The Anti-Defamation League published an article, From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate. Just one problem: The article is a disgrace. It may target some actual racists, but along the way, it smears several citizen-journalists who merely challenge the Left, believe in the West or in Christianity, and/or support President Trump.
Presumbably to avoid libel lawsuits, the ADL tries to distinguish between “Alt Right” and “Alt Lite”. It says “Alt Right” is about “overt racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, misogyny, and anti-Muslim bigotry”; while “Alt Lite” would only be about the “misogyny and xenophobia” part. But the false guilt-by-association is still there. And even the lesser charge of “misogyny and xenophobia” is a smear on some fine and ever-improving journalists.
Of the ADL’s “Alt Lite” list, I know the work of three fairly well, and none of them deserve the ADL’s smear-labeling: Jack Posobiec, Mike Cernovich, Milo Yiannopoulis.
If the ADL is zero-for-three on those whose work I do know, they are probably wrong on the others whom they listed in the “Alt Lite” section. (Note: I’m not defending anyone in the “Alt Right” section, none of whose work I know at all, except perhaps for Nathan Damigo whose organization I denounced, here.)
To take one example, Jack Posobiec is fluent in at least 2 foreign languages (Mandarin and Polish are the ones that I’ve seen him speak), and here he is at Auschwitz with his girlfriend, praying for the Holocaust victims:
So much for his supposed “misogyny and xenophobia”. Which, I can say, are not in his work either – except that he just happens to be a reasonable and articulate Trump supporter, pro-Israel Christian, and opponent of the Left.
It seems the Anti-Defamation League has itself become a hate group. They would rather defame good people than refute the statements or ideas that they disagree with. It’s sad to see a once-important organization fall so low.
ADL is becoming another $PLC – an organization that profits from keeping “hate” alive. Making “hate” disappear is bad for business so you find it wherever you can (or just make it up).
And then there’s the idea that any question of our relationship with Israel makes one anti-semitic; that preferring what’s left of western culture makes one xenophobic; that being wary of importing an incompatible religion by the boatload makes one Islamophobic… what a crock.
Are people that question our trade relationships with China Sinophobes? If someone questions a policy towards the UK, is he an Anglophobe?
By its very name, the Anti-Defamation League holds a utopian vision which embodies a concept of how the world should look, but at the same time, it has no vision of how their proposed world is actually created from out of the the world that exists. The ADL becomes an “authority” on what is wrong, but rejects authoritarianism. Meanwhile, the ADL tries to identify and stomp out those people who hold views with differ from theirs, which is authoritarian by definition.
The only way for the ADL to get around this contradiction is by creating an “enlightenment” which brings the majority into the embrace of “revealed” truth. One might call it “consensus enlightenment.”
ADL has determined that those who challenge the Left are at least suspect of possibly aiding and abetting “hate” such as homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny and whatever constitutes the latest “zeitgeist” social justice witch hunt.
Yes, the Anti-Defamation League joins the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Council on American–Islamic Relations and others as being a “hate” group which does opposition research on what they “hate” and does everything within their power to smear those they hate.
In my opinion, the ADL has no real standing. They are just another political group doing politics.
They’re anti-defamation, the same way Antifa is anti-fascist.
Thus: By some warped construct of left-wing theory, they are. But out in the real world: No; in fact, they are a major source of defamation and/or fascism, and their claim to be “anti” is a manipulative deception.
The ADL started out with noble intentions and, for the early part of its existence, did a reasonable job of pointing out bias that was not rooted in truth, but merely irrational bias itself (primarily via antisemitism). However, as suggested, it has now gone the way of organizations modeled after it (eg, GLAAD), and become not the beacon and watchdog of inaccurate and inflammatory statements but the arbiter of what is appropriate commentary and public statement. Thus, it is performing the effective role of Thought Police.
do leftists now run the adl?
salg, I’d say yes.
btw, it was fun to see that Jack tweeted my post out: https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/888897240433127427
Generally speaking, leftists run most of the advocacy organizations out there which are not specifically political in nature. It’s almost like trying to find a non-left-of-center mainstream journalist in an average newsroom.