LibrariansForFairness Front Group for Ad Agency

Kelly says:

Re:Zionist Librarian Pseudo-Organization
No one has has yet answered the question about what problem LFF is purporting to solve. They claim on their site, “We work to ensure that Israel’s viewpoint is represented fairly in our libraries.” What does this mean? What is “Israel’s viewpoint,” I mean, how do they arive at Israel’s offical viewpoint? Do they take polls? Has the Israeli government issued a view on the contents of American public libraries regarding Israel? Does the government of Israel condone the “viewpoint” they claim to represent, and if so, where can this be documented?

Also, how does LFF ascertain that Israel’s viewpoint is NOT fairly represented in American public libraries? What is their criteria for determining when this viewpoint is not being met, have they done studies? (I see nothing on their site sharing this.) Have they surveyed public libraries to insure they meet their criteria of fairness?

When I went to their archived articles page, I looked closely at all the articles listed for November and October. Here’s a list of all the major themes of each that I could find:

– free speech at Columbia University
– Fascism
– hatred of Jews
– various authors
– book censorship by government
– Castro’s repression of independent libraries
– the teaching of Islam in public schools
– a book about the Arab role in the Holocaust,
– terrorist killings of 3 Americans by Palestinian terrorists
– anti-Semitic books at a book fair
– withdrawal by a publisher of a book about Islamic fundamentalism

None of these articles made any direct reference to what practices in public libraries, at least those pertaining to collections, misrepresent Israel or its “viewpoint,” whatever that is. (The inclusion of articles on Castro’s repression of independent libraries is a particularly clear example of a theme completely unrelated to American libraries and Israel, but note it does have, like articles mentioning fascism, free speech, the Holocaust and terrorists, etc., a lot of dramatic and highly-charged emotional resonance, an important quality in effective propaganda.) A quick glance at the rest of the articles gives very little indication again, that they are about public library collections regarding Israel.

Besides having little to do with public libraries and Israel, the articles are of poor quality, very second-rate. They lack scholarly thoroughness and deep analysis, objectivity and even-handedness. Their style in most instances is that of a shrill slightly intellectual editorial with a kind of breathless morally-superior, super-partisan newspaper tabloid air about it, and stated – though one could so easily imagine it shouted – from the contorted perspective of a biased, angry pro-Israel chauvinist who always carefully neglects to share both sides of a contested issue or distorts the side of it they don’t like.

It is unbelieveable to me that educated librarians, who usually have graduate degrees, and multiple ones at that, would become members of an organization which shares articles that not only have little to do with their stated objectives but are mostly transparent propaganda pieces whose real purpose is to exalt and glorify Israel while smeering and attacking anybody or any group who finds fault with Israel.

No wonder so many of LFF’s members hide their membership in it; they must be embarassed to be part of it, due to the flaws mentioned above, and that the world would know about their being in such a dubious organization. But joining up is free; you get what you pay for, I guess. However, one could only conclude that most of the people who are members of this group (whether funded by the Mossad, or a PR firm, or whatever) are not librarians concerned about the representation of Israel in libraries, they are instead deeply biased, pro-Israel partisans and Israel-firsters who happen to be librarians, and they use their connection to the field to manipulate whatever prestige the profession of “librarianship” still has left, which is not much when such groups can get away with it, to further goals that have little or nothing to do with libraries. This group is just another avenue, like so many others, for the Likud Israel government to continue the never-ending and very varied task of deeply influencing American public opinion to be favorable towards Israel. This is a required never-ending effort due to the fact that Israel, a country about the size of New Jersey, needs to keep that opinion very high in order to continue receiving 3 billion a year of foriegn aid funded by American tax payers.

Kelly says:

One More
Oh, I forgot. In cases when even the dumbest of the dumb cannot be fooled into thinking the IDF committed some atrocity under the bogus cover claim of self-defense, the next line the Firsters hurl at you is: “It was a mistake.” Again, it’s another lie, in most cases.

Kelly says:

Re:Zionist Librarian Pseudo-Organization
No, not a sick day; just typical pre-holiday slow days at work. Next time I will try to keep on top of the schedule so it won’t get wacked out and especially to avoid upsetting you and your ah, er, god, ok?

Kelly says:

Why Not Not Just Call a Spade a Spade?
“The only thing missing from Daniel’s account is a lurid graphic of some swarthy people with bulging coinpurses, grasping hands and hooked noses.”

You’re almost there, right at the edge, what’s holding you back? Oh heck, why not, go for it, entertain us, complete your part – like a REAL man or woman – of the well established verbal sequence when somebody criticizes Israel: *call them an anti-semite.* Say it out loud, none of this wimpy descriptive stuff, rather hurl inflammatory labels as if they were four letter words! It undermines reasoned argument and the offering of valid points very nicely, don’t you think?

Or maybe you refrain because somebody at the PR agency which registered the domain for LFF has decreed that using the “A” word these days is losing its punch, since it has been so grossly overused in recent years against the many more critics of Israel’s stepped-up aggressions.

Kelly says:

Re:Daniel exposes the Jewish string-pullers!
Hey Curmud, you forgot to mention the Secret Poster didn’t answer my questions either, e.g., the criteria they use to determine when a library or its contents is not “fair” to Israel. Doncha think a real organization would have such things?

And BTW Anon, let’s say real librarians did actually establish your group. Does not prove it has any substance. E.g., look at the many instances where companies which pollute establish non-profit groups that sound pro-environment but really work against the environment and grab dupes for members who don’t know any better.

With secret members and no published criteria for how your group does its judgmental work, so to speak, it is hard to believe this is nothing more than a deeply biased, super-chauvinistic pro-Zionist astroturf group extremely hostile to any criticism of Israel, no matter how well-founded and politely expressed, and that has no intention of being “fair” to any side of the issues except that of the Likud-fanatic Israeli government.