Hebrew Immigrant Group Calls on CNN to Fire Lou Dobbs

[Jean]

Hebrew Immigrant Group Calls on CNN to Fire Lou Dobbs for Likening San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to Naxi Hermann Goering

Apr 27, 2007
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society has called on CNN to fire Lou Dobbs after the broadcaster likened immigrant advocates to Nazi propagandists.

Dobbs, an outspoken critic of illegal immigration who hosts an opinionated evening news hour, criticized San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Monday, saying he and immigrant protection advocates “might as well work for Hermann Goering. I mean, they’re running so much propaganda, trying to confuse the debate, the national dialogue, by talking about immigrants rather than illegal aliens and legal immigrants. It’s mindless beyond belief.”

Newsom had said he kept local law enforcement from participating in illegal immigrant raids in part because he believes legal immigrants fear raids as well.

Dobbs apparently was referring to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda chief. Goering headed the Nazi air force.

“Comparisons to Nazis, especially in this day and age, are abhorrent,” HIAS President Gideon Aronoff said Wednesday.

“Mr. Dobbs has crossed the line between responsible television commentary and hate speech propaganda of his own. Keeping him on the air is essentially sanctioning by CNN, which is why we’re asking CNN to remove Dobbs from his very public platform.”

CNN did not respond to JTA’s requests for comment, according to the group

http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=1531

[ProudAmericanFamily]

Ridiculous.

I guess we had better all just shut up since every word that comes out of our mouths that don't tow the "party" line now is hate speech.

We should also not eat ham sandwhiches.
We should not display or flag for fear of offending visiting nationals.
We should not speak English because it is devisive.

Are we allowed to breathe? Just wondering.

[AmericanElizabeth]

Everything is hate speech to these people. It has gotten so bad that no one can say anything without being offended. They need to realize, their crying "wolf" everytime someone says something they did not like, their cries of "racist" and "hate speech" is losing it's real meaning.

There is a lot I hear in the media and in public places that I do not like, and could even go as far as crying "hate speech", but do I? No, it would be ridiculous for me to, and is for them.