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ADL Says Hitler Ad Should Never Have Appeared on MoveOn.org
U.S. Newswire ^ | January 5, 2004 | Anti-Defamation League

Posted on 01/05/2004 10:55:07 AM PST by Roberts

To: National Desk

Contact: Myrna Shinbaum, 212-885-7747, or Todd Gutnick, 212-885-7755, both of the Anti-Defamation League

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply troubled that MoveOn.org had allowed an outrageous and highly offensive political ad that directly compared President George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler to be posted on its Web site.

Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director and author of "Never Again: The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism," issued the following statement:

It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org not only allowed this vile and outrageous comparison of the American President to Adolf Hitler to be entered into its "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest in the first place, but that they even went so far as to make it available to the public on the Internet. Those responsible for this contest at MoveOn.org should have immediately identified this advertisement as one going far beyond beyond legitimate criticism and rejected it out of hand. Instead, they made an irresponsible decision that has given legitimacy to the explotative manipulation of images in a campaign season.

MoveOn.org clearly would not have accepted a pornographic ad as legitimate criticism of a candidate. Why did they think that images of Hitler, the Nazi whose evil regime was responsible for the slaughter of millions of people during the Holocaust, was a fitting and credible expression of criticism of President Bush and his policies? Their lack of descretion cheapens the level of political discourse in America, and their comments explaining it were hardly comforting.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.


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Will someone other than Fox give this some air time?
1 posted on 01/05/2004 10:55:07 AM PST by Roberts
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2 posted on 01/05/2004 10:56:03 AM PST by Support Free Republic (Hi Mom! Hi Dad!)
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To: Roberts
It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org

If Abe "my integrity for Marc Rich" Foxman thinks Moveon is mainstream, his fears of anti-semitism are the least of his concerns.

3 posted on 01/05/2004 10:58:12 AM PST by KantianBurke (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: Roberts
No, because those arrogant bootlickers are quietly eating this up.
4 posted on 01/05/2004 10:58:25 AM PST by Viking2002
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To: Roberts
Apparently ADL hasn't been on the website DU. They have been calling Bush - Hitler and all conservatives facists and Nazis for a long about a year now. DU and Move-On are the same trash!
5 posted on 01/05/2004 10:59:25 AM PST by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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"mainstream political group like MoveOn.org "

HA HA HA HA! Wonder if they'd refer to us as a mainstream political group.

6 posted on 01/05/2004 10:59:31 AM PST by NTegraT
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To: IrishCatholic
Notice who else uses your Hitler comparison.
reminder
7 posted on 01/05/2004 11:01:08 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: areafiftyone
Not to mention the anti-semitism on DU that Foxman should be aware of to understand what he backs.
8 posted on 01/05/2004 11:02:17 AM PST by OpusatFR (Al Dean and Howard Gore, se)
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To: Roberts
It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org

LOL, mainstream??? Now THAT is funny.

9 posted on 01/05/2004 11:02:32 AM PST by Always Right
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To: Roberts
SOP for the Aholes at BowelsMoveOn.org
10 posted on 01/05/2004 11:04:21 AM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Roberts
It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org ...

What makes them think that MoveOn is "mainstream?" Shouldn't the publication of this ad have proved otherwise?

11 posted on 01/05/2004 11:04:28 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Roberts
But... but... Liberals cannot be bigots, only conservatives can be bigots!
12 posted on 01/05/2004 11:05:42 AM PST by pabianice
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To: Roberts
It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org...

Mainstream?? No, MoveOn.org is a wacko, leftist, fringe group.

13 posted on 01/05/2004 11:06:01 AM PST by demlosers (Light weight and flexible - radiation shielding is solved.)
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To: Roberts
Then there is an affiliation between Howard Dean’s campaign and foreign sources. The website Dean04Worldwide.com actively courts foreign nationals to get involved with the American electoral process by affording them information on how to contribute to MoveOn.org in order to support the Dean candidacy and for the purpose of defeating George W. Bush come November 2004. It goes on to state that “because” the Dean campaign cannot accept contributions from foreign nationals that the next best thing is to contribute to MoveOn.org. The instructions go on to tell them how to contribute. The “how” can only be ethically and perhaps legally questioned.

Source

14 posted on 01/05/2004 11:07:20 AM PST by StatesEnemy
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Hitler Ad Should Never Have Appeared On MoveOn.org [ADL]

New York, NY, January 5, 2004 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply troubled that MoveOn.org had allowed an outrageous and highly offensive political ad that directly compared President George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler to be posted on its Web site.

Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and author of Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism, issued the following statement:

It is shocking that a mainstream political group like MoveOn.org not only allowed this vile and outrageous comparison of the American President to Adolf Hitler to be entered into its "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest in the first place, but that they even went so far as to make it available to the public on the Internet. Those responsible for this contest at MoveOn.org should have immediately identified this advertisement as one going far beyond legitimate criticism and rejected it out of hand. Instead, they made an irresponsible decision that has given legitimacy to the exploitative manipulation of images in a campaign season.

MoveOn.org clearly would not have accepted a pornographic ad as legitimate criticism of a candidate. Why did they think that images of Hitler, the Nazi whose evil regime was responsible for the slaughter of millions of people during the Holocaust, was a fitting and credible expression of criticism of President Bush and his policies? Their lack of discretion cheapens the level of political discourse in America, and their comments explaining it were hardly comforting.

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Simon Wiesenthal Center Criticizes MoveOn.Org For Posting Ad Comparing Bush To Hitler

The Simon Wiesenthal Center sharply criticized MoveOn.org for accepting and posting an ad comparing President George Bush to Adolf Hitler.

“Politics and preparing for a presidential election is one thing, but comparing the Bush Administration’s fight against Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein with the policies of Adolf Hitler is shameful and beyond the pale and has no place in the legitimate discourse of American politics,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the Center’s dean and founder.

“This ad is not about Democrats or Republicans - it is about lies and a distortion of history,” he added.

MoveOn.org was right to pull the ad but they should apologize for not using better judgment in posting it in the first place,” Hier concluded.

To read more and view ad, go to: Drudge Report

The Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

15 posted on 01/05/2004 11:07:49 AM PST by SJackson
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To: Roberts
Hitler appearing on moveon.org. Yep, no place like home...
16 posted on 01/05/2004 11:09:40 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: Always Right
LOL, mainstream??? Now THAT is funny.

They probably call FR "Right wing, fanatical, Crusader bigot" group.

17 posted on 01/05/2004 11:12:18 AM PST by smith288 (Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
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To: Roberts
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply troubled . . .

I didn't know Tom Daschle was part of the ADL.
18 posted on 01/05/2004 11:13:23 AM PST by jtminton (2Timothy 4:2)
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To: Roberts
http://www.politicalhumor.com
19 posted on 01/05/2004 11:13:54 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Oklahomans: If you're related to some of them, you're related to all of them.)
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To: jtminton
Oops. I guess that only makes sense if they would have been "deeply saddened." Disregard.
20 posted on 01/05/2004 11:13:56 AM PST by jtminton (2Timothy 4:2)
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