We've been following for some time attempts by the Southern Poverty Law Center, among other "progressive" groups, to paint those of us who wish to live free as "haters." Problematic for them is when a group they attack like Oath Keepers is supported by another civil rights organization, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (another group we've talked about time and again here).
Not to be deterred, Michael Dresser of The Baltimore Sun has come up with a unique new tack:
Anti-Semitic flier takes aim at Md. lawmakers for their gun bill
There's only one problem: the creator of the flier is JPFO. So to buy into Dresser's propaganda fantasy, we need to believe that the one civil rights group that not only says "Never again!" but also points to the one way to ensure against genocide—and is headed by a Jew—is anti-Semitic!
It must drive the left nuts—somebody like Executive Director Aaron Zelman having the guts to say what he does—and has been saying for over 20 years now...
Early on, JPFO brought us a landmark interview with "Theodore Haas, a JPFO member and a former prisoner of the infamous Dachau concentration camp [who] believes gun control is a prelude to totalitarian rule."
Then there was "'Gun Control': Gateway to Tyranny," which "contains the German language original of the Nazi Weapons Law of March 18, 1938, a page-by-page translation, and then a page-by-page comparison with the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968."
This is the group that showed all Americans how to celebrate "Bill of Rights Day," translating it into 15 languages, and brought us award-winning documentaries like "Innocents Betrayed" and "2A Today for the USA." They've specifically addressed the racist origins of "gun control" in "No Guns for Negroes," featuring Ralph W. Conner, Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)-Chicago. And they've brought us a powerful study of the Torah by Rabbi Dovid Bendory in "The Ten Commandments of Self-Defense."
I've barely scratched the surface of accomplishments. I could go on and on.
Yeah, these are the people Michael Dresser of The Baltimore Sun would have us believe are "anti-Semites." He ought to be ashamed of himself. Of course, if he had any sense of shame (and any sense of journalistic responsibility), he'd be acting as a watchdog over government infringements of our unalienable right to keep and bear arms, instead of giving cover to political usurpers.
Here's JPFO's latest alert, where Zelman addresses this directly as only he can: "The Bagel Brained Jews of Baltimore are Bleating Vociferously." Go and read it—and make sure you click on all the fascinating internal links.
Then do one more thing. This vital and unique work must go on and must spread. Won't you help? After all, it's our rights they're protecting. Think of JPFO like fire insurance—we don't want to be without it.
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Comments
I'm sorry, but bagel brained isn't quite the right term.
Their brains are more like Gefilte Fish! LOL!
David, isn't it possible that Dresser just didn't do his homework and didn't know who Zelman or JPFO are? I'm a supporter of JPFO, and have been for many years. But I've got to admit that if all I knew about them was "Bagel Brain Jews," I might jump to the conclusion that JPFO is an anti-semitic organization. Aaron is never the most diplomatic advocate of gun rights, and god bless him for it. But personally I don't think that flier was thought through very well.
Sorry Joel, but who has more right to criticize Jews who would create the conditions that enabled the Holocaust than a Jew?
Nobody! However, nobody has less right to do the same thing. Because what happened to 6 million Jews also happened to 7 million others. And these two bagel-brained Jews are trying to recreate conditions favorable to a recurrence. So pointing out that they are Jewish is entirely germane in light of the atrocities perpetrated against the Jews through laws such as these two advocate. If anybody should know better they should. Their ethnicity is relevant under the circumstances. It is not anti-Semitic to point that out.
The reporter should have done his job
Joel, Dresser spoke with Zelman in the course of preparing this story. He knows full well what he's doing. What *your* reaction might be should have no bearing on what a professional reporter's obligations to fact check are--you don't really think they get a pass because they didn't want to actually do research before committing to print and influencing public opinion, do you? And as for the "in your face" nature of the handbill, it's past time somebody treated these opportunistic genocide-enablers like the weeds that they are. No one else is doing it--if your contention is there is no room in the whole debate for a hard line approach, the gungrabbers agree. Unless someone is pushing the envelope and putting pressure on the outer edge, the midpoint just moves further to the left.
Zellman is a national treasure. A bulwark against freedom haters.
As for Dresser, SPLC and other Alinsky cult freedom haters, I guess they didn't get the Memo from middle America: the racism/antisemitism con is up, the slander and name calling aren't working anymore. If you continue with your degenerate commie race baiting all you do is make your own culpability clearer to a jaded public.
You've been served notice.
In the opinion of this Jew, the "liberal" Jewish mainstream is astonishingly imbecilic. Has history taught you nothing, you damn fools?
Anti-Semitic? Give me a break. The boomer and subsequent generations apparently need to spend some time in a gulag before some measure of understanding sets in.
Hey now! Bagels are a good thing! I think you need to pick a different term.
Your column, your words, personally I like how you say what you say!
Not my term-JPFO's. I'm just commenting on what's already gone down.
Criticising someone for their actions has nothing to do with their nationality. I do not like anyone who would hide behind their ethnicity to escape criticism, especially when they themselves are practicing racism and ethnic cleansing.
Dear David,
Bagels are constipating -- I recommend bialys! Thank you David.
With Liberty and Free $peech?,
Cliff
Charter Member: Too Few Jews with a Gun Club
Poor, poor Dresser. Tried to lob a big, fat Saul Alinsky grenade, and it came back to him as a suppository. Hey, Dresser, put your copy of "Rules for Radicals" back on the shelf -- you apparently need "Rules for Radicals for Idiots."
I joined JPFO because I got tired of the NRA letting me down. I'm not jewish, but pro freedom is pro freedom. I would support a Muslim group if they were pro constitution. The race card/ anti semite card etc is getting old. I do agree with Zelman. Jews of all people ought to know better than to support gun control. They are extra stupid.
Ephram hit it on the money - "Zellman is a national treasure."
Keep up the good work, David.
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