Reply #11: Now They're Holocoust Victims? [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

I was in Skokie in '78. This goon has no clue what was going on there at the time...and my bets are, if he had been, he would have been appauled at the "fascist" antics of some of the JDL and disciples of Meier Kahane and how that just rilled up the situation...using their "free speech".

The gist of the Skokie debate wasn't about free speech. The Nazis were going to march...it was how they were going to do it. They wanted to march down Oakton Street...the main drag, while the village offered permits to demonstrate in various local parks. Frank Collins and his goons then claimed their rights were violated. In the end, the courts agreed with the original Skokie proposal to let them demonstrate in a park and the Nazis never marched. That wasn't about freedom speech, that incident was about embarassing Jews...especially Holocoust survivors.

Larissa, many kudos on what you and Raw Story are doing. You're obviously hitting a nerve when they shoot back the way they do...and have to do to such hyperbole to get a reaction. Keep on hammering!!

Cheers!