We strongly protest the biased and propagandistic series of postings on the \"Freud Today\" section of The Freud Museum\'s website, www.Freud.org.UK. Among these are articles entitled \"The Arab-Israeli Conflict,\" \"Holocaust Memorial Day,\" \"Pro-Arab\" and \"New Jewish Settlers.\" We are outraged to see the blatant misuse of Freud\'s name to promote a tendentious, political point of view. Such a malicious and misleading presentation is an outrage to thoughtful people.
It is certainly legitimate to examine Freud\'s writings to explore his own Jewish identity, to theorize about religious behavior, and attempt to understand his opinions about the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. It is unconscionable, however, to use The Freud Museum\'s website and to use Freud\'s words, ripped from historical context, to ridicule, derogate and slander Israel. It represents political sentiment, not scholarly thought.
As a scholarly world center for psychoanalytic studies, The Freud Museum has a special duty to use its name responsibly. The posting of such blatantly partisan political opinions on its official website constitutes a failure and abuse of its educational mission and does a disservice both to the scholarly community and to the public that trustingly turns to The Freud Museum for what is believed to be impartial scholarship.
We condemn these irresponsible postings on The Freud Museum website and urge The Freud Museum to remove the offensive articles and monitor future pieces with more care. All articles should be clearly labeled as to date and to source of the opinion expressed, and articles that reflect an individual
The scale of this response confirms that we are not alone in finding this misuse of the museum's platform unacceptable. It has been an exhausting road to get this level of attention but it keeps me moving forward to see this many people demanding accountability.
Reached 100 supporters
July 18, 2002
6 Comments
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Jonathan Atkinson
23 years ago
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The articles are super biased and selective. Freud deserves better than to have his name hijacked like this.
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Elena Bello
23 years ago
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THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BIASED AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN NOW.
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Mark Holt
23 years ago
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Disappointed. I used to think highly of this place but this is just messy and unprofessional.
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Sarah Reeves
24 years ago
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Totally inappropriate. Doesnt matter what your politics are, turning a psychoanalytic site into a propaganda machine is just shameful.
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David Kennedy
24 years ago
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Keep political bias off a museum website. This is meant to be a place for history and science not some personal activist blog.
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Rachel Hudson
24 years ago
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Ridiculous to see this posted there. Stay neutral for once!
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We strongly protest the biased and propagandistic series of postings on the \"Freud Today\" section of The Freud Museum\'s website, www.Freud.org.UK. Among these are articles entitled \"The Arab-Israeli Conflict,\" \"Holocaust Memorial Day,\" \"Pro-Arab\" and \"New Jewish Settlers.\" We are outraged to see the blatant misuse of Freud\'s name to promote a tendentious, political point of view. Such a malicious and misleading presentation is an outrage to thoughtful people.
It is certainly legitimate to examine Freud\'s writings to explore his own Jewish identity, to theorize about religious behavior, and attempt to understand his opinions about the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. It is unconscionable, however, to use The Freud Museum\'s website and to use Freud\'s words, ripped from historical context, to ridicule, derogate and slander Israel. It represents political sentiment, not scholarly thought.
As a scholarly world center for psychoanalytic studies, The Freud Museum has a special duty to use its name responsibly. The posting of such blatantly partisan political opinions on its official website constitutes a failure and abuse of its educational mission and does a disservice both to the scholarly community and to the public that trustingly turns to The Freud Museum for what is believed to be impartial scholarship.
We condemn these irresponsible postings on The Freud Museum website and urge The Freud Museum to remove the offensive articles and monitor future pieces with more care. All articles should be clearly labeled as to date and to source of the opinion expressed, and articles that reflect an individual
The scale of this response confirms that we are not alone in finding this misuse of the museum's platform unacceptable. It has been an exhausting road to get this level of attention but it keeps me moving forward to see this many people demanding accountability.
Reached 100 supporters
July 18, 2002
6 Comments
J
Jonathan Atkinson
23 years ago
Featured
The articles are super biased and selective. Freud deserves better than to have his name hijacked like this.
E
Elena Bello
23 years ago
Featured
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BIASED AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN NOW.
M
Mark Holt
23 years ago
Featured
Disappointed. I used to think highly of this place but this is just messy and unprofessional.
S
Sarah Reeves
24 years ago
Featured
Totally inappropriate. Doesnt matter what your politics are, turning a psychoanalytic site into a propaganda machine is just shameful.
D
David Kennedy
24 years ago
Featured
Keep political bias off a museum website. This is meant to be a place for history and science not some personal activist blog.
R
Rachel Hudson
24 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous to see this posted there. Stay neutral for once!
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The articles are super biased and selective. Freud deserves better than to have his name hijacked like this.