MoveOn.org: Turning predictably anti-semitic

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September 5, 2006 -- A string of anti-Semitic rants about Sen. Joe Lieberman have popped up on the liberal MoveOn.org's open forum Web site, drawing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League.

It's the latest flap in the contentious race between Lieberman, who is running as an independent to keep his seat in Connecticut, and upstart Ned Lamont, the Democratic nominee.

"We recognize that Action Forum is an open forum intended to foster the free flow of ideas," ADL head Abraham Foxman said in a letter dated Aug. 31 to MoveOn, which supported Lamont in the Democratic primary against Lieberman.

"Nevertheless, since such profoundly offensive content is appearing on a board clearly linked to MoveOn.org, we believe you should assume some responsibility to respond to this hateful content," Foxman wrote in the letter, which was forwarded by Lieberman's campaign.

Foxman cited examples from the site's Action Forum, including "media owning Jewish pigs," "Zionazis," a reference to the senator as "Jew Lieberman" and the question, "Why are the Jews so Jew-y?"

Foxman wrote, "Those who allow hate to rear its ugly head under their auspices bear a special responsibility to distance themselves from that hate, and to speak out against it, as loudly as possible."

Lieberman is one of the country's best-known Jewish politicians.

Foxman and Eli Pariser, executive director of the MoveOn Political Action Committee, couldn't be reached.

But in a statement posted on the MoveOn site Saturday, Pariser condemned the anti-Semitic rants.

"Once in a while - as in any public forum - inappropriate material is posted," he wrote. "Recently, a few of the thousands of comments that are posted every week contained anti-Semitic language.

"The comments that were posted were abhorrent. We were dismayed to see them, and removed them as soon as they came to our attention 17 days ago."

He added that most of the comments were not made by MoveOn members and suggested it could be an effort by conservatives to "target" the group, and said any effort to tie the rants to MoveOn was "wrong."

Lamont aides didn't immediately return calls for comment.

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A string of anti-Semitic rants about Sen. Joe Lieberman have popped up on the liberal MoveOn.org's open forum Web site,

And that surprises anyone?

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A string of anti-Semitic rants about Sen. Joe Lieberman have popped up on the liberal MoveOn.org's open forum Web site,

And that surprises anyone?

David and Tigermike turn predictably dumb and dumber. Eli Pariser is Jewish. A few anonymous idiots post something on a site and the organization gets slammed as anti-semitic?. Guess what guys? Under that logic, you are responsible for everything posted on this site, whether you agree with it or not. Guess that makes the two of you a whole lot of things-- some good, some bad. Right?

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A few anonymous idiots post something on a site and the organization gets slammed as anti-semitic?. Guess what guys? Under that logic, you are responsible for everything posted on this site, whether you agree with it or not. Guess that makes the two of you a whole lot of things-- some good, some bad. Right?

We have anti-Semites, anti-Black, etc on this forum. We handle it Tex, We handle it and still run one of the freest talking sites on the web. Mature discourse, and yes I know sometines we dont stay there, is the rule here. The Mods know who we must watch about this kind of crap. If we let one guy go off on here, we would look like a KKK site. So we keep him check.

Tex, I can say you are wrong and not namecall. But then again, namecalling is a tenet of modern "Liberalism" because just as Momma said: "The first to lose a debate is the first to namecall." The Dems dont have ideas anymore, all they have is "We hate Bush."

The "Predictably Anti-Semitic" remark is the one that ought to rub you raw and yet, somehow it doesnt seem to to...hhmmmm.

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So much for their 'progressive' attitudes over there at m.o. dot org. Just shows that anyone who doesn't agree w/their agenda should be stuffed inside a gas oven and done away with.

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A few anonymous idiots post something on a site and the organization gets slammed as anti-semitic?. Guess what guys? Under that logic, you are responsible for everything posted on this site, whether you agree with it or not. Guess that makes the two of you a whole lot of things-- some good, some bad. Right?

We have anti-Semites, anti-Black, etc on this forum. We handle it Tex, We handle it and still run one of the freest talking sites on the web. Mature discourse, and yes I know sometines we dont stay there, is the rule here. The Mods know who we must watch about this kind of crap. If we let one guy go off on here, we would look like a KKK site. So we keep him check.

Tex, I can say you are wrong and not namecall. But then again, namecalling is a tenet of modern "Liberalism" because just as Momma said: "The first to lose a debate is the first to namecall." The Dems dont have ideas anymore, all they have is "We hate Bush."

The "Predictably Anti-Semitic" remark is the one that ought to rub you raw and yet, somehow it doesnt seem to to...hhmmmm.

You call another site "anti-semite" because of what some posters write and then complain about liberal name-calling. You're amazing. I guess you lost the debate from the start since you started with the name-calling. Tell your momma your sorry. Thanks for the concession.