Keith Olbermann goes off on our out-of-control & out-of-bounds Cheif Executive.
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Alex,
I encourage you to call on behalf of your local Democratic Party but not on behalf of MoveOn.org. MoveOn.org is trouble; there is a rapidly-widening scandal about MoveOn welcoming racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic hate speech on its Action Forum.
"Anti-Semitic" does not mean criticism of Israel, by the way. It means hate speech directed at Jews. "Anti-Catholic" similarly means hate speech directed at the Catholic Church and/or religion as opposed to pro-life political positions.
It has also been proven that, contrary to MoveOn's press release of September 2, MoveOn was fully aware of the hate speech but chose to do nothing about it. MoveOn.org stands for NOTHING that most Democrats would recognize as their values or political beliefs.
Bill- Thanks for your comments. That’s the first I had heard of this but I just Googled it and saw some of the back and forth on it on a couple sites. It sure looks as though MoveOn.org could have handled that a lot better but I’m not going to bail out on that organization over it. I really don’t see that the group’s leadership is encouraging or supporting that type of behavior. As distasteful as some of the described posts sounded I don’t feel quite as outraged over them as you are. I see wanton support for any one of the three Near East religions as problematic in today’s America, though I do feel that a person’s desire for a sense of spirituality and mysticism should be respected by everyone. Also, you mention your claims have been “proven.” If that’s the case and you have some links to articles or something to cite I’d be happy to take a look at it. Peace, AP
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Alex,
I encourage you to call on behalf of your local Democratic Party but not on behalf of MoveOn.org. MoveOn.org is trouble; there is a rapidly-widening scandal about MoveOn welcoming racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic hate speech on its Action Forum.
"Anti-Semitic" does not mean criticism of Israel, by the way. It means hate speech directed at Jews. "Anti-Catholic" similarly means hate speech directed at the Catholic Church and/or religion as opposed to pro-life political positions.
It has also been proven that, contrary to MoveOn's press release of September 2, MoveOn was fully aware of the hate speech but chose to do nothing about it. MoveOn.org stands for NOTHING that most Democrats would recognize as their values or political beliefs.
Bill-
Thanks for your comments.
That’s the first I had heard of this but I just Googled it and saw some of the back and forth on it on a couple sites.
It sure looks as though MoveOn.org could have handled that a lot better but I’m not going to bail out on that organization over it. I really don’t see that the group’s leadership is encouraging or supporting that type of behavior.
As distasteful as some of the described posts sounded I don’t feel quite as outraged over them as you are. I see wanton support for any one of the three Near East religions as problematic in today’s America, though I do feel that a person’s desire for a sense of spirituality and mysticism should be respected by everyone.
Also, you mention your claims have been “proven.” If that’s the case and you have some links to articles or something to cite I’d be happy to take a look at it.
Peace,
AP
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