Posted on 01/24/2013 1:00:03 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
The Anti-Defamation League is calling on critics of gun control legislation to stop using references to Hitler and the Nazis, calling such statements “historically inaccurate and offensive,” especially to Holocaust survivors and their families.
The ADL cites the following examples in a new press release:
The Drudge Report, under the headline “White House Threatens ‘Executive Orders’ on Guns,” featured photos of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin (Jan. 9).“We know that the national debate over gun control is one of the most divisive issues in the land, and while Americans are entitled to have strong opinions, there is also language that is inappropriate and offensive in any such discussion,” Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor, said in a statement. “The idea that supporters of gun control are doing something akin to what Hitler’s Germany did to strip citizens of guns in the run-up to the Second World War is historically inaccurate and offensive, especially to Holocaust survivors and their families.”Former Major League pitcher John Rocker wrote on WorldNetDaily.com about what he described as “…the undeniable fact that the Holocaust would never have taken place had the Jewish citizenry of Hitler’s Germany had the right to bear arms and defend themselves with those arms” (Jan. 15).
During an interview on the Fox News Channel, Lars Larson suggested that, “…if the president does it that way, everybody in America will be required to go in and give fingerprints…. It will be ‘your papers, please’ like Nazi Germany” (Jan. 9).
Ohio State Board of Education President Debe Tehrar reportedly posted a photo of Adolf Hitler on Facebook with a variety of anti-Obama, pro-gun slogans and images (Jan. 23).
Sean Hannity suggested on TalkingPointsMemo.com that “defeating the Nazis was a much more formidable task than taking on the gun lobby” (Jan. 23).
Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst at Fox News, suggested in a column on Fox News.com that, “If the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto had had the firepower and the ammunition that the Nazis did, some of Poland might have stayed free and more persons would have survived the Holocaust (Jan. 10).
ONLY because they haven't confiscated all the guns yet. Perhaps Mr. Foxman can explain what the Urban Assault Vehicles and 2 billion rounds of hollow point cartidges that the Department of Homeland Defense has acquired will be used on?
Thank you ArrogantBustard for that inciteful look into our our current status as a free nation.
I was told that there were no Roads Scholars on this website, I guess they were wrong.
If it walks like a duck.....
I hope that my look into our current status gives new insights to some folks, and even incites folks to take action for the protection or reclamation of our freedoms.
As for the scholarly thing: for what little it’s worth, I do indeed hold more than one college degree, and my job requires considerable travel. Too much, or so it sometimes seems ... That may well make me a Roads Scholar. Not sure ... Certainly I’ve never had anything to do with the late Cecil Rhodes, or his money, or the Country Formerly Known As Rhodesia.
And you probably expected something like my sarcastic reply ...
It's not an analogy, it's an historical fact.
FU ADL!! Outside of the 6 million Jews, around 5 million Christians died in those camps. This analogy is only offensive to retarded liberals.
How strange... for the eight years in which Bush was turned into Hitler by Libtards, the ACLU said... nothing.
That’s good to know.
I’m sorry ADL, but you don’t own the franchise on being victimized by the Nazis.
DITTO to that !
Then what does “Never Again” mean?
Hey Abe, here’s a suggestion:
Why not go after George Soros, a Jew who collaborated with the Nazis during the war, and helped them implement the Holocaust?
Another voice of insanity in an insane country. The truth should never be said out loud, anymore.
The ADL come to grips with the fact the Holocaust was also part of History - and that people are allowed to comment on History. Americans died fighting Hitler and we have the right to make sure we don't have to do that again... here - or some place else.
I'm not Russian either but I feel fine giving my opinion of Stalin and his tactics. Maybe the ADL needs a little diversity - add a conservative or two.
The ADL needs to come to grips with the fact the Holocaust was also part of History - that people are allowed to comment on History. Americans died fighting Hitler and we have the right to make sure we don't have to do that again... here - or some place else.
I'm not Russian either but I feel fine giving my opinion of Stalin and his tactics. Maybe the ADL needs a little diversity - add a conservative or two.
I like that! Nicely done.
The ADL doesn't 'get it' ... Conservative American citizens including conservative Jews - are NOT interested in being victims... period.
The Anti Defamation League can go shove their request up their back side!!
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