Glenn Beck's "Jews Killed Jesus" Claim Is a Classic Anti-Semitic Lie, Says ADL
The ADL has chosen to call out Fred Phelps' virulently hateful Westborough Baptist Church for promoting the claim that "the Jews" killed Jesus but that church's media reach is miniscule compared to that of the Glenn Beck Show which reaches a national audience of millions. In 2001 the organization chastised Christian conservative strategist Paul Weyrich for making the same claim, in an April 24, 2001 ADL press release with the following statement from Anti Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman,
"Paul Weyrich's statement that "Christ was crucified by the Jews" is appalling, historically false and deeply offensive. As a religious figure of national standing, he certainly knows that the accusation holding "the Jews" responsible for the death of Jesus is not true and has served as the basis and rationale for centuries of persecution of Jewish people around the world. He must know that the Catholic Church has emphatically repudiated the teaching of contempt, i.e., that Jews killed Jesus. He surely knows that such destructive myths stated as fact may well reinforce the bigotry of the ignorant and the uninformed, potentially leading to hateful anti-Semitic acts." [emphasis mine] With Glenn Beck fast degenerating into a modern-day Father Coughlin, how much longer will the Fox channel and Rupert Murdoch continue to broadcast his ongoing blasts of racism, anti-Semitism, and hate speech?
[video clip, below: yes, Glenn Beck really said it.]
Glenn Beck's "Jews Killed Jesus" Claim Is a Classic Anti-Semitic Lie, Says ADL | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 hidden)
Glenn Beck's "Jews Killed Jesus" Claim Is a Classic Anti-Semitic Lie, Says ADL | 15 comments (15 topical, 0 hidden)
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