Refusing a Marginalized Status

For those of you who haven’t been following the rather heated discourse in the comments section of previous posts, I would like to highlight a portion of an article which is in dispute. The article (Virus R428: A Three-Case Report) was published in the December issue of the Hippokratika and was later retracted, with the implication that the study was discredited because of tainted samples.

Those of us in Academe, however, know of the pressure which can be applied when one’s studies do not comply with established (some might say ossified) beliefs.

I count my marginalized status as a badge of honor; it is representative of the marginalized status of those I study. I do not complain that the CSLD at CCS chose to deny me access to the department DESPITE the fact that I am certain they are using my research (submitted as part of my application) to apply for grant money. The resistance of the Academic community in general to a worldview which would place the Tzombi at the center of world events -- their rightful place – is only indicative of the pressing need for systemic changes in modes of teaching. Their method has been to pathologize tzombism by claiming it is caused by a virus. If true, a virus is responsible for some of the crowning achievements of civilization.

They cannot, and will not, marginalize us! The truth will come out!

A Clarification on the Notion of the R428 Virus

I would like to make it clear to my Readers that I do currently align myself with the position that PMMS is not caused by a virus, but is rather a genetic trait of a particular race. Of course, I am open to data that would alter this option, but none has been forthcoming. I am also open to working with a certified institution to call this data into question.

Earlier this year, the CSLD at CCD made an important step in parting ways with a Dr. Gloria Reynolds, who was an adamant proponent of the notion of R428 (she is now conducting her own research, God knows how she retains her funding). Alas, that’s as far as they went. Perhaps if I had joined the department, I could have contributed to a new direction for the research (I may re-start a letter campaign to see if I might make that idea a reality).

In any case, it’s clear that the Academic/Scientific cabal would prefer to continue to marginalize the Tzombi community by claiming their differentness is merely the result of a disease; furthermore, an article in Hippokratika clearly proved that the R428 “virus”, which is unlike anything we’ve seen thus far, actually has some of the properties of an antibody. It is also possible that the Tzombi are simply more susceptible to R428 — there are several precedents for this argument — Human Papilloma Virus affects European women more than others, for example, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus affects American Indians to a particularly high degree.

Therefore I maintain that the fact that they carry the virus does not prove that the virus causes their condition.