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I'm not speculating as to their motives though. I'm saying that it falls right in line with their mission. For all I know, the owner of Gab played a prank on the leader of the ADL in high school, and that's why they are doing it. I'm not going to try to read their minds on this, as a reasonable...

Some of the examples you give definitely show the ADL straying from it's purpose. And I don't doubt it has. But trying to silence Gab isn't an example of straying from it's purpose. Instead, I'd say that the tactics used have become outdated (if they every were relevant).

I agree that it is wrong for the ADL to support banning Gab, but at the same time, this isn't straying. This was always the intention of the ADL: outshout, name and shame, deplatform, etc those who defame Jews. In this case, they are going after Gab because Gab won't go after the antisemetic...

They really haven't strayed from their original rhetoric though. They are constantly on the lookout for anything near antisemitism and trying to stop it. That's their goal, and that's always been their goal since 1913. I don't see how they've changed.

Why? It's in the name: Anti-Defamation League. They've never been the ACLU. Now, I don't agree with them at all (EDIT: On freedom of speech, I'm definitely on board with support of Israel and not hating Jews), but the rationale they have at least makes logical sense: Never Again, and to make...