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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Drunken Rants and Payback For the Anti-Defamation League, that is not enough. After reading the several statements from the ADL, it is clear that their righteous indignation has less to do with comments from a drunk being pulled over and more about the "Passion of Christ" (a link they themselves make in this release). In fact, much like Psalm 59, the entire tirade seems to have been nothing but lying in wait for Mel to stumble so they can jump on him and label him anti-semitic. Take this statement they made at the time The Passion came out: Q. Mel Gibson has stated that many people are calling him an anti-Semite. What is ADL's position? Compare that with their recent statement: Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: At first, they couldn't peer into Mel Gibson's heart, and now they see him through and through. At what point did people start considering drunken rants authoritative of the identity of a person? With this childish rant that goes far beyond the condemnation that was warranted, the ADL have silences anti-semites all over. They no longer need to speak on how those who criticize the Jews are blackballed, they simply need to point to this URL. The ADL doesn't just condemn Mel, they call for him to be blacklisted. The Jews have enough problems with people falsely stereotyping them… they certainly don't need the ADL to live up to those stereotypes. Call the comments hateful, fine. Say they were out-of-line and false, that is true. Waiting until after Mel apologizes, claim to peer into his heart, and then call for him to be blackballed is the height of arrogance and the depth of stupidity. Apparently, the PR handlers at the ADL got Foxman to calm down in the latest release, but even then he couldn't keep from kicking a man while he's down. ADL's Op-Ed largely goes back to the ranting, threatening to hold the sword of anti-semitism over Mel for life. There is conventional wisdom that when someone comes to you to sincerely apologize, you don't keep kicking them in the face. What the entire incident smacks of is revenge for The Passion in which, for whatever reason, the ADL didn't feel like they could truly unload on Gibson. They are making up for that now. These releases smack of not really being all the concerned with what Mel said, but of being pent up anger finally finding a pretext to allow its release. Anti-semitism shouldn't be tolerated, but at some point the ADL should realize that their cause is not helped by the politics of personal destruction. Maybe they should save their big guns for those who are calling for a second Holocaust… like Iran. John Bambenek is an academic professional for the University of Illinois and a columnist for the Daily Illini and blogs at Part-Time Pundit deep from the corn fields of Illinois. Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by John C. A. Bambenek at 9:01 PM |
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Jews are now practicing political persecution in the former "free West". See also http://ca.geocites.com/uoftfraud/
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