Anthroposophy and Ecofascism 29

I challenge Peter Staudenmaier, or anyone else for that matter, to find even one primary document where Rudolf Steiner denigrates Krishnamurti because of this skin color, or anyone around him who claims to have heard Steiner mention any such thing. (The only three prepositions Steiner used were “Knabe”, “Inderknaben” and “Hinduknaben” - “boy”, “Indian boy” and “Hindu boy”, none of which are remotely racist in German, either then or now.) Steiner never said a single thing against Krishnamurti himself, only against the idea that the Christ would reincarnate. Quite a few people get mileage out of claiming that “of course” Steiner couldn't bring himself to see a mere Hindu boy as in any way special, but this claim has no factual basis. Steiner would have objected to anyone claiming that they or someone else was Christ reincarnated, and said as much himself. Staudenmaier's description teeters at the brink of slander. While he does not directly claim that Steiner actually said anything about Krishnamurti's skin color (a statement that could easily be disproved), he explains Steiner's actions as obviously originating from a racist intent. As legal scholars know, it is extraordinarily difficult to prove anyone’s intent under most circumstances. The problem is compounded in a case where the person has been dead over 75 years. There is no actual evidence that Steiner's intent was based on racist feelings (among other things, it would have been completely inconsistent with his character), but this point is more difficult to demonstrate – usually written and spoken evidence is considered in determining someone's intent. There is no such evidence against Steiner.