Monday, May 31, 2010

Godwin Slaw

It's only natural that the Anti-Defamation League responded to Newt Gingrich's recent spurious comparison between the Obama administration and Nazi Germany. I am more than a little surprised that the former Speaker of the House didn't see that coming, if in fact he did not. (Could he have planned this? Notoriety is still publicity.)

The question we should be asking is, where are the ADL when Jews make public comparisons of the President of the United States to Adolf Hitler? Barack Obama's stance toward Israel has provoked just such language, and Abe Foxman has been, so far as I can tell, silent. If the accusation is never legitimate, then it is never legitimate.