without my knowing that he was a traitor working for our enemies. I lived at the time still in San Diego, while Ernst was in Toronto. Via e-mail, Lauder presented himself as a serious student of Revisionism and asked me repeatedly to set up a meeting with Ernst. I told Ernst that he seemed to be a clean-cut young man, always polite, always correct in his letters, and seemed to be someone worthwhile to assist.

Ernst was reluctant at first - his instincts for danger are much keener than mine - but in the end he granted that interview and was, in fact, favorably impressed by Matt Lauder. He mentioned that Lauder had claimed some German relatives, but I don't remember much beyond that initial interview.

Somewhere in my files I even have a letter from him where he is thanking me and Ernst profusely for our assistance and professionalism. You'd never know that the author of that letter was a fink!

In short order, Lauder kind of faded from the canvass. It took several years until his true colors came out.

You will glimpse some of his modus operandi in this write-up by Paul Fromm. Notice how Lauder tries to tie Ernst Zundel to the recent vandalism against Jewish individual in Ontario. Ernst and I talked about that last night, and Ernst said with some glee, "At least this time they can't blame me for that one - now that they hold me in prison!"

To which I replied, "Don't be so sure! All they would have to do is plant one of your UFO books on the scene..."

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this latest wave of what is called "anti-semitic vandalism" - that is, swastika graffiti on Jewish property, is self-inflicted once again. A spray can is cheap - and if one of the perpetrators is caught, don't be surprised if right in his pocket there is a letter from a psychiatrist "certifying" that the schmierfink is "disturbed."

Didn't we see that at Claremont College recently - and that was no kid, that was a bona fide female professor!

What a world we live in!

Here is Paul's write-up on the latest:

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Dear Free Speech Supporter:

Fighting "racism" and "anti-Semitism" is big bucks. It usually means finding new ways to prevent free men and women from discussing the issues of the day.

Matt Lauder has done rather well becoming a self-appointed expert in patriotic groups. He's snagged tens of thousands of dollars to fund his spying and reporting. His calling card is that several years ago, he became "a neo-Nazi" skinhead and "infiltrated" the far right. He's prematurely bald and was never considered a "skinhead". He did hang around a few meetings of ours in Toronto and several in the U.S. and has been trading on his snooping ever since.

He rushed to York Region to offer his expertise to the cops to solve a rash of "anti-Semitic" graffiti. Of course, he doesn't know who did it. "Lauder, who was in the area to help York Regional Police investigate the crime, said the spelling and style of the graffiti didn't point to any specific group. "

That didn't stop him from smearing free speech activists in Toronto and Edmonton who will protest this Sunday against the incarceration and secret hearings inflicted on Canada's most famous political prisoner Ernst Zundel.

Of course, he doesn't have any evidence. However, an "expert" has to have some opinion. So, he smears the entirely peaceful free speech supporters who have rallied on five previous occasions to support free speech. Our methods are public protests, not sneaking around with a spray can and scrawling incorrectly drawn symbols on other people's property.

You'll note Lauder's preposterous claim about "hate" crimes: "There are incidents in Guelph that have gone unreported." If they weren't reported, then how does Matt Lauder know of them? Numbers are very important for those in the grant collecting anti-racism industry. You see, there are more barking dog complaints in Vancouver in one year than there are "hate crime" reports in all of Canada. That's why the industry has dreamed up the doctrine that for every reported incident, 10 go unreported.

You'll also note that simple expressions critical of homosexuals are now elevated to "crimes". "Hate crimes at the university [of Guelph] went from six in 2002 to 10 in 2003, but most of the graffiti on campus had a homophobic theme." Actually, until there's a charge and conviction, there's no evidence that the posted comments were, in fact, crimes, but just offensive to one privileged minority or other.

Paul Fromm 

Director 

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION

 

(Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada) March 19, 2004)

No cities immune to hate crimes, Lauder says

by ALAN FERRIS

Matthew Lauder doesn't want Guelph to get complacent about hate crimes. The director of the anti-racism program at the Guelph and District Multicultural Centre said the recent outbreak of anti-Semitic vandalism in Thornhill must not be viewed as an isolated incident in one community.

The particular spray-painted messages in the Toronto-area community may not be the "signature" of any particular hate group. Thirteen homes in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood had the words "Jewz Suk" with a swastika under them painted on their doors on Monday.

Lauder, who was in the area to help York Regional Police investigate the crime, said the spelling and style of the graffiti didn't point to any specific group. "It may be the result of the time they had to do this," Lauder said yesterday. "They have targeted specifically Jews. It was a planned attack."

He added that Guelph has its own problems with anti-Semitism.

"There are incidents in Guelph that have gone unreported," said Lauder. "Even last year we tracked six or seven incidents of swastikas being painted on public places. There are also a number of incidents at the University of Guelph each year."

Hate crimes at the university went from six in 2002 to 10 in 2003, but most of the graffiti on campus had a homophobic theme.

The 1994 report from the U of G's President's Task Force on Anti-Racism and Race Relations said the university should "acknowledge the link between anti-Semitism and racism; in our efforts to combat racism, we must also combat anti-Semitism."

In August 2001, a swastika was painted on a garage at the College Street home of then University of Guelph president Mordechai Rozanski. There were also unconfirmed reports of an ethnic epithet coupled with the Nazi symbol.

Lauder said there are still isolated incidents being reported from the campus to the Multicultural Centre. "We receive reports every couple of months from individuals who feel intimidated by what's going on. There are swastikas on buildings, residences, in bathrooms and all sorts of graffiti. It's not a problem that is isolated to Toronto."

The racist vandalism in Toronto compelled Rev. Kevin Bothwell of St. James the Apostle Anglican Church in Guelph to send a letter to the congregation at Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Guelph.

"Silence is complicity," said Bothwell. "If you don't say something, by complicity you are condoning what is happening. No one can hold anti-Semitic feelings of any kind and claim to be practising a Christian faith."

"We've never really gotten rid of anti-Semitism," said Lauder. "We've worked hard to get rid of it and, in some years, the incident numbers may go down. The fact is, there is still an underlying anti-Semitic element to society that we really have to work hard to get rid of."

He said a planned rally to support Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel may have played a part in the Thornhill vandalism. "There is a protest on March 28 set up by that far-right element to show support for Zundel," said Lauder. Zundel has been in Canadian custody since February 2003 after being deported to Canada for overstaying a visitor's visa in the U.S. A hearing to determine whether he should be deported to his home country of Germany is ongoing.

The question is whether this anti-Semitic graffiti is related to this. "You don't know until you find the perpetrators," said Lauder.

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Table of Contents for additional articles

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"David against Goliath": Ernst Zündel, fighting the New World Order

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