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Rick Green: David Barton's critics are no different from Hitler
cross-posted at dKos
Hours after David Barton got turfed by Thomas Nelson due to numerous factual inaccuracies in his latest book, The Jefferson Lies, his co-host on Wallbuilders Live, Rick Green, gladly took on the role of attack dog. In a post on his blog, Green claimed that those calling out Barton are no different from Adolf Hitler.
These elitist professors and reporters attacking David Barton know that most people will not actually go read the supporting material behind David’s books…certainly not the bloggers and reporters who have so quickly jumped on the attack wagon. They are exactly the “least intelligent” Hitler was able to fool, Alinksy taught radicals to fool, and now even Christian “leaders” are joining. Barton’s Jefferson book has 756 footnotes. These critics could not possibly be reading the supporting material because their claims of inaccuracy just do not match up. In fact, most of the book is simply quoting and allowing Jefferson to tell his own story, rather than some boring professor’s “interpretation” of Jefferson’s words. Um, Rick? Those 756 footnotes aren't worth a hill of beans if you misrepresent the sources. And you no doubt know that most of your audience lives in a Christian cocoon, so they probably didn't even hear NPR's scathing takedown of your buddy. And since it's an article of faith among fundies that NPR is a godless librul agitprop outlet, you knew the minute you posted this that they won't even bother to listen. Pot, meet kettle. |
Green has issued a challenge to Barton's critics--if they can find even one inaccurate or false statement from Barton, he'll gladly post it. But according to People for the American Way, Chris Rodda found out the hard way just how sincere Green is. Rodda responded with a detailed post outlining how she and others have thoroughly debunked Barton's claims. Green not only didn't approve it, but made a post doubling down on his earlier one, saying he was not going to accept responses from "critics who have proven themselves to be illogical and slanderous." Um, Rick? If Rodda really did slander Barton, how come he didn't sue her when Liars for Jesus came out. The answer is obvious--Barton knows that the velocity with which any such suit would have been thrown out would have created quite the breeze. If this is Barton's de facto response, he needs to quit digging. |
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