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€
Should deport them all!
Ditto
Implication? The graphic makes his position is crystal clear
You need to actually see the graphic. It is extremely anti-Semitic and reprehensible. It refers to Michael Bloomberg as the mayor of “Jew York” and says that he was an Israeli agent involved in 9-11. This is disgusting Neo Nazi type propaganda and Ted Nugent needs to repudiate it publically right away or we all need to repudiate him.
WTF? The TRUTH hurts that bad?
I like Ted Nugent, but I agree with you, and wish he’d used the Jackass logo of the Democrat Party in place of the Israeli flag as that is more realistic.
Jews above all people should practice Gun Control.
and learn to Aim very well. They have a lot of enemies.
Sad. The obvious bigotry in this post detracts from the true message of the 2nd Amendment, which is for ALL American citizens.
Have you actually seen the graphic and read all of the descriptions of the people in the graphic it is Neo Nazi conspiracy propaganda and no Freeper should defend it.
Yes. In some of Ted's circles it's obviously known that Israel wss responsible for 9/11. You might read the comments on his Facebook page, a lot of criticism, and a lot of high fives, ala Stormfront.
You're a comic lil SJW.
You need to see the graphic before you defend it. It is full blown anti-Semitic neo Nazi type stuff. It describes Michael Bloomberg as the mayor of “Jew York” and says that he was a Israeli secret agent involved in 911. This is hideous out and out anti-Semitic propaganda and I can’t believe that some Freepers are defending this.
You’re a comic lil member of the walking army of the Clueless..
According to the Anti Defamation League, it is just a coincidence that they are all liberal Jews.
Neo nazi Jew Hate is not ‘truth.”
I think the ones here haven’t read it yet, at least on the whole. I wish the captions would have been commented on in the earlier posts.
It’s complete mouthbreather kook dog squeeze, I can only hope Ted is somehow out of the loop. Has he commented further on it yet?
Freegards
There are so many folks against run rights. To focus on Jews simply outs you for what you are. (not you sJackson)
This is simply anti-Jew speak. Shameful.
Well, given is likely Jewish ancestry....
Well and clearly said.
I’m going on record here: if you have seen the actual graphic posted and you don’t have a problem with its patently anti-semitic content and message, you are either a filthy anti-semite yourself or an ignoramus. Take your pick.
While all of those people may hold a gun grabbing view that we despise, when you label each one of them with a star of David (not yellow THIS time); when you refer to Jew York City; when you only selected Jews; when you imply Jewish disloyalty to America, YOU ARE A FILTHY ANTI-SEMITE. Don’t give me any crap about shutting down the debate by calling someone an anti-Semite. The graphic is as plainly anti-Semitic as the best work of Goebbels and Der Sturmer. If you can’t or won’t acknowledge that, J’Accuse: You are an anti-Semite.
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