Judar som vill förinta yttrandefriheten

"Ahmed Rami har inbjudits till Utrikespolitiska Studenföreningen vid Linköpings universitet för att delta i en debatt. Judebloggarna går i spin och vräker ut enfaldiga anklagelser mot Rami som gör att hans egna påståenden framstår som tämligen milda.

Om nu Ramis åsikter är så felaktiga så är det väl angeläget att bemöta honom och fullständigt mosa hans argument?? Judarnas problem är att hitta argument.

Judetidningen DN måste på ledarplats angripa Rami och påpeka hur olämpligt det är att inbjuda honom. Vad annat kan förväntas från det hållet?

Det är det vanliga, kritik mot judar får inte framföras, sanningar om judar får inte utsägas. Då är det inte särskilt svårt att räkna ut varför judarna försöker få dominerande kontroll över massmedia. För att tysta all kritik mot judar.---"

German Amazon sued over anti-Semitic books

July 26, 2009

BERLIN (JTA) -- A Jewish organization in Germany is suing the German version of Amazon for hate crimes over the sale of books that it says have banned content.

At issue are some 50 titles that push anti-Semitism, downplay National Socialist crimes and deny the Holocaust, according to the German office of the American Jewish Committee, which filed its suit Friday with the state prosecutor in Munich.

Deidre Berger, AJC's Germany director, said in a public statement that the failure to act against the sale of such material undermined German law. The titles were uncovered during research in July, but an AJC spokesperson said the company has received complaints from private individuals and political leaders for years.

Berger urged Amazon.de to "take action and remove the illegal books from its catalog immediately."

Among the books found in the Amazon.de catalog are publications from the right-wing extremist National Democratic Party of Germany, and books that deny or relativize the Holocaust by such writers as Wilhelm Stäglich, Germar Rudolf, Udo Walendy, Jürgen Graf and Carlo Mattogno.

Applauding the move by AJC, Member of Parliament Sebastian Edathy, head of the Bundestag's interior affairs committee, said it was "shocking that an international book dealership is not prepared to remove books that stir up anti-Semitism and undermine the democratic consensus."

An Amazon.de spokeswoman, according to a report from the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, said the books to which the AJC objected are not banned in Germany.

The spokeswoman also said the company has tightened its rules regarding the sale of books that glorify or trivialize the Nazis, but did not plan to remove any books currently for sale.

"We believe that the correct answer to controversial literature is not to ban it but to engage in discussion over the controversy," she told Deutsche Welle.

PM Nilsson undviker kärnfrågan

PM Nilsson förklarade i SvD Newsmill-redaktionens publicering av Mohamed Omar som sommarskribent med följande ord:

"Det är påfallande ofta liberala tidningar lyckats upprätthålla en bred och pluralistisk publicistik utan politiska låsningar. Den traditionen är en omistlig del av svensk demokrati och i den andan är det självklart för mig att publicera Mohamed Omars hyllning till den iranska islamistiska revolutionen"

Folkfrontens Björn Björkqvist har ett Newsmilll-konto som än så länge "endast" använts för kommentarer till andras texter. Liksom Mohamed Omar anser Björkqvist att valet i Iran gick rätt till. Kan Björkqvist då också bli sommarskribent? När Nilsson skriver att det är "självklart" att publicera Mohamed Omar samtidigt som andra högerextremister inte erbjuds skriva som "sommarskribenter" är det svårt att ta svaret på allvar. Malte Persson tog bland annat upp just detta i en mycket läsvärd artikel. Persson skrev att det var "märkligt att [Omar] fortfarande får uttala sig i stora media, när inte andra högerextrema konspirationsteoretiker får det."

Förvisso bör man ha klart för sig att Mohamed Omar inte är den första högerextremisten eller rasisten som blir publlicerad på Newsmill. För så väl fd NDU-ordföranden Patrik Forsén som Geert Wilders-beundraren Mikael "islamofoben" Johansson är det fritt fram att skriva texter på Newsmill. De är extremister vars skriverier måste anses strida mot åtminstone följande av debattsitens regler:

• kränkande kommentarer om etniska grupper eller sexuell läggning.
svordomar och könsord.
• hatiska texter och uttryck som inte bidrar till större förståelse för viktiga samhällsfrågor.


En skillnad finns dock mellan Forsén/Johansson och Mohamed Omar. Forsén och Johansson får skriva på Newsmill medan Mohamed Omar bjuds in och bereds plats på sitens första sida inom ramen för Newsmills motsvarighet till Sommar i P1.

Om PM Nilsson med "bred och pluralistisk publicistik utan politiska låsningar" menar att man ska konkurera med Nationell Idag, SD-kuriren och Nordisk.nu är det ytterst orande. En sådan publicistisk hållning bidrar till att normalisera hat, rasism och demokratiförakt och göra rasistiska och högerextrema debattinlägg till vilka debattinlägg som helst.

"If you have ever visited a blog or on-line discussion group on the Middle East you have doubtless had the misfortune to run into them.

They are known by the language they use: depraved sexual insults, bile, bigotry, threats, disinformation and character assassination. That’s right: I’m talking about “hasbarats,” zionist trolls who infect the Internet with hasbara, pro-Israel propaganda. Of course, mainstream media hasbarats have been around for decades, as have “hasbaratchiks,” fifth-columns in foreign governments who subvert national policies to serve Israel. The Internet, though, is the latest, some might say the greatest, propaganda playground, and Israel cannot cope with factual, passionate, well-documented stories that expose its war crimes and unrepentant criminality.

If you’ve come across a hasbarat, on-line or otherwise, you have learned that no amount of reasoned argument or intellectual maturity has any effect. That’s because hasbarats don’t care if they come across as ignorant, obnoxious, nasty or inane. All that matters for them is sabotaging criticism of Israel and support for Muslims. They’re like anti-intellectual stink bombs: designed to cause maximum discomfort but have little if any real power.---"

And Now...Aryan Rap
By Ulrich Boser
Posted 1/15/06

German rapper Fler wears finger-thick gold chains and big baggy jeans, but his rhetoric would have made Adolf Hitler proud. In his recent album, New German Wave, the blue-eyed, baby-faced rapper rhymes, "Black, red, gold, hard and proud .?.?. believe me, my mom is German." In the accompanying video, Fler struts through Berlin, while Aryan-looking thugs wave an enormous German flag and battle with swarthy immigrants.

Meet the Fatherland's new shock troops: German rappers scaling the pop charts with violent, nationalistic lyrics and building a fan base that includes legions of neo-Nazis. Fler's album, for instance, debuted at No.?5 within a week of its May release and is set to become certified gold.

The growing popularity of the genre threatens to energize a growing far-right movement here and has pushed the government to censor rap albums for their sadistic content. "[Rap lyrics] are becoming increasingly pornographic, violent, and racist," says parliamentarian Monika Griefahn. "We need to restrict it in order to protect our individual rights and our young people."

For years, German rap had been about as edgy as Neil Diamond with sweet boy-band lyrics about school and sports. A few years ago, one hip-hop group scored a hit singing about how cool their sweaters looked. But recently, German rappers like Fler, Bushido, and Sido have been emulating American gangsta-style hip-hop and writing lurid, offensive lyrics that glorify violence and crime. And in an effort to be truly provocative in a country where overt displays of nationalist fervor have long been taboo, some rappers have been openly flirting with fascism: In his recent bestselling album, Bushido rapped, "Salute, stand at attention, I'm the leader like A." That is seen as a reference to Adolf Hitler, though the rapper denies it.

To be sure, the far right will not invite the rappers to headline a rally anytime soon. Although many neo-Nazis praise the lyrics, they believe that rap strays far from the Aryan ideal because of its African-American roots. For their part, the rappers deny being extremists. "I think skinheads suck. I've gotten into fist fights with them," says Fler. "I don't want to put down other minorities. I'm just saying that I think it's cool to be German."

Dangerous words. But the music often goes well beyond simple declarations of pride--Fler advertised his new CD with a quote from Hitler: "On May 1st, we'll shoot back"--and that scares many here. "This might all be a way to sell records, but it promotes National Socialism," says antiextremist activist J?rn Menge. "Such a mix of patriotism and violence in music is very dangerous."After a recent public outcry, the government placed some of the more violent titles on a watch list. The designation requires more than an "explicit lyrics" sticker: If an album is censored, it can't be advertised or sold to anyone under 18.

The sanctions haven't had much of an impact on the music's popularity, however, especially in formerly Communist East Germany. With 30 percent unemployment and a booming crime rate, many young people in the east say that they relate to the depictions of violence and drugs. Appeals to ultra-nationalism also play well: In September's parliamentary elections, the neo-Nazi party quadrupled its support. Indeed, when Bushido gives concerts in the east, neo-Nazis ask him to sign their shaved heads.

At a recent Fler concert outside the eastern German city of Dresden, the crowd roared with approval when the young rapper stormed across the stage, wearing a camouflage jacket and a baseball cap. "He really speaks to young people,"says Stefan Sbiegay, 18. "We want to be proud to be German." Plus, Sbiegay says, "I understand what he is saying. When I listen to American rappers, I only understand half of the lyrics."

But not everyone was cheering. Klaus Grenga, 24, had never listened to Fler before the concert; a friend had brought him along. "I can't really understand the words that well," he says loudly over the thumping bass. "But the music is terrible. Give it a few years, and people will be sick of it." And by then, perhaps, people will be sick of the lyrics, too. l

This story appears in the January 23, 2006 print edition of U.S. News & World Report.