Many people are outraged about the remarks of Helen Thomas (not pictured).
There is no question that some of what she said was downright antisemitic.
You can't say, of Jews in Israel, "They should go home... To Poland, to Germany"... and not expect fallout.
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I'm not opposed to Helen Thomas questioning Israel's actions.
That's her job.
As a journalist, her responsibility is ask probing questions to help us all find truth.
She's supposed to take the most important decision-maker in the world (The President) to task about his thoughts, beliefs, actions, policies... and on and on.
When you have that esteemed front-row seat near the President, the bar is even higher.
So if she wanted to question the recent attack on the water, I would've been for her right to free speech.
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But, the woman is almost 90, and not such a fan of jews.
There's a very popular website called ***t my dad says.
It's a guy who posts funny, odd, off-the-wall statements by his father, who may or may not be senile.
I wish I could file this under that category.
I just can't.
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Helen Thomas was born in 1920.
She graduated from college in 1942.
That means, while the atrocities of the Holocaust were taking place, this was a college-educated woman.
As such, she probably had a PRETTY good idea that sending jews "back to Germany" is somewhat loaded verbiage.
As someone who made her living with words for 60-plus years, she knows better, or should.
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Helen Thomas isn't the first person to say something ignorant and hurtful, nor is she the last.
The sad aspect to this story, is that before her little David Duke moment, she was an esteemed trailblazer.
That's a tough gig to get.
So now, she'll make her journey from working for Hearst to her hearse.
Shalom.
Linking Thomas to SMDS...very provocative.
ReplyDeletethanks. Anytime someone is pushing 90 and says something off the handle, you have to throw their age into the equation... don't you think? (though clearly it doesn't absolve her)
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