Posted on 08/10/2020 7:34:23 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Don’t you dare compare the ideologically motivated mobs attacking and destroying shops and other property in Seattle with the ideologically motivated mobs that attacked and destroyed Jewish-owned shops in Nazi Germany during Kristallnacht in 1938!
Not if you work for NPR affiliate KNKX in Tacoma, WA.
KNKX has permanently booted University of Washington Professor Cliff Mass from his weekly weather segment for daring to make such a comparison on his personal blog.
Reaction came swiftly from the left on social media accusing Mass of anti-Semitism and exaggerating what was going on in riots in Seattle. This led to KNKX removing Mass and his weather report from the air.
"At KNKX, we value high-quality, factual information in our news programming and we aim to present an array of voices that reflect our region.
"We turn to our regular commentators for their expertise and points-of-view when it comes to sports, food and the weather. But if a commentator, even on his own independent platform, delivers rhetoric that is offensive and inaccurate, we cannot support it.
This is the case today with Cliff Mass. His post on his personal blog compares recent events in Seattle to Kristallnacht, the 1938 pogrom carried out by Nazi Germany, and draws distorted, offensive parallels between protesters and Nazi Brownshirts. We abhor the comparison and find it sensationalized and misleading — it does not reflect who we are and what we stand for at KNKX."
Mass is Jewish and said his reaction to what he saw in Seattle triggered an emotional chord.
"To me, this is not academic. My family, even here in the United States, went through a lot of discrimination," he explained.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
A very depressing movie, though.
NPR vs Free Speech
Look out, Dave, you’re gonna get hit
In Seattle, the wind always blows Left.
Portland, same.
Our NPR tax dollars and KNKX are sending a clear message: “Don’t you dare compare our antisemitic fascist riots with those bad people!”
Reaction came swiftly from the left on social media accusing Mass of anti-Semitism and exaggerating what was going on in riots in Seattle.
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Anonymous snitch accuses Jewish person of being anti-Semitic. NPR fires Jewish person. Makes sense. Total sense. Yes sir.
And I think KNKX should be shut down because the first thing I thought of when I saw their call sign...was KKK. Their call sign is racist.
They have the historical perspective of gerbils.
Most of the replies on his blog are positive.
Found that surprising.
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I'm glad the nprtards referenced the comparison. It reminds me of someone trying to convince you to NOT think about a big spider on your back if you have an itch.
Mass has been under their skin for years because he is a renowned climatologist who does not believe scientific evidence supports anthropogenic climate change.
This krystalknacht reason for firing is just an excuse. Liberal donors to the station want him gone, so he’s gone.
So was Schindler’s List.
Your #29 is quite surprising, given the times and the place.
Surprising and encouraging.
I also see the current events as the American Kristallnacht. Only the Woking Dead are too blind to see.
Hmm, when I asked Tennis Channel if it was okay with its commentator Brett Haber mouthing off about Trump on Twitter, I was told that “The tweet in question is from Mr. Haber’s private account not Tennis Channel’s.”
Guaranteed if he was Tweeting out that Obama is a douchebag he’d be fired.
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