ADL goes over the line -- and beyond the pale

As I note in my sidebar, the ADL is supposed to defend Jews but it is in some ways their worst enemy. What sense does it make to antagonize the conservative-voting half of America's population? Particularly when that half is the half that most supports Israel? ADL stands for "Anti-Defamation League" but defaming Christians and conservatives is what they routinely do, rather incredibly. They are just hate-filled Leftists who can't help themselves, obviously.

"As more and more mainstream news outlets are acknowledging the fallacy of the connection between overheated rhetoric and the Arizona violence (The Post's Paul Farhi has a must-read piece on the subject) the Anti-Defamation League sends out an appalling press release that reads: "ADL EXPERTS AVAILABLE ON RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT GROUPS."

Have we established that this is the root of the problem? Are they uninterested in left-wing groups? A pro-Israel conservatives e-mails me: "This is about the worst thing I can ever remember them doing. It is astonishing. Anything for a headline, I guess."

The release has struck a chord on Capitol Hill. A pro-Israel staffer on the Democratic side tells me, "With anti-Semitism on the rise across the world, one would think this esteemed organization could more productively apply its not unlimited resources."

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