Letter
to the editor
Outsourcing
the facts, wrong ones
If
Jason Garthoffner wants to use "facts"
to advocate "truth," then he should
do some genuine research. It is very obvious
that Mr. Garthoffner cherry-picked his source,
the Institute of Historical Review, to justify
his ludicrous claim that the American Civil
Liberties Union did not fight on behalf
of Japanese-Americans during WWII. A majority
of the material that the Institute of Historical
Review publishes actually argues that the
Holocaust never happened! Great reliable
source, Jason.
I,
on the other hand, like to get my facts
from the actual cases of which I am talking
about. These are called "primary sources."
A quick check of the actual cases in question,
Korematsu, Hirabayshi and Endo, will reveal
that the ACLU not only filed "amici
curiae" briefs on behalf of the Japanese,
but they also argued two of the cases themselves
before the Supreme Court (See Lexis-Nexis,
a reliable database).
I
find it incredibly ironic that Mr. Garthoffner
argues that he is not a revisionist, yet
quotes, as authority, a Web site whose cover
page admits it is committed to a "revisionist
perspective." He accuses liberals of
rewriting history to suit their needs while
his entire argument uses revisionist history
to justify itself.
These
are not the only flaws in an argument so
laden full of logical inconsistencies that
the constant mention of Orwell could only
serve as comedic satire. Mr. Garthoffner
betrays himself with comments like "don't
criticize Bush for locking up a hundred
people guilty of something." Nevermind
innocent until proven guilty, he has no
idea what they are "guilty" of.
Another favorite, "ACLU admits they
cannot find one instance of a civil rights
violation in the Patriot Acts." For
the record, the ACLU began litigation in
Federal District Court concerning section
209 of the Patriot Acts the morning his
article was published. And I am not even
going to dignify the nonsense about "Democrats
make criminals why Republicans catch them"
with a response.
I
think it is great Mr. Garthoffner has an
opinion about these issues. But if he wants
to start calling liberals Orwellian revisionists,
then he better have some real facts about
his views.
Before
he calls liberals hypocrites, he should
take a good look in the mirror, or better
yet, do some real research.
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