Moms for Liberty has been trying to apologize for a chapter head quoting Hitler as an authority on public education but has a problem: they need the quote, they just don’t want the attribution.
To recap, an Indiana chapter head put out a newsletter quoting Hitler: “He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future.” The Indianapolis Star reported on this and much to the chapter head’s surprise, a controversy erupted. This was bad because even as that sunk in M4L leaders realized they had a classic ‘great message, bad messenger’ problem on their hands.
So according to AP reporter Ali Swenson in Moms for Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in its newsletter:
Late Wednesday, after The Indianapolis Star reported on the quote, the local Moms for Liberty chapter updated the newsletter to add a “context” section.
“The quote from a horrific leader should put parents on alert,” the updated version read. “If the government has control over our children today, they control our country’s future. We The People must be vigilant and protect children from an overreaching government.”
This is important. We’re concerned with Hitler sure, but our real problem is that public schools are exerting mind control over our children and indoctrinating them into little Nazis (sometimes it’s Marxists).
More from Swenson:
The group’s Hamilton County chapter on Thursday posted a revised version of its newly launched newsletter, “The Parent Brigade,” on Facebook after it had previously shared a version that featured the Hitler quote on its front cover.
“We condemn Adolf Hitler’s actions and his dark place in human history,” read a statement from chapter chair Paige Miller on the cover of the revised newsletter. “We should not have quoted him in our newsletter and express our deepest apology.”
Again, Hitler’s actions were very bad but we’re not going to denounce that quote because it is the heart of what Moms for Liberty is up to: destroying public education.
What about national Moms for Liberty leaders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice?
The national Moms for Liberty chapter took to Twitter to call the Star’s reporting “intentional dishonesty,” even while issuing a statement that condemned the chapter’s decision to quote Hitler.
“They should not have quoted Hitler. Period,” read the statement from co-founders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice. “Parents are passionate about protecting future generations from tyranny, but Hitler did not need to be quoted to make that point.”
Let’s look at those Twitter statements in more detail. First, Moms for Liberty retweeted this from co-founder Justice:
Our Moms condemn Hitler and everything he did and represents. Controlling the minds of the youth through government schools was done by Hitler, Lenin and Mao. Millions have died because of these monsters. They thought they owned the children. Sound familiar?
In other words, yes we condemn Hitler, but public schools are just like Hitler!
Then an hour later, from the official Moms for Liberty twitter account, this:
Everyone knows Hitler is bad. This is intentional dishonesty in reporting, but we aren’t surprised- all they want is clicks. Do better
The chapter shouldn’t have quoted Hitler without condemning him at the same time. They have issued a statement of apology to clear up any confusion.
Hitler is bad, but you know who is really bad? The newspaper for reporting this! And the chapter head said she was sorry so what’s the biggie?
Can’t we just say the public schools are indoctrinating kids into Nazi-ism? No the media goes and fixates on Hitler. We’re the real victims here!
