(FReeper) Alzona accused of "Trivializing Mass Murder" by Washington comPost editorial columnist

The Washington Post ^ | March 2002 | Colby King

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"Trivializing Mass Murder"

By Colbert I. King Saturday, March 23, 2002; Page A21 Augustus Alzona of Montgomery County, a prominent figure in the news as of late, is a political wannabe who won't take no for an answer. . . . . . . . to become a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undeterred, Alzona, a self-described conservative, presented himself four years later as a candidate for the Maryland state Senate. Brian Frosh, his Democratic opponent, easily dispatched him by a 2-1 margin.

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Patriots BUMP!

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TRT BANG!

[eureka!]

That the libs whine is good. Real good. The truth hurts them...

[Dakmar]

Is there a lawyer in the house?

[eureka!]

Oh yeah. Grayout Devious says his battle during the California blackouts was worse than Vietnam. Where was the outrage there Colby King?

[driftless]

Yeah I 'll bet King gets real upset when libs and Dems routinely label conservatives Nazis....not! The first three words in the liberal oath are "I AM OFFENDED". The man is a stinking hypocrite like all liberals.

[muawiyah]

The WarshPost folks are definitely against gun rights for ordinary folks. But when it came time for them to set up their biggest printing operation, they put it down the street from me in Virginia.

They undoubtedly questioned the safety of their paper in Maryland or DC where the people are generally denied their right to self-defense - and rightly so!

Knowledgeable people ignore the WarshPost editorial page.

[RightOnline]

Whipped dog always yells loudest.

Look, if you're Alzona............you apologize to this vermin, I'll personally hunt you down and kick your ass...............but only after first congratulating you on some first-rate work.

[Hail Caesar]

I know Alzona quite well. He has no plans to apologize. ;-)

[who knows what evil?]

NO apology to tyrants. Mr. Alzona should apologize the day after the socialist media apologizes to Pat Buchanan. Let the gun-grabbing pigs squeal...it's music to the ears of American gun-owners.

[Hail Caesar]

and now this, from JPFO...

March 22, 2002

LETTER IN SUPPORT OF AUGUSTUS ALZONA

From: Aaron Zelman, Executive Director
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership

In Montgomery County, Maryland, Augustus Alzona is in trouble with the
Democrat and Republican parties and the Jewish Community Council of
Greater Washington. Republican officials have started proceedings to
remove Alzona from his position on the local Republican Central
Committee.

What exactly did Alzona do to bring such wrath down upon his head? He
distributed a flyer (created by the Tyranny Response Team) implying that
a proposed gun registration and licensing scheme (which would require
all gun buyers also to submit to fingerprinting and mug shots) was
Hitlerian. The flyer showed the faces of three Democrat politicians
digitally imposed onto photographs of Nazi soldiers.

Apparently some critics have decided that this flyer constitutes "hate
speech" and is even "anti-Semitic." And therefore, Mr. Alzona must go.

Earth to critics:

1. Fact: The Nazis (initially using existing laws of the Weimar
Republic) required registration of firearms. Hitler then used these laws
to confiscate all firearms from Jews, thus making it more difficult to
fight back against his Final Solution. The flyer Mr. Alzona distributed
is accurate in implying that "gun control" advocates have something in
common with Nazis.

2. Fact: Calling an opponent a Nazi can hardly be "anti-Semitic," and
it's astonishing anyone could be so ignorant as to think so. In this
case, it's PRO-Semitic. It is a warning to Jews and other minorities (of
which Mr. Alzona himself is one) not to trust excessive government
control. From Pharaohs to the Tsars to Stalin to -- yes -- Hitler,
powerful governments have never been good for the Jews. It's a mystery
why so many Jews in America support citizen disarmament. Do America's
Jewish Councils have the same mindset as their predecessors, the ghetto
"Judenrat" of Europe, which urged their people to cooperate with the
Nazis -- until almost none of their people were left? (This attitude was
clearly depicted in the NBC-TV film, "Uprising," which can now be seen
on video.)

3. Fact: Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has repeatedly
documented the connection between "gun control" and genocide, including
Hitler's Final Solution, in books ("Death by Gun Control", "Gateway to
Tyranny") and articles (http://www.jpfo.org/genocide.htm). Anyone who
doubts the accuracy of the TRT's flyer can look at the documents on our
Web site.

4. Finally, to the accusation that Mr. Alzona's distribution of the
flyer constitutes "hate speech," I can only say, "Wake up. You live in
America. We have free speech here, not governmental mind control. When
freedom is at stake, political speech can -- and should -- be vehement
and strong." In this case, I remind you, it was not only strong, but
accurate.

I am a Jew, a Semite. My organization, Jews for the Preservation of
Firearms Ownership, has used the image of Hitler to characterize those
who want to control, and eventually deprive us of, our firearms
(http://www.jpfo.org/allinfavor.htm). This image is one of the most
popular JPFO has ever produced -- and it's popular with both Jewish and
Gentile supporters.

If you want to take me on for producing "anti-Semitic" "hate speech," go
ahead - make my day.

Sincerely,
Aaron Zelman
Executive Director
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
P.O. Box 270143
Hartford, WI 53027
Phone (262) 673-9745
Fax (262) 673-9746

(You may distribute this letter as you see fit.)

--
Webmaster
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
http://www.jpfo.org/

[RightOnline]

Well, I don't know this Zelman character..............but I've decided I sure as all hell like 'im. :)

[Free State Four]

Alzona, a self-described conservative, presented himself four years later as a candidate for the Maryland state Senate. Brian Frosh, his Democratic opponent,

Colbert, you IMMEDIATELY identify Mr. Alzona as a conservative. (You even comment that he himself describes himself as a conservative.) You make no mention of Mr. Frosh's leanings. Is he a conservative, a liberal, a moderate? Surely he has self-described at some point. And if he has managed a political career that did not include describing his point of view, is there no one person in the voting public who could venture a description of Mr. Frosh's leanings? Hummmmmmmmm? just curious.....fsf

[piasa]

I like the "for the children" text on their hats. The Nazis were big on 'for the children' propaganda, too. They gave out medals to women to produce chillun,' were into making pleas for the sake of the future, of which chillun' were a part... and who can forget the Hitler youth?

[RFP]

"Ooh, ooh, I can't wait."? Colbert King sounds like a real TWIT! This article sounds like it was written by a whiney ninth-grader. Thanks for the ping Caesar.

[Hail Caesar]

State Senator Frosh has a perfect far-left voting record in the Maryland Legislature. He even makes all Maryland's black legislators seem almost like conservative compared to him!

Van Hollen and Mark my-name-is-Kennedy Shriver are rated only one or two percentage points to the right of Frosh, especially on social issues. Maybe the flier should have shown them as Soviet commissars instead.

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The comPost wants to damage the TRT and Alzona's credibility as a community leader in Montgomery County, Maryland. By destroying his reputation, he can then be held up as an example of how outspoken gun rights activists can be effectively marginalized by character assasination attempts.

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Should Alzona apologize?