Michigan editor fired for critical article about hometown hero Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism

JTA ^ | February 3, 2019

[mewzilla]

Was the article accurate?

If Ford was a flaming anti-Semite, that might help to explain Deabornistan.

[SJackson]

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Poor Mayor, had no Confederate statues to tear down, so he burned magazines. Not sure that's "confronting" hate. But Henry was a prominent Democrat, ran in what I believe was his only attempt at public office at the urging of KKK fan Woodrow Wilson. Democrat, friend of Wilson, couldn't be antisemitic. Not sure how erasing history helps, other than politicians erasing their own malfeasance.

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[AppyPappy]

Yes but anti-semitism is acceptable now.

[heshtesh]

Not all history is pretty and it’s not going to change.

The perception might change but that’s it.

[SmokingJoe]

It's not exactly news that Ford was an anti semite. Everybody knows that. There have been lots of books about that so I wonder what the fuss is about.
Irrespective of that, he is still one of the greatest industrialists this world has ever seen.

[DAC21]

“The Dearborn Historical Museum Commission called on the mayor to rescind his decision and allow the magazine to be mailed to its more than 200 subscribers”

200, Buuwaaahaha.

[mewzilla]

Was he an anti-Semite, though?

Clearly the Nazis liked Henry. But that doesn’t necessarily make Ford an anti-Semite any more than it would automatically make him a Nazi.

Ford did have at least one flaming anti-Semite working high up in his company, but did Ford share that predjudice?

[onedoug]

He doesn’t want to upset his islamists. Cowardly mayor. He’s perfect for them. Until they cut his throat.

[Leep]

Isn’t Mich heavily populated with anti Semites?

[mewzilla]

Looks like Ford wrote something entitled Studies on the Jewish Question". A series of newspaper columns, in his paper, I think. The columns may have been later collected into a book. If I can scare up a link to the text, I post it. I'd like to read what he wrote. :-)

[CondorFlight]

“The Jew is a race that has no civilization to point to, no aspiring religion, no great achievement in any realm.”

LOL! If Ford thought that, he was an illiterate. Or dumb.
A genius in matters of production, but not outside his own limited sphere.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

This over a magazine with a 200 subscriber mailing list?

Who wold have seen it?

[Celtic Conservative]

Ford was a brilliant engineer and industrialist. In matters of culture and religion he was a complete rube. It was Ford Motor Company who recruited a lot of arabs to come to Dearborn in the first place. Henry Ford hectored his son, Edsel into an early grave, and intentionally destroyed most of Edsels efforts to modernize the company. Henry Ford was 24 carat, cast-iron son of a bitch.

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[an amused spectator]

Ford did have at least one flaming anti-Semite working high up in his company, but did Ford share that predjudice?

Yes.

[gcparent]

Are Arabs anti semites?

[mewzilla]

Got a citation for that? :-)

[an amused spectator]

Granot Loma.

Do your own research on that, and learn a few fascinating facts.

[mewzilla]

Grant Loma. The Huron Mountain Club. I see a lot of rumor and innuendo. Zero facts relating to Ford being an anti-Semite.

[Teacher317]

[Mayor] O’Reilly in a statement released on Friday afternoon said publishing Ford’s offensive opinions “could become a distraction from our continuing messages of inclusion and respect.” Dearborn’s population is about one-third Arab-American, according to The New York Times.

So... printing actual quotes might distract from you getting votes. Got it.

The cover includes a black-and-white photo of Ford next to the quote: “The Jew is a race that has no civilization to point to, no aspiring religion, no great achievement in any realm.”

But yeah, putting that quote on the cover of a magazine is a bit over-the-line.