A taste of censorship to come?
Everyone knows how eager politicians like Nancy Pelosi have little to no regard for the freedom of speech, or really MOST of the contents of the Bill of Rights… Now it seems that rather than fight fire with fire, Obama and his goons would rather silence the opposition outright.
Obama is rallying supporters to confront WGN-AM in Chicago for “allowing” Stanley Kurtz a forum to voice his opposition to Obama. Kurtz has been very vocal lately about the association between Obama and 60’s radical (terrorist) Bill Ayers and Obama will have none of that. In a letter to his supporters, Obama’s campaign wrote:
“WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears. He’s currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. pushing lies, distortions, and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers.”
Now, if Kurtz crossed the line between forceful rhetoric and slander, I could see someone having a case against the man… there’s no reason to slander anyone just because… but to outright call someone with an opposing opinion and access to a microphone a virtual terrorist… THAT is ridiculous.
How simple would it be to publish a slew of radio ads, tv ads and such to counter these “baseless smears”? If you know for sure they are completely and utterly wrong then you would have no problem at all countering them. Usually when someone simply wants you to shut up and disappear, there’s a little bit more to their “baseless smears” than you’re letting on.
Obama and his supporters would rather tread on speech rights than simply exercise their own to counter the opposition. I will not be surprised if conservative speech becomes a target come 2009 if the Messiah becomes our President.
National Review posted this small bio of Kurtz on their website (to which he is a contributing author)
Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Harvard-educated social anthropologist and frequent contributor to National Review, among other publications. He is widely respected for his meticulous research and measured commentary.
Read the rest of their article here.
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