‘Jews Do Not Have A Monopoly On Persecution’ Major Paper Complains On Holocaust Remembrance Day

By FOX News
Posted on 01/28/23 | News Source: FOX News

A major Kentucky newspaper published an op-ed on National Holocaust Remembrance Day telling Jewish people that they "do not have a monopoly on persecution and atrocities."

Even though the January 27 memorial focuses on the monumental tragedy of six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, the Courier-Journal – part of the USA Today Network owned by parent company Gannet – lectured that the day be used to memorialize "every genocide" for the sake of inclusivity.

The op-ed, titled "Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to remember more than one atrocity," warned that fixating specifically on the Holocaust during such a memorial results in people "negating and trivializing the horrors of the past and the injustices of today."

It also made a point to remind readers "Hitler was just one of many dictators."

The claims made in the piece were blasted on Twitter for being insensitive and for obscuring the memorial of those killed with progressives’ "general identity grievance."

The op-ed, composed by the outlet’s five opinion contributors on Holocaust Remembrance Day, began with the declaration, "As one Louisville rabbi recently said, January 27 is a teachable moment to remember all the hate speech and all the violence that is perpetuated against religions, races and genders, all those acts committed in the past and those that continue to this day."

The piece then made a much more controversial remark, stating, "Jews do not have a monopoly on persecution and atrocities."