"Reportedly, half of the 20,000 survivor testimonies in Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem are considered ‘unreliable’ … [because of] “Holocaust Survivor Syndrome [which involves] group fantasies of martyrdom and heroics."
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Pat Buchanan
Since Ari Fleischer called for Helen Thomas to be fired she has been "retired." it's time we call out 1) Ari Fleischer for his lies & 2) bigots who are allowed to get away with it. Please add examples & links of bigotry people haven't apologized for.
What Helen Thomas said was insensitive and unfortunate. The response, however, was also problematic. For one, why does Ari Fleischer have the moral authority to condemn anyone? It's pretty likely that Fleischer, who I'm sure was genuinely offended, was also motivated by a desire to get back at Thomas, who was one of the only journalists to ever school him.
And secondly, where is the outrage over the bigoted remarks made by others, especially when they are not aimed at Jews? Or, where is the outrage when they are made by right wingers like Pat Buchanan?
So please contribute any statements made by people who have offered no apology and please have a link so nobody can call us a bunch of lying anti-Semites (or, in my case, a self loathing Jew). They'll have to call us a bunch of fact-checked anti-Semites and self loathing Jews.
Also, feel free to include any information on Ari Fleischer's dishonesty or bigotry. Ask me anything Submit
What Helen Thomas said was insensitive and unfortunate. The response, however, was also problematic. For one, why does Ari Fleischer have the moral authority to condemn anyone? It's pretty likely that Fleischer, who I'm sure was genuinely offended, was also motivated by a desire to get back at Thomas, who was one of the only journalists to ever school him.
And secondly, where is the outrage over the bigoted remarks made by others, especially when they are not aimed at Jews? Or, where is the outrage when they are made by right wingers like Pat Buchanan?
So please contribute any statements made by people who have offered no apology and please have a link so nobody can call us a bunch of lying anti-Semites (or, in my case, a self loathing Jew). They'll have to call us a bunch of fact-checked anti-Semites and self loathing Jews.
Also, feel free to include any information on Ari Fleischer's dishonesty or bigotry. Ask me anything Submit
June 11, 2010
