Blood Libel ? You Betcha!

http://absolutelynobama.blogspot.com/ ^ | January 17th, 2011 | Alan Levy

[Absolutely Nobama]

Monday, January 17, 2011Blood Libel ? You Betcha! Before I begin this column, I'd like to make a declaration: I am Jewish and quite proud of it. I love bagels and lox. I complain when I'm too close to a vent. I use my hands when I talk. My favorite phrase is: "Let me speak to the manager". Believe me, I'm reminded I'm Jewish every time I look down when I take a whiz, if you catch my meaning. I am also a Levite, which means I can open the Ark of the Covenant without melting like Toht did in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Needless to say, I'm 100% Jewish.

And guess what, True Believer, I agree with Sarah Palin. She was the victim of a blood libel during the aftermath of the Giffords Shooting in Tucson where she and other Conservatives were accused of inciting murder by many members of the Professional Left.

A "blood libel", broken down to brass tacks, is an absurd accusation of murder. The term first came into being during the Middle Ages when Jews were accused of killing Christian children to use their blood in baking matzoh. Normally, I'd follow the previous sentence with a snarky remark about the stupidity of Europeans, but blood libels have reared their ugly heads in the US, the most famous being the Massena Blood Libel in New York in 1928. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massena_blood_libel ) Anyhoo, the main point is the fact that blood libels are monuments to the stupidity of man.

So when Sarah Palin said this, she was right:

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"But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible."

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Naturally, the left doesn't like it when Conservatives have the unmitigated gall to defend themselves. So the Anti Defamation League, the worst of the offenders, had this whine to go with their cheese:

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"Still, we wish that Palin had not invoked the phrase “blood-libel” in reference to the actions of journalists and pundits in placing blame for the shooting in Tucson on others. While the term “blood-libel” has become part of the English parlance to refer to someone being falsely accused, we wish that Palin had used another phrase, instead of one so fraught with pain in Jewish history."

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So, in other words, despite the fact that the smear against Sarah Palin and other Conservatives was indeed a blood libel, that little fact should be thrown into nearest Memory Hole according to the finger sniffers at the Anti-Defamation League. Never mind the fact that this would have been a bonafide teachable moment about falsely accusing others of violence, the ADL decided to become the All Democrat League. They might as well have called Palin a shicksa while they were at it.

Funny how the Torah has a different view on blood libels than the ADL:

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"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."--- Exodus 20:16

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Here's my point, folks: History has a lot to teach us if we let it.

(By the way, I'm fairly certain this will be he final time Alan Dershowitz and I will have any sort of common ground.)

God help us all.

[shibumi]

That’s a heck of a first post.

I would invite you to say something about yourself on your FReeper page:

http://www.freerepublic.com/~absolutelynobama/

But there’s really not a lot you seem to have left out in you self-introduction.

Not to worry. You’ve got better company here on FR, both Goyim and HaYehudim than you could ever find with the likes of Alan Dershowitz.

[DGHoodini]

I always thought that a Blood Libel were lies of such horrendous nature that they would evoke a murderous consequence on those that they were told about. And surely that is what the MSM journolisters meant to achieve.

Character gang rape.

That’s what they atr: Matthews. Shultz, Olbermann, Krugmann, Alter, Press, Stern, Fonda, Maddow, and the rest of the Libscum rats..They’re all gang rapists.

[fish hawk]

Well, Ed Koch, ex mayor of NYC and a Liberal Democrat agrees with you also. You can find that right here on FR. Matter of fact there are two threads on right now about him.

[humblegunner]

Thank you for not excerpting.

[BuffaloJack]

Sarah will be the next President. You betcha!

[Sherman Logan]

I am also a Levite, which means I can open the Ark of the Covenant without melting like Toht did in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Actually, I believe only the priests, one family or clan of the Levites, could touch the Ark. And possibly only the legitimate High Priest.

[Absolutely Nobama]

Interestingly enough, I have been branded an anti semite for penning this article.