rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/firefriedman?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-firefriedman' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Freedom Forward https://actionnetwork.org/groups/freedomforward https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/459/767/original/New_York_Times_Fire_Thomas_Friedman_(1500_x_300_px)_(Facebook_Post).png The New York Times has published a racist column by Thomas Friedman that compares Muslim and Arab-majority Middle Eastern countries to insects. Click here to join our campaign to hold the The New York Times and Thomas Friedman accountable: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/firefriedman In Friedman’s column, he compared Iran to a "parasitoid wasp." He also compared Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iraq to "caterpillars" and Hamas to a "trap-door spider." Meanwhile, Friedman compared the U.S. to an "old lion" and Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a specific kind of monkey -- the "sifaka lemur." See how this works? To Friedman, Muslim and Arab majority countries are insects, while the U.S. and Israel are represented by more intelligent animals. This genocidal language has deep roots. Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany used similar genocidal and anti-Semitic language when he described Jews as “parasites.” And before launching their genocide, Rwanda’s Hutu politicians described the country’s Tutsi ethnic group as “cockroaches.” Join our campaign to hold The New York Times accountable for publishing this racist garbage. Once you sign this petition, we will send you meaningful actions that you can take to hold The New York Times' editors and managers accountable. #FireFriedman https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/firefriedman https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/firefriedman