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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts) Sat Jul 20, 2013, 06:44 PM Jul 2013

Did Helen Thomas ever apologize for her anti-Semitic speech? [View all]

Last edited Mon Jul 22, 2013, 12:36 AM - Edit history (1)

If not, why not?

During the speech, Thomas said: "Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion." Thomas defended her comments on December 7, telling Scott Spears of Marion, Ohio AM radio station WMRN, "I just think that people should be enlightened as to who is in charge of the opinion in this country."

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_Thomas&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop

ON EDIT: 160+ responses, not one of which contains any kind of link to an apology for this speech. So it looks like the answer is "no".

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Did Helen Thomas ever apologize for her anti-Semitic speech? [View all] Nye Bevan Jul 2013 OP

I think she was forced to, PDJane Jul 2013 #1

You think her assertion was true, and not offensive? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #5

I think that being against a Zionist mindset is not the same as being anti-semitic. PDJane Jul 2013 #14

As Thomas said, she is a Semite Major Nikon Jul 2013 #109

Yes, I found it truthful and not at all offensive. pangaia Jul 2013 #26

So the White House, under President Obama, is quite literally "owned by Zionists". Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #33

Actually it's bullshite, but Cha Jul 2013 #83

It's no different than people who claim politicians are owned by corporate interests Major Nikon Jul 2013 #119

+1 ~nt~ b.durruti Jul 2013 #68

Of course it was true. Warpy Jul 2013 #49

+1 ~nt~ b.durruti Jul 2013 #69

What she *said* was certainly true; it's possible what she *meant* wasn't. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2013 #162

Has everyone in Wall Street and Hollywood publicly expressed their position on Zionism? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #163

No, hence only "nearly as bad", not "as bad". N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2013 #165

"America *is* utterly controlled by zionists" jessie04 Jul 2013 #166

Hell yes. Read the damn post. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2013 #168

Is there anything that you won't shit stir? demmiblue Jul 2013 #2

Why should you talk like that? A question was asked and she gave her opinion. southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #4

This was a speech, not an off-the-cuff response to a question (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #8

Like I said before we may not agree but that was her personal opinion and last time southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #23

I agree. Hateful anti-Semitism, whether spewed by Mel Gibson or Helen Thomas, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #34

One more time. You can be anti-zionist, which is a philosophy, with out being anti-semitic, PDJane Jul 2013 #47

+1,000 n/t malaise Jul 2013 #52

+++ uppityperson Jul 2013 #54

You know her family background is Lebanese so she is looking it from her history background. southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #50

You keep conflating the two terms ... Trajan Jul 2013 #59

+1000 Tom Ripley Jul 2013 #160

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum hobbit709 Jul 2013 #13

How do you say "unless we don't like them" in Latin? Nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #24

Dreamer T sgtbenobo Jul 2013 #48

I am not speaking ill of the dead. I just asked why someone would make a nasty comment. southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #30

I meant the OP. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #39

Oh, LOL sorry I thought you meant me. Oops southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #46

On doit des �gards aux vivants ; on ne doit aux morts que la v�rit�. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #41

Perhaps because I have seen enough from this poster to know exactly what this is. n/t demmiblue Jul 2013 #15

sad. southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #22

No, not sad at all... just an observation. n/t demmiblue Jul 2013 #27

your like the DU version of Zimmerman eh? stay in your truck pls. nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #42

Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. uppityperson Jul 2013 #55

Heh! demmiblue Jul 2013 #103

Whoah, check out his transparency page uppityperson Jul 2013 #113

I did as you suggested and found he has been shown the door by EarlG! Spazito Jul 2013 #146

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Jul 2013 #147

Mine too, seaglass, mine too! n/t Spazito Jul 2013 #149

Thank you EarlG. That was a good ppr for a lot of reasons. uppityperson Jul 2013 #150

"Misogynist"--thank you Earl. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #154

My golden uterus and I also thank EarlG. demmiblue Jul 2013 #156

because cprompt Jul 2013 #90

maybe the op didn't think about the google before posting it. southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #96

I'm sorry, southernyankeebelle, but... Hekate Jul 2013 #111

Well I don't know anything about the person who put the original post. But I think southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #135

I've been online with people who act like they don't have access to the internet. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #155

+1. It seems that the Snowden affair has allowed ..... Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #11

Totally agree. nt Raine Jul 2013 #25

i used to have email correspondence with her. Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #31

As did I. I was frankly astounded that she would take the time to respond ... 11 Bravo Jul 2013 #73

Same here. eom BlueMTexpat Jul 2013 #64

+2, Bonhomme Richard. nt Hekate Jul 2013 #112

+1 SecularMotion Jul 2013 #32

+1000 burnodo Jul 2013 #80

Actually, there is one specific area that is his shit stirring specialty. Racism. morningfog Jul 2013 #94

Helen Thomas might very well have succumbed to old age slowly taking her higher brain functions KittyWampus Jul 2013 #3

I totally agree... FarPoint Jul 2013 #9

Dementia certainly would be the most charitable explanation. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #143

Not so much Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #6

The Semitic peoples include the Lebanese Chaldeans. She is technically correct. leveymg Jul 2013 #18

Anyone who makes that argument is a moron. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #29

That is just one of several accepted meanings, the narrow one you accept. leveymg Jul 2013 #86

It is the ONLY accepted meaning of the term "anti-Semite". Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #87

It was a clever turn of phrase. Some people aren't dependent upon dictionaries for meaning. leveymg Jul 2013 #91

It's not clever at all. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #93

Apparently there are a lot of dictionaries that also like parlor games. pennylane100 Jul 2013 #75

Right, but antisemitism has nothing to do with Semites oberliner Jul 2013 #77

You seem to be the one playing parlour games. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #84

A story on her apology from Faux News website no less... took me 2 seconds to locate.... hlthe2b Jul 2013 #7

That's a separate incident tammywammy Jul 2013 #12

Interesting how she used the word Jews and not Israelis Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #120

No, that's an apology for something different. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #17

yup that was an interesting time here.... madrchsod Jul 2013 #82

If ever I live into my nineties, I plan to say whatever I want MichiganVote Jul 2013 #10

+1 n/t Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 #16

Are you planning on claiming that the White House and Congress are owned by Zionists? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #21

Nah, but I'm willing to claim that you lack a social group, MichiganVote Jul 2013 #37

Ummmm..... OK. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #43

+1 Egnever Jul 2013 #107

When I'm 90 I'm planning on claiming that you, sir, do not exist in the same Universe as I. Hekate Jul 2013 #116

"My life was interesting, and I am old, so Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #28

Sounds like he can hardly wait (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #35

Except she didn't. She objected to the political behavior of the State of Israel... Hekate Jul 2013 #117

One mistake, or even a few, shouldn't negate a whole person's life/career. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #19

I agree.. Helen did some really Cha Jul 2013 #85

I don't know. What does it matter now? Didn't she just die? n/t Violet_Crumble Jul 2013 #20

Stay Classy.. n/t Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #36

Are all Zionists Semites? Are all Semites Zionists? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #38

"Did Helen Thomas ever apologize for her anti-Zionist speech?" just doesn't Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #44

Good point! Zionism, coined by Herzl I think, is an imperialistic mindset that advocates the byeya Jul 2013 #137

I'd guess that in the US most Zionists Union Scribe Jul 2013 #45

That's a strange alliance of Orthodox & fundy, that is. The fundies support the State of Israel... Hekate Jul 2013 #124

Yes. The Evilgelicals want Israel restored so Gawd can come back and kill them all whilst taking byeya Jul 2013 #144

Congress sure is typeviic Jul 2013 #40

You are completely lacking human dignity Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #51

+1 Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #56

Thank you. I was trying to find the words, but yours echo my thoughts kas125 Jul 2013 #98

Well said! n/t Spazito Jul 2013 #99

Yeppers... MrMickeysMom Jul 2013 #104

+1000 Tom Ripley Jul 2013 #161

In a media culture where anti-Arab and anti-Muslim ravings are so common place - it is not even Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #53

Helen Thomas was a giant of a human being... Cooley Hurd Jul 2013 #57

I agree with Helen Israel should get the fuck out of Palestine does tha make me anti-semite and Drew Richards Jul 2013 #58

Do you also agree that Zionists "own" President Obama's White House? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #62

I have no proof to either confirm or deny that assertion...and frankly neither do you but keep Drew Richards Jul 2013 #67

+1 ZRT2209 Jul 2013 #102

"Israel should get the fuck out of Palestine" jessie04 Jul 2013 #157

A normal person would not ask this question today. Why did you? n-t Logical Jul 2013 #60

exactly. ~nt~ b.durruti Jul 2013 #70

I aasked a similar question and they ignored it Violet_Crumble Jul 2013 #71

Figures! n-t Logical Jul 2013 #74

A brilliant display of passive/aggressive! Huzzah! Vinnie From Indy Jul 2013 #61

Passive-aggressive? Me? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #145

It has been mentioned before, but is also worth repeating, that the real Aneurin Bevan Electric Monk Jul 2013 #63

There's a difference between a Semite and a Zionist Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #65

I wonder what exactly she means by that claim. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #66

In support of Israel we're financing al-Qaida linked "Freedom Fighters" in Syria Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #72

In support of Israel? oberliner Jul 2013 #76

War! Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #142

I don't see where any of those articles support your hypothesis oberliner Jul 2013 #153

I think that the OP is anti-Semetic The Second Stone Jul 2013 #78

Thank you for that thought-provoking point of view. Hekate Jul 2013 #126

who the hell cares dembotoz Jul 2013 #79

Not only does Israel suppress Palestinians, but those settlements and that oppression PDJane Jul 2013 #81

+1000 LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #133

Yes thelordofhell Jul 2013 #88

LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Puglover Jul 2013 #89

In light of the rise of the Koch brothers and American christofascism, kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #92

Amen, so to speak Hekate Jul 2013 #129

What difference does it make? Agnosticsherbet Jul 2013 #95

She died today, could we have waited at least a day before talking about this! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #97

NO SHE NEVER DID! SHE IS A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE EVIL PERSON!!!!!!! ZRT2209 Jul 2013 #100

One hundred responses and not a single rec DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #101

You take a frail 90 year old woman and play gotcha with her? Must be fun, is all I can say. Hekate Jul 2013 #105

I don't deny that she had a distinguished journalistic career. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #125

That's your story and you're sticking to it. But it's not the truth. nt Hekate Jul 2013 #127

You're denying that she had a distinguished journalistic career? (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #128

I'm denying you are in my universe, as I will do when I am 90, because you are specious and shallow. Hekate Jul 2013 #130

Understood. Well, thanks for your opinion anyway (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #131

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #106

+1,000,000 cpwm17 Jul 2013 #108

Eloquent and thought-provoking? Certainly. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #114

I'll ask again. What's yr point in posting this when she's just died? Violet_Crumble Jul 2013 #132

After the US has uncritically supported Israel for so long, very much against our own interest cpwm17 Jul 2013 #110

Any other coffins you'd like to use as your stage today? Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #115

You make a great case for bringing back the unrec feature. lpbk2713 Jul 2013 #118

It wouldn't have made a difference in this case. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #122

You should probably self-delete this Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #121

No, but you are welcome to alert on it, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #123

i wouldn't call it anti-semetic. pansypoo53219 Jul 2013 #134

To quote Skinner (the owner of DU): Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #136

I think the problem here is not distinguishing a difference between the state of Israel's existence CTyankee Jul 2013 #139

But "Wall Street" and "Hollywood" are "owned by Zionists"? Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #141

Perhaps her remarks are informed by what she was told growing up. But people here ought to know CTyankee Jul 2013 #152

I don't remember anti-Semitic speech, but anti-Israeli speech TransitJohn Jul 2013 #138

If those are accurate accounts, that is incredibly disappointing. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #140

146 replies, 1 rec. That says something. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2013 #148

And in all of those replies, nobody has managed to find a link to an apology. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #167

I don't think that quote was the problem. Deep13 Jul 2013 #151

This says something.... Hamas terrorists mourn Helen Thomas jessie04 Jul 2013 #158

Awwww. How touching. (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #164

Did you ever cease confusing anti-zionism with anti-semitism? Tom Ripley Jul 2013 #159