Showing posts with label Free Gaza Movement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Gaza Movement. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Holocaust Denial / Revisionism Is Always Antisemitic

I've been following the fallout from the infamous tweet by Free Gaza founder Greta Berlin in which she promoted a video by notorious antisemitic conspiracy theorist Eustace Mullins that charged Zionists with perpetrating the Nazi Holocaust.

One tortured angle that seems to be featuring prominently in defenses of Berlin at certain websites (nope, no links to such sewers) is that while the video and her apparent endorsement of it are clearly anti-Zionist, they are not actually antisemitic because they don't blame Jews as a whole, just Zionists.

Now, there are many reasons why this is incorrect and ridiculous.  For one thing, we all know that the word "Zionists" is frequently substituted for "Jews" in antisemitic speech, interchangeably.  For another, any ridiculous, paranoid, irrational, batshit, conspiracy theory charging a large subset of Jews of something insanely a-historical is just as antisemitic as one which charges all Jews.

But I doubt that the partisans defending Berlin will be persuaded by these, plainly evident as they are.  So instead, I will simply point out that Holocaust denial and revisionism of any sort are always antisemitic.

There is no purpose to Holocaust denial and revisionism other than antisemitism.  There is no audience for Holocaust denial or revisionism other than antisemites.  It has always been that way, since the beginnings of Holocaust revisionism, and it will always be so.

It is established, incontrovertible, historical fact, which 100% of legitimate historians agree on, that the Holocaust was perpetrated by the German Nazi regime in concert with their fascist collaborators throughout Europe, and resulted in the systematic genocide of six million Jews and thousands of others.  Period.  To suggest otherwise is antisemitic, and has been so since it was first attempted.

In light of this, there can be no denying that the video, and Berlin's promotion of it, are antisemitic.  The question remains, what will be done about this by those in the pro-Palestinian community.  The world is watching.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

As IF there still was any doubt......

In the conflict in the Middle East, much has been made of the use of anti-Semitic meme's to attack Israel and it's supporters under the guise of being merely anti-Zionist and not bigoted. HOWEVER, most people reject that (using obvious evidence) and counter that many of meme's touted by the anti-Zionist movement ARE indeed anti-Semitic. The founder of the Free Gaza Movement, Greta Berlin, has now exposed this and made it abundantly clear with her embrace of some of the worst, and most offensive, anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

Several days back, the Free Gaza Movement tweeted a video that claimed Zionists were allied with the National Socialists (better known as Nazis) and that it was that alliance that was the origin of the term Nazi. The speaker also claimed that Zionists ran the concentration camps and were responsible for the Holocaust. That tweet was deleted. However, rather than apologize for spreading this anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, Berlin instead only apologized for tweeting it from her organization's twitter account.

What Berlin fully embraced, however, was the conspiracy theory. She made clear that she intended to post it to her private Facebook account. Yes, she actually admitted that. She was only sorry because she made her post public for the world to see her anti-Semitism on full display.
“I posted it from Facebook, not realizing that my private account was connected to the FG account. I apologise,” Berlin tweeted.
Think about that for a second. She's not sorry she engaged in anti-Semitism. She's not sorry she has blamed Jews for the Holocaust. She's only sorry that she's let the world see. She's only sorry that she has brought further discredit upon the anti-Semites that cloak their anti-Semitism in "opposition" to Israel and "opposition" to Zionism.

Understand that this accusation - aside from being complete fiction is amazingly painful and vicious. Ranking up there with the nonsense found in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The question I have is, will those of good conscience, who think they are trying to do something right, denounce this person and/or openly acknowledge the hatred and anti-Semitism within their movement?

In any case, for many of us, the dots were already connected. Hopefully this will connect the dots for a few more.