Original sentence: " Ford stated that the alleged de-Christianization was a secret plot of the Jewish designers of Christmas cards." claiming Communists along with the United Nations were behind a plot to secularize Christmas.In 1959, the John Birch Society published a pamphlet titled "There Goes Christmas.The first recorded accusation dates to 1920, when anti-Semitic automaker Henry Ford claimed in The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem ISBN 0766178293 that "most people had a hard time finding Christmas cards that indicated in any way that Christmas commemorated Someone's Birth
Edited sentence: " Ford also stated that the alleged de-Christianization was a secret plot of the Jewish designers of Christmas cards."To compare today's "war on Christmas" demagogues to Henry Ford is not to call them anti-Semites., the ACLU -- but the outlines stay the same.According to Michelle Goldberg in Salon.Ford had stated that "most people had a hard time finding Christmas cards that indicated in any way that Christmas commemorated Someone's Birth.Goldberg also argues that there are parallels with the 1959 John Birch Society pamphlet titled "There Goes Christmas.However Goldberg is quick to point out she does not mean to imply guilt by association with the simlarities to the present theme.Rather, they are purveyors of a conspiracy theory that repeatedly crops up in America.She argues a parallel to anti-Semitic automaker Henry Ford's claims in The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem ISBN 0766178293.She writes in part:.The malefactors change -- Jews, the U.The pamphlet claimed Communists along with the United Nations were behind an plot to secularize Christmas.The scheme is always massive, reaching up to the highest levels of power.com, there are some limited similarities between the current War on Christmas theme, and past fringe political arguments