You Go, Andrew Tarsy!
John DiMascio, August 18, 2007
On Tuesday August 14th I loudly booed Andrew Tarsy because he was
simply reiterating Abraham Foxman’s phony lines about the ADL’s
position on the Armenian Genocide. At the time, you could almost tell
he was struggling with himself because he knew he was lying.
Today I praise Andrew Tarsy for having the courage to risk and lose
his livelihood for the truth.
This stands in stark comparison to politicians who jumped in front of
this citizen-led parade and are now seeking glory on television and
radio.
Watertown owes a great debt of gratitude to Mr. David Boyajian of
Newton. We ought to give him keys to the city. A citizen from a
neighboring communitywrote a letter to the editor and the rest of us
jumped on the bandwagon.
But back to Tarsy and the ADL: Tarsy’s firing speaks volumes about the
so-called independence of ADL ancillaries, as it speaks volumes about
the very nature of the ADL.
As I said Tuesday night, 90 years or 90 days will not move ADL to
change its position.
The folks who, in good faith, served Watertown’s NPFH Committee
areperfectly capable of devising a program of Watertown, by Watertown,
and forWatertown. And it can be done in such a way to address the
other legitimateconcerns people have about free speech etc, etc, etc.
We’ve learned enough about the ADL in this process to know Watertown
and no other municipality of good will should have anything to do with
them. The denial of Armenian Genocide was just a catalyst for others
to speak up about the litany of injustices perpetrated by this agenda
driven lobby; masquerading as human rights advocates.
Andrew Tarsy did the right thing. The Armenian American community in
Watertown and all the rest of us should wish him all the best in his
future.
John DiMascio is a resident of Watertown, Massachussetts, and a
columnist for the Watertown TAB & Press.