[Marxism] ADL bullies appropriate Reichstag fire

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

See below. A handy explanation of who the real target of the fire was can be 
found at Louis's piece:
  http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/fascism_and_war/goldhagen.htm
  I am SOOOOOOO sick of these pigs ignoring the millions of nonJews  murdered 
by the Nazis. And of course it was people of their political  ilk who said, "go 
ahead, Adolf, kill the commies, we'll be good Germans  and you won't have to 
mess with us." And then once the extermination  started, said to other Jews, 
"Don't complain, be glad you're not dead."
  
  http://www.forward.com/articles/11243/
                      ADL Slams Ellison                  
                      Aides  to the country?s first Muslim congressman say they 
were blindsided by a  stinging condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League.
                      Aides  to Rep. Keith Ellison, say the ADL criticized 
Ellison after the  Minnesota Democrat had told the ADL that he planned to 
recant his  comparison of Bush administration policies to Nazi tactics.
                      The  offending line came in a July 8 speech to an 
atheists? group in  Minnesota. Ellison compared Bush administration policies 
after the  Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to Adolf Hitler?s use of the burning of the  
Reichstag to consolidate his rule.
                      After  Ellison defended his remarks in a subsequent 
interview with the  Minneapolis Star Tribune, the ADL reached out to him to 
discuss the  issue and convinced him that it was inappropriate to use such an  
analogy.
                      Ellison aides and ADL staff in the ADL  office in 
Washington spent much of Tuesday negotiating the language of  his recantation, 
both sides said. It was understood that Ellison would  release a statement 
expressing regret over his earlier comparison and  make his feelings known in 
an interview with The Associated Press.
                      After  this cooperation, Ellison aides said they were 
shocked when, before the  congressman released his statement and the AP article 
was distributed,  journalists called asking about an ADL statement slamming his 
earlier  remarks. The statement said Ellison demonstrated ?a profound lack of  
understanding about the horrors that Hitler and his Nazi regime  perpetrated.?
                      The flap follows several  incidents during the past year 
that have left Democratic lawmakers and  staff fuming over what they describe, 
often privately, as unfair  treatment from Jewish organizations. In this case, 
Ellison aides said  the ADL turned its back on good-faith negotiations.
                      ?We  went to great lengths, had ongoing conversations,? 
Rick Jauert,  Ellison?s spokesman, said. ?No sooner had we gotten off the phone 
than  I received the news ? what did we just engage in? It?s not the way  
friends treat each other.?
                      The ADL statement,  which quoted its national director, 
Abraham Foxman, landed in  journalists? e-mail inboxes at 5:30 p.m. with an 
urgent notification ?  just after Ellison thought he had wrapped up his 
negotiations with the  organization and after he had spoken with the AP. The AP 
story was sent  out a couple of hours after the ADL statement, at 7:30 p.m.
                      Foxman  said he put out the statement although he was 
aware of the negotiations  between Ellison?s staff and the ADL?s Washington 
office, because the  congressman waited too long.
                      ?That story was out there for days,? Foxman said. ?He 
didn?t say anything.?
                      In his July 8 speech, Ellison said Bush?s post-9/11 
policies ?kind of reminds me? of the Reichstag fire.
                      ?After  the Reichstag was burned,? he said, the Nazis 
?blamed the communists  for it, and it put the leader of that country in a 
position where he  could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted.?
                          ?JTA
                        
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