PHILADELPHIA ā Last week, a local Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty attracted attention for quoting Adolf Hitler in its newsletter. After the local paper reported the story, the group added additional ācontextā but kept the quote. Eventually, after it faced even more scrutiny, the organization removed the quote and apologized in a statement posted to its Facebook group.
That, however, was a big mistake, according to advice at the Moms for Liberty national conferenceās media training session Friday.
āNever apologize. Ever,ā said Christian Ziegler, the chairman of the Florida Republican Party. āThis is my view. Other people have different views on this. I think apologizing makes you weak.ā
He advised the attendees to instead make it clear that the Hitler comment was āvileā but to immediately pivot to make the point that Hitler indoctrinated children in schools and that thatās what Moms for Liberty was fighting against. Ziegler warned that any apology would become the headline, so that should be avoided.
You read that right. He said to not apologize for quoting Hitler. Thatās what weāre dealing with now.
Well then maybe they shouldnāt intentionally cough over moments of silence for Holocaust victims.
And excusing that sort of behavior by claiming itās not the group itās just individuals is nonsense. The group encourages it. The group supports it.
Just from a couple of passing references in the passed, I already basically assumed they were far right anti lgbtq+ pieces of shit.
Itās just now when I see all the āevidenceā youāre giving in support of that Iām almost reconsidering my original positionā¦ Ok, but not really.
They coughed during a moment of silent purportedly to be in recognition of the victims of the holocausts but the context is clear that the intent was just to humiliate this particular political group.
Thatās not evidence of anything. Itās just another nothing burger.
How is the context clear there? It sure isnāt clear to me. And isnāt there a better way to āhumiliateā someone than mocking a Holocaust remembrance? Especially after quoting Hitler?
I can see that very little is ever clear to you except your preconceived notions.
Obviously, I meant that it was the opponents of the Moms for Liberty that were attempting to humiliate the Moms for Liberty by calling for a moment of silence.
And you keep saying āquoting Hitlerā as if that was an indictment on their (the Moms of Liberty) character. They were quoting Hitler in condemnation to his statement, not in support of it.
The opponents were not the ones coughing. Donāt gaslight.
And their quote was in big letters in a box by itself with no context, so yeah, it is an indictment of their character. Then they did a half-apology. Then they walked it back. Theyāre proud of their Hitler quote and they happily interrupted a moment of silence for Holocaust victims by coughing through it.
The weird thing is that Iām still fairly confident that the Moms of Liberty do have as their end goal to gain control over education curriculum and make it heavily ideologically based on their own anti-lgbtq+, pro religious and eventually racist ideology. But all this āevidenceā youāre giving me is starting to make me wonder if Iāve been bamboozled.
None of this changes the fact that you still have failed to condemn a comment on this very thread that is part of your community, supported by your community and is calling for genocide. Which is IMO still far worse than anything Iāve seen you (possibly falsely) accused the Moms of Liberty of doing.
The comment was deleted. Which youāve already been told.