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FWIW, "Red Letter Press" does not appear to be remotely RS. Much material was not directly borne out bey reading of the articles used. I am still concerned that "Chip Berlet: gats a huge amount of space in the article. Cheers. ] (]) 12:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Participate in the deletion discussion at the ]. —] (]) 14:36, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

== Campaign platforms ==

I don't think the campaign platforms should be removed. They provide a general survey of the views that have been emphasized by both LaRouche and the numerous members of his movement that have run as candidates for other offices. Much of this article is devoted to issues that have attracted attention from various critics or supporters, but too much emphasis on these particular issues gives a somewhat unbalanced picture of what LaRouche stands for. ] (]) 23:26, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

:They were primarily platforms of Larouche's direct political campaigns, and properly belong in his BLP and not in this weird melange of everything under the sun ''remotely connected'' to him which editors could find <g>. There is a huge amount of bloat and rumour in this article - it is time to get it into rational shape, IMO. If we get this down to the "improtant stuff" the article will be an order of magnitude more useful to readers. Example: See ] now ... and back in 2008 and tell us ''which'' version of that article is more useful to actual Misplaced Pages readers. ] (]) 23:56, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

== Views on Homosexuality and Homophobia ==

I would like to start expanding this section. It is abundantly clear from a number of LaRouche's comments and articles that he views homosexuals as evil. I am wondering if it would be appropriate to cite this website http://laroucheplanet.info/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Library.AreHomosexualsASecurityRisk since it does contain an original copy of the article in which the comments were made. The site is highly critical of the movement and the man himself, and I just want to make sure that it would not be considered biased to cite from an article which is hosted on a site which clearly has an ideological position against the group?
⚫ ] (]) 18:36, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
:Blogs or websites that are run anonymously are not suitable sources. Also, Misplaced Pages should not make statements characterizing living persons or their views as such-and-such -- instead, under Misplaced Pages:Verifiability, it should quote reliable sources and let them make such claims. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 05:13, 2 December 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:: The site doesn't so much make the claim that LaRouche is anti-gay, rather hosts an article he wrote in which he openly states that Homosexuals are morally defective, untrustworthy, and proud of their "sexual deviation" that part is definitely not anonymous nor is it a statement characterizing LaRouche but his actual words on the subject. I think it may be best to see if I can locate a version of the article hosted elsewhere or a scholarly article outlining his views. Also its interesting that you would respond anonymously to this post and claim that LaRouche Planet is run anonymously when it is actually run by former members of the LaRouche movement who have left and chosen to speak out about the subject using their real names. http://laroucheplanet.info/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Honorrollofsanity Cheers.
] (]) 15:09, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

:An anonymous website/blog with a COI. "Real names" don't add anything to its credibility. This is no reliable source for a BLP. ] (]) 19:04, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

:: I'm not entirely sure that this page can be properly considered a biography of a living person. However in light of the conflict of interest POV wise, I'll be looking for a copy of the aforementioned article which is simply hosted on the website, elsewhere, either a journal or another site and using that as a source instead. Keep in mind that I am not trying to cite the views of an anonymous commentator speaking on behalf of the LaRouche Planet website but rather the views that Lyndon LaRouche himself has published concerning gays and lesbians. ] (]) 21:02, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
:::I'd also like to get a few other opinions about this matter from users who aren't editing anonymously, or potentially using a sock account due to being banned permanently (], ]), before feeling that a consensus has been reached on the subject. ] (]) 21:49, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


== The Lead is now Very Biased ==
Found a copy of the aforementioned article here http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1987/eirv14n19-19870508/eirv14n19-19870508_038-british_press_asks_are_homosexua-lar.pdf please note that it is the exact same text as used by the LaRouche Planet website. The site is LaRouche's own publication Executive Intelligence Review. Hope this satisfies anyone concerned about POV, COI, or wishing to bring up other objections to mentioning LaRouche's own ] homophobic statements and views. I'll get to expanding the Homosexuality subsection of Minority Politics later on this week. I would be interested to hear people's take on the article prior to then.
The vast majority of mainstream political and social science material on the LaRouche Movement describe in terms ranging from "Crackpot" to Neofasist.
] (]) 23:23, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
I will start to add descriptions from mainstream sholarly and journalist sources, while keeping the obscure and marginal lead sentence pending futher discussion
:I don't agree that the sources you linked to can be used to add information with BLP implications to this article. Also, please don't accuse other editors of being socks. That is not helpful to a productive discussion. ] (]) 00:31, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
⚫ ] (]) 16:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
::Sassy, it may be that this topic (LGBT) is of particular interest to you, but I see no evidence that it plays a major role in LaRouche's belief structure or that it deserves more space in this article than it already gets. To be persuaded, I would need to see some reliable sources that say so (See ] for clarification.) Also, when complaining about editors who are editing anonymously, you would do well to remember that you are also editing anonymously. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:25, 4 December 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:::Would ] ample selection of sources be appropriate?] (]) 14:54, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
To clarify, I suggest expanding the one sentence which discusses LaRouche views on Homosexuality to a short paragraph. Stances on LGBT issues are often discussed when they relate to political figures or ideological movements. Cla68 can you please explain why citing someone's own writing is an inappropriate way of outlining their views? I did not make an original accusation about puppetry, I pointed out a concern raised by other editors surrounding this article, and editor. I agree with Waalkes sock or not that the LaRouche Planet website is not a neutral POV source, the is LaRouche's writing published by and available on his publication's website. The complaint about anonymity arose around the wiki style website where I originally found the article. I was not meaning to complain about anonymity by pointing out that its hypocritical to do so anonymously, and was hoping to hear feedback from verifiable members of the Misplaced Pages community when I mentioned it a second time.] (]) 03:32, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


== Punctuation and spelling (Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism, antisemitism) ==
:It is not up to Misplaced Pages to show that a person is "evil" - it is up to us to present material relevant to his biography without reaching undue weight on any given issue. That noted, "no wiki is ever a reliable source" for any claims at all in any article - BLP or not. See ] if you would like to read more about whuy a wiki is never usable. ] (]) 13:04, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


All three variants of "anti-Semitism" can be found in the article. Quoted text also has different spelling variants, but it looks like the hyphenated spelling is most commonly used in the quotes, so it's odd that the article body chose the non-hyphenated spelling.
:: I agree a wiki is not a reliable primary source of information, published articles and journals however are would you not agree? ] of sources that has previously been compiled about this issue, and the numerous publications in which the comments LaRouche has made can be found are not wiki content they are published material. Executive Intelligence Review is not a wiki style site, nor are the other sources mentioned on the list, which while organized on a Misplaced Pages page are from primary and secondary sources NOT FROM A WIKI, they are published work or transcripts of proceedings. It is not my intent to show that LaRouche or the movement is "evil" (your word not mine), I would simply like to expand the single sentence relating to Homosexuality to a brief paragraph outlining how and why LaRouche has been perceived as Homophobic in his positions the single sentence is vague, and poorly sourced in my opinion, and there are a large number of sources which demonstrate far more clearly what is being vaguely implied in the current article.] (]) 20:38, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
:::Most of the secondary sources on your list are actually about AIDS, not gays, and there is already another section about AIDS in the article which is fairly extensive. The reason primary sources should be avoided is that Misplaced Pages doesn't want you, as an editor, to decide which of LaRouche's statements ought to be included in the article. He has opinions on thousands of topics. In order to decide which ones are significant enough to go into the article, Misplaced Pages relies on secondary sources. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


The use of commas (before quoted passages) and quotation marks is also very inconsistent (quotation marks before vs. after a period). Unfortunately, I'm not a native English speaker and don't know what would be correct here. ] (]) 17:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
== Some specific objections an edit ==


== How many times does the article need to say that the Queen is a drug dealer? ==
Collect, in this edit , says that his wording is closer to the sources than the earlier edit. Some of his changes are inoffensive, but they are generally farther away from the cited sources than is the material he removed. For example, in the first change, he removes "LaRouche believes that policy-makers should take counsel from Russian-Ukrainian biogeochemist ]" and substitutes "LaRouche follows the beliefs of ]." What does the source say? Well, the source discusses this at length, but the one line that seems to apply most is "LaRouche is persuaded, Vernadsky's conception of the biosphere represents an important change, in depth, in the way policy-makers should think about both the biosphere and basic economic infrastructure as such." That seems much closer to the deleted wording. In fact, I don't see anything in the source that specifically says that LaRouche "follows Vernadsky's beliefs." He clearly thinks that some of them should be listened to, but not necessarily all, so Collect's edit is possibly misleading. Here's another example where Collect's edit is definitely misleading: he removes "the movement developed ideas that became part the ] movement," and replaces it with "The movement supports the ] movement." What does the source say? It says that Wise Use themes had been developed earlier by LaRouche (exactly as in the deleted wording) and that some LaRouche supporters are active in the Wise Use movement (which I personally doubt, but even if it were so, that does not mean that the LaRouche movement "supports the Wise Use movement.") So this edit is clearly inaccurate. Collect, did you actually read the sources before reverting to your own edit? ] (]) 02:08, 9 December 2012 (UTC)


# "Members of the LYM now deny that he ever accused the Queen of England of drug trafficking—though in fact, he did exactly that throughout the 1980s"
:This article must meet ]. The prior wording did ''not'' meet that policy requirement. Meanwhile, it is considered improper to use an editor's anme in a discussion title. I would also point out that weird grammar does ''not'' aid readers. Making any article readable is important. In addition, use of close paraphrase is specifically ''discouraged'' by Misplaced Pages, as plagiarism and copyright violations are important considerations. The new version has a "grade level" score of 18.2 (still unreadable) but the old verson had a grade level of 20. I shall try to deduce the grade level further - having paragrpahs which would stymie a Ph.D. candidate does not help Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 12:53, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
# "Of course she's pushing drugs. That is, in the sense of a responsibility, the head of a gang that is pushing drugs, she knows it's happening and she isn't stopping it."
:Now within a rational readability of a 14.9 grade level -- junior college student level. ] (]) 13:01, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
# " who are said to control the world's political economy and the international drug trade."
# "The Daily Telegraph that described LaRouche as the "publisher of a book that accuses the Queen of being the world's foremost drug dealer""
# ""When asked by an NBC reporter in 1984 about the Queen and drug running, LaRouche replied, "Of course she's pushing drugs ... that is in a sense of responsibility: the head of a gang that is pushing drugs; she knows it's happening and she isn't stopping it.""


I'm counting five (if not six) times. Even LaRouche's original quote is included ''twice''. This looks like a little bit like an overkill. And if not an overkill, then at least it looks very repetitive. I'd say that the second mention of the quote can be removed without any loss to the article's content, and the description by The Daily Telegraph can probably go, too, because it doesn't add anything new to the article and it doesn't state any notable opinion on him that isn't stated by others or that isn't already obvious to anyone who read the article. ] (]) 15:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
:WRT "Wise Use" see:
::''In fact, some wise use themes were developed earlier by LaRouche and his organizations, and today LaRouchians play an active role in wise use domestically and in Europe. In the early 1980s, the LaRouchians attacked the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance as terrorist front.46 This tactic resurfaced later in the wise use movement.''
:From ''The Piracy of America: Profiteering in the Public Domain''By Judith Scherff 1999
:And WaPo in 1995:
::''the nutty views of a single Lyndon LaRouche follower made their way through groups in the Wise Use coalition to mainstream organizations like the American Farm Bureau''
:Allowing a pretty clear connextion here, and borne out by the source in the current article as well. ] (]) 13:10, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

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The Lead is now Very Biased

The vast majority of mainstream political and social science material on the LaRouche Movement describe in terms ranging from "Crackpot" to Neofasist. I will start to add descriptions from mainstream sholarly and journalist sources, while keeping the obscure and marginal lead sentence pending futher discussion Chip.berlet (talk) 16:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Punctuation and spelling (Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism, antisemitism)

All three variants of "anti-Semitism" can be found in the article. Quoted text also has different spelling variants, but it looks like the hyphenated spelling is most commonly used in the quotes, so it's odd that the article body chose the non-hyphenated spelling.

The use of commas (before quoted passages) and quotation marks is also very inconsistent (quotation marks before vs. after a period). Unfortunately, I'm not a native English speaker and don't know what would be correct here. Nakonana (talk) 17:58, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

How many times does the article need to say that the Queen is a drug dealer?

  1. "Members of the LYM now deny that he ever accused the Queen of England of drug trafficking—though in fact, he did exactly that throughout the 1980s"
  2. "Of course she's pushing drugs. That is, in the sense of a responsibility, the head of a gang that is pushing drugs, she knows it's happening and she isn't stopping it."
  3. " who are said to control the world's political economy and the international drug trade."
  4. "The Daily Telegraph that described LaRouche as the "publisher of a book that accuses the Queen of being the world's foremost drug dealer""
  5. ""When asked by an NBC reporter in 1984 about the Queen and drug running, LaRouche replied, "Of course she's pushing drugs ... that is in a sense of responsibility: the head of a gang that is pushing drugs; she knows it's happening and she isn't stopping it.""

I'm counting five (if not six) times. Even LaRouche's original quote is included twice. This looks like a little bit like an overkill. And if not an overkill, then at least it looks very repetitive. I'd say that the second mention of the quote can be removed without any loss to the article's content, and the description by The Daily Telegraph can probably go, too, because it doesn't add anything new to the article and it doesn't state any notable opinion on him that isn't stated by others or that isn't already obvious to anyone who read the article. Nakonana (talk) 15:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

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