*NRA depicts Bloomberg as octopus, an anti-Semitic symbol *4/18/2007, 9:50 p.m. EDT By SARA KUGLER The Associated Press
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1176947943250180.xml&storylist=simetro NEW YORK (AP) — A magazine cover by the National Rifle Association protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign against guns is raising questions for its depiction of him as an octopus, which has a history of use as an anti-Semitic symbol. The cover of this month's issue of the NRA publication America's 1st Freedom features an evil-looking cartoon of the Jewish mayor, with a headline warning: "Tentacles!" The eight-armed sea animal has been used as the Nazi representation of Jewish conspiracy and control, and was referenced by Adolf Hitler in "Mein Kampf." NRA Magazine Cover http://www.nrapublications.org/first%20freedom/images/AFFAprilCover.jpg See also: http://library.thinkquest.org/12307/propagan.html Seriously, is there anything that some Jewish people somewhere DON'T see as a bogeyman? I was certainly unaware of this one and I'm pretty well-educated. Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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