Posted on 02/08/2016 4:23:11 PM PST by Borges
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned a Facebook post by rock musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent suggesting that prominent Jewish Americans are behind the advocacy for stronger gun control laws.
Earlier today, Nugent shared a graphic titled “So who is really behind gun control?†on his Facebook page. The visual featured thumbnail photos of prominent Jewish Americans, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Chuck Schumer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz and several others, with each photo emblazoned with the Israeli flag.
The post was accompanied by a written message from Nugent: “Know these punks. They hate freedom, they hate good over evil. They would deny us the basic human right to self defense & to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS while many of them have tax paid hired ARMED security! Know them well. Tell every1 you know how evil they are.â€
The visual was apparently not created by Nugent, but has appeared in the past on anti-Semitic web sites.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, issued the following statement:
“Ted Nugent has a long history of being an equal opportunity offender. But his latest share on Facebook, making the outrageous suggestion that Jews are behind gun control, is nothing short of conspiratorial anti-Semitism. Regardless of one’s views on gun control, this kind of scapegoating of an entire religious group is completely unacceptable and completely divorced from reality.
“It should go without saying that anti-Semitism has no place in the gun control debate. Nugent should be ashamed for promoting anti-Semitic content, and we hope that good people on both sides of the gun control debate will reject his tactics and his message. We hope that Nugent will have the good sense to remove this share immediately so that it does not spread virally across the internet.â€
In January 2014, ADL spoke out after Nugent made public remarks comparing film producer Harvey Weinstein to Hitler’s chief propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, charging that Weinstein was out to “destroy the NRA.â€
Jews like Hillary Clinton and Obama?
I am not sure those Jews support Israel. They do support gun control. Do not forget DiFi, Boxer too.
Hitler was for gun control.
Their support for gun control has nothing to do with their Judaism. How about we put up a bunch of Christians who support gun control with a cross emblazoned on each one. How would that work for you?
Why do you find a picture of Nugent disgusting?
The image in question is of 12 political figures with a Nazi like Jewish insignia on each one. It’s not of Nugent himself.
They place Communism ahead of Judaism. Like Ted a lot, but he should have played up their ideological bent, not their cultural identity.
Yeah, Christians have never been persecuted.
Who said that?
WHAT is the “truth” ?
they are people who want to take away guns.
The implication was that their Judaism is the reason they want to take away guns and that by all implication ‘Da Jooz want your guns’. Go look at the image.
Are Hillary Clinton and Obama Jewish?
Ted needs to chill out.
Making news by attacking blacks, Jews, drinkers, and anybody who has eaten tofu gets tiresome.
Notice the only pleasure he can talk about is his support for gun rights. His music and sex-life are not fit for conversation.
where is the link to the original photo? i didn’t see it in that article. i just mentioned that the names in that article are people that want to take away guns. that is the truth.
Instead he is bringing up a salient point, which of course the ADF never even commented on
However, are they behind it, or just behind it? I am not repeating myself in that question.
My guess is they are behind it, as in they support it, and that includes financially as well. The truth is we most likely will never know who is really behind it, but my guess is that Hungarian-Jewish fellow that I don't see he mentioned, George Soros.
Since people insist...here you go...
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