Nazi = National Socialist German Workers' Party
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By Rex Curry
Libertarians can help educate the media about the Pledge of Allegiance and
the National Socialist German Workers' Party with letters like the ones
below, directed to the oral arguments scheduled for March 24 before the U.S.
Supreme in the Pledge of Allegiance case.
Letter to the media:
"Nazi" is an abbreviation for the horrid "National Socialist German Workers'
Party" as every dictionary states. As a lawyer and a libertarian, I hope
that you will inform the public about the meaning of the abbreviation. Some
media outlets cover up for the monstrous "National Socialist German Workers'
Party" via exclusive use of the hackneyed abbreviation.
The court case about the pledge of allegiance is scheduled for oral
arguments on March 24 before the U.S. Supreme Court. Some media outlets are
already covering up the fact that the original salute to the U.S. flag
resembled the salute of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, that
the pledge's author was a famous socialist in "Nationalist" clubs in the
U.S., and that it all predated the National Socialist German Workers' Party,
which some media outlets refuse to identify fully. As a pro bono service to
help the media and the public, my website provides the only collection of
astounding historic photos and information about the pledge (at
http://members.ij.net/rex/pledge3.html).
If a writer uses an abbreviation (e.g. "Nazi"), then the abbreviation should
be fully identified at it's first use in an article (e.g. parenthetically)
if not more often (e.g. National Socialist German Workers' Party). This
letter is sent to ask you to fully inform the public about the history of
the pledge of allegiance and to fully expose the horrid National Socialist
German Workers' Party. (Please don't be like the newspaper referenced
below).
Rex Curry
RexCurry.net
rexy@ij.net
Open letter and media debate challenge to the St. Petersburg Times and their
columnist Robyn E. Blumner:
I enjoyed the Pledge of Allegiance article (Perspective 2/29/04) explaining
that the pledge's author was a socialist and that the original salute
resembled the salute of the "Nazis." More news: the pledge author was a
socialist leader in Nationalist Clubs in the U.S. and "Nazi" is an
abbreviation for the horrid "National Socialist German Workers' Party" (see
any dictionary). There are many other ominous parallels about the Pledge of
Allegiance.
It was fun to help your columnist with the story and the historic photo,
because my website is the only collection of the photos on the internet
(http://RexCurry.net). I asked your columnist to avoid a bad habit: some
media use the abbreviation "Nazi" to cover up for the monstrous National
Socialist German Worker's Party.
Of the times when your paper printed the word "Nazi" I can not recall a
single time when your paper identified the abbreviation as the "National
Socialist German Workers' Party." In fact, I cannot recall your paper ever
writing "National Socialist German Workers' Party." Is it an official policy
of your paper to never write "National Socialist German Workers' Party"?
Your website search tool for your archives indicates that you have no
articles for the full phrase. In comparison, the words "Nazi" and "Nazis"
and "Nazism" have so many hits that your search program cannot display them
all. Or to put it into the words you prefer, you are word Nazis about the
word "Nazi." You use it to cover up for the nasty National Socialist German
Workers' Party.
Your competitor (the Tampa Tribune) appears to have hits for the full phrase
at its website search engine.
How many of your writers have written the full phrase ever in their lives?
Your columnist might have missed the chance to be the first person at your
paper to write "National Socialist German Workers' Party." If you print my
letter, I might be the first person in your paper to inform the public of
the full phrase.
Please confirm that I am correct about all of the above.
It is improper to write an article about "Nazis" (or any abbreviation)
without at least once in the article fully identifying the abbreviation,
even parenthetically (e.g. the "National Socialist German Workers' Party").
Your paper is hostile to libertarianism. Your authoritarian bias is so great
that you hide the meaning of "Nazi" in a vain effort to rehabilitate
socialism.
As the undefeated local media-debate champion, I therefore issue this
challenge to you to debate whether your paper has a de facto policy to never
inform the public what the Nazi abbreviation abbreviates. If you do not
accept the challenge within one week then I will declare victory (by
default).
And the pledge court case is ongoing so you will have many opportunities in
the future to write about the horrid National Socialist German Workers'
Party issues and to show the public whether you will or won't ever be
truthful about the full phrase. We'll all be watching.
Rex Curry
RexCurry.net
rexy@ij.net
Copyright © 2004 Rex Curry
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