[ April 18, 2024 ]
The New York Times has run a piece, and Hot Air is running with it as if it's accurate, claiming that the MTA has changed its guidelines to be able to prohibit my AFDI pro-freedom ads. I
disagree with that interpretation. The New York Times piece is inaccurate, putting as negative a spin as they can on the MTA ruling, out of their hatred for freedom and zeal to enforce Sharia blasphemy laws. Hot Air has been very late to the party and has not been following the story at all,
so I'm not surprised that they're slavishly following the Times' lead.
The fact is, the MTA doesn't mean that it will be
enforcing the Sharia or adhering to the blasphemy laws under Islamic
law. The enemedia is assuming that they will prohibit our ad, but it is not necessarily so. And if they do, we will certainly fight back. It's fairly safe to
say that the MTA is referring to prohibiting ads that genuinely incite to violence,
such as ads from Occupy Wall Street calling for people to get guns and shoot businessmen and police. It's the same as it was before. If they block us, we'll sue again.
After I left the meeting and tried to hail a cab in this UN-paralyzed city, the tolerant and harmonious "99%" followed me screaming in the street, calling me the most vile names. But at the same time, passengers in cabs that were driving by and saw the scene opened their windows to give me a thumbs-up and said, "You are doing the right thing!" and "keep it going." Which only made the malodorous 99% savages really rabid, banging on cabs that stopped to pick me up and yelling at me all the louder.
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I am anxious to post the video of the MTA board meeting so that you can
see the actual event and then read the tales the media spin. They speak
repeatedly of the handful of freaks who make it their life's work to
attend these meetings and scream at everyone for their miserable
attitudes and approach to life. The media feeds off them — it's hard to
tell who is the parasite, the media or the ….99 percent.
New York Magazine was there: Following 'Savages' Controversy, MTA Adds Disclaimer to Subway Ads
By
Margaret Hartmann
Though the 10 ads were instantly defaced,
several people showed up to protest when the meeting was opened up to
comments from the public. Demonstrators who oppose the ads held signs
with messages like "The subway belongs to the 99 percent," and
repeatedly shouted down Pamela Geller, who leads the group behind the
ads. She insisted
that while many believe that the ad implies Muslims are "savages," it's
actually about "systemic institutionalized anti-Israel bias." "This is
not against Muslims. I love Muslims," Geller said.
Wow, Is Margaret ADD? Deliberately impersonating
Slip Mahoney? Or deliberately misrepresenting my position because
….folks might agree with me? I asked why this meeting had not taken
place when not one, but numerous
anti-Israel ads were up. That in itself shows an institutionalized,
systemic anti-Israel bias.
What I said was that the ad does not say Muslims, it says jihad. I will post the video so that you can see what an incompetent snake Margaret Hartmann is.
"M.T.A. Amends Rules After Pro-Israel Ads Draw Controversy" NY Times By
Matt FlegenheimerThe 8-to-0 vote by the authority’s board came three days after pro-Israel ads characterizing
Islamist opponents of the Jewish state as being “savage” began
appearing in subway stations, setting off vandalism, denunciations of
the authority and calls for the ads’ removal.The authority had initially rejected the ads, citing their “demeaning”
language. The group responsible for the ads, the American Freedom
Defense Initiative, sued, and in July won a federal court ruling on
First Amendment grounds.“We’ve gotten to a point where we needed to take action today,” Joseph
J. Lhota, the authority’s chairman, said at a news conference on
Thursday.The authority said it believed the new guidelines adhered to the court’s
ruling and would withstand any potential First Amendment challenge.
Under the new policy, the authority will continue to allow so-called
viewpoint ads, but each will be required to include a disclaimer noting
that the ad does not imply the authority’s endorsement of its views.“You deal with a free-speech issue with more free speech,” Mr. Lhota said.
The advertisements have attracted considerable attention in recent weeks amid the violent and sometimes deadly protests across the Muslim world in response to an American-made video mocking the Prophet Muhammad.
During the public comment portion of the authority’s meeting on
Thursday, several speakers assailed the placement of the ads. (The
authority said last week that “our hands are tied” because of an order,
by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of Federal District Court in Manhattan, to
post the ads.)Many at the meeting held signs echoing the Occupy Wall Street movement’s message. “The subway belongs to the 99 percent,” they read. “Take the racist ads down.”
Pamela Geller, the executive director of the American Freedom Defense
Initiative, also spoke, though she was repeatedly shouted down. She
urged the board not to change its ad policy.
“Have the courage of your convictions,” she said, “even if the judge imposed it.”
"MTA votes to add disclaimers to issues-oriented ads"
NY Daily News
The MTA won’t ban controversial political ads like one now running in
the subway that critics say is anti-Muslim — but they will add a
disclaimer.The Metropolitan Transportation Board voted Thursday to require the
disclaimer — and details on who paid for them — on issue-oriented ads.
Meanwhile the Islamic supremacist savages are howling for more vandalism. Christina Abraham, "Civil Rights Director" of Hamas-CAIR's Chicago office:
Cyrus McGoldrick of Hamas-CAIR NY:
And Islamic supremacist Khomeinist Reza Aslan:
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16 Comments
11 years ago
Hang in there. Thanks for all you do.
11 years ago
Hi,
Just in case NYC does indeed ban your anti-jihad ad — or even if they don’t — could you please make your ad available on T-shirts and other merchandise? (I’d like to use the image on cafepress.com to make shirts, but I wouldn’t want to do that without your permission.)
If NYC won’t allow your message on bus ads, I suspect plenty of New Yorkers would be willing to wear it. What will Mayor Bloomberg do then?
with great respect,
Daniel in Brookline
11 years ago
Yep, keep up the end fight. It’s going to be rough. Carry on for freedom in this country and the world, especially free speech AND the 2nd Amendment…I say AU….Bullies must be put in their places……And make no mistake they are bullies…..No matter how bad they think THEY have been persecuted…..It IS bullying…I believe the British Empire tried it back in 1776…..It will not happen again in this country, even if OUR OWN government and others in the Middle East try to stop our BILL OF RIGHTS……Many will die, but they will not win….You are very brave….FREEDOM WILL ALWAYS RULE IN THE HEARTS OF MAN….George Orwell was wrong about the future in saying that it was the picture of a boot on the face of mankind forever….Not in this country will that be so……Carry on…..
11 years ago
Pamela, you are a National treasure.
11 years ago
“Since 1838, there have been only a handful of blasphemy prosecutions in the United States, and a broad consensus has emerged that Jefferson and Adams had it right. In 1952, the Supreme Court of the United States finally put the matter to rest in Burstyn v. Wilson, holding in a unanimous decision that “it is not the business of government in our nation to suppress real or imagined attacks upon a particular religious doctrine” or to protect “any or all religions from views which are distasteful to them.” The First Amendment, the Court declared, renders any such government action unconstitutional. Religions and religious figures, like political parties, politicians, businessmen, and other members of society are fair game for criticism, condemnation and even mockery.” […]
“Apply this to the current situation, and the implications are obvious. If we punish American citizens for engaging in otherwise constitutionally protected speech in order to prevent foreign terrorists from engaging in violent acts, then we cede to those very terrorists the meaning of the First Amendment. That doesn’t sound very promising, does it?”
Geoffrey R. Stone
Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. From 1987 to 1994 he served as Dean of the University of Chicago Law School and from 1994 to 2002 he served as Provost of the University of Chicago. He is currently Chair of the Board of the American Constitution Society. His most recent book is Speaking Out: Reflections on Law, Liberty and Justice (2010). Stone’s other recent books include is Top Secret: When the Government Keeps Us in the Dark (2007), War and Liberty: An American Dilemma (2007) and Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime (2004), which received the Robert F. Kennedy National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for the Best Book of the Year in History, the Political Science Association’s Award for the Best Book of the Year in Political Science, and Harvard University’s Award for the Best Book in the Year in Public Affairs. Stone is currently chief editor of a fifteen-volume series, Inalienable Rights, which is being published by Oxford University Press between 2006 and 2013.
11 years ago
If the ad hadn’t used the word “savage” but still had said “defeat jihad” would the 99% mob have reacted so violently? Who knows?
Maybe the ad wasn’t perfect, but it got the job done! You showed the savages for who and what they are.
I can’t imagine anyone who cares about freedom of speech being comfortable about the violence and vandalism displayed over this ad or a crude video. Do we all want to live in mortal fear over offending Muslims or Leftists? I don’t think most people want that happening here in the US. I don’t think anybody really wants to give up the freedom of speech.
Well done!
11 years ago
We already know that the MTA is not endorsing the ads. Ads are just ads. They want to do something to act like they care in order to appease the shriekers and howlers who can’t stand for someone to have their own opinion. Having an opinion is becoming taboo in this society. If you say something original or unkown, people think you are insane or hateful. You sort of can’t win. If you shut up you are acting like just another fool, and if you speak your mind, people shun and attack you.
Is it better to be ostracized and be correct or to be crazy on a ship of fools? The MTA should just say that the ad space is free speech and they need all the money they can get, so people who don’t like it, can not bother to read the ads. Case closed.
People who stand up out of love for their country and human rights get attacked as haters. This is the crazy society we are in. People think they are donig good when they are doing evil. They are so blind, they can’t see the difference. The Bible says in the last days, men will call good evil and evil good. We can see that happening.
I believe that the Bible also says that the criticism of a true friend is sweeter than the flattering lies of an enemy. Being nice isn’t listed as a virtue in the Bible. It says to be gentle, but sometimes there is also gentle criticism. Being nice is usually associated with fornicating with the enemy. That is punishable by eternal damnation.
11 years ago
An ad simply reading “God Bless Israel” would have generated the same level of hate as this one. Savages are savages, no matter what we call them.
11 years ago
ISLAM IS SAVAGERY
They’ve proven it over and over.
11 years ago
Have these jewish tweeters lost their collective minds? where do they get this demonic thinking?
11 years ago
See The Blaze on MTA newly revised Guidelines.
11 years ago
‘Hey New Yorkers. How many racist mosques are left unscathed? Get busy’.
Just imagine the outcry?
Aslan’s incitement to defacement is precisely the same as mosque daubing yet somehow one is ‘hate crime’ and the other is acceptable free speech.
Something nasty has happened to our Western world, whether the US or a dhimmified Europe.
We’ve been bombed, we’ve been insulted, we’ve been slandered yet according to Obama, the EU and their Islamic client cadre, we’re the nasty racist islamophobes.
When the last sane person leaves the room can they put out the lights, please.
11 years ago
CAIR, an un-indicted CO-CONSPIRATOR in the Holy Land case.
Why is CAIR still permitted to operate in the USA?
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/285202/holy-land-foundation-hamas-support-convictions-affirmed-andrew-c-mccarthy
Hey, McGolprick, Go on your permanent one-way Hajj to Mecca.
11 years ago
I wonder if Christina Abraham’s “blank canvas” includes someone’s face? Would she mind me spraying pink spray paint on her face?
11 years ago
Ah, that false “Many Believe” meme again! It’s slander by unsourced anecdote, as in: “I’M not slandering you – I’M just reporting that some un-named Others may be slandering you! Whee!”
-Hartmann-
“Pro-Israel ads characterizing Islamist opponents of the Jewish state as being “savage” began appearing in subway stations, setting off (PREDICTIBLY SAVAGE) vandalism, denunciations of the authority and calls for the ads’ removal.
-Flegenheimer-
Still: Pam, I think the next round of ads should say “BARBARIANS” in stead of ‘savages,’ and here’s why:
“Savages” are basically clueless and innocent, untutored – like hapless animals in a pristine habitat. But BARBARIANS, on the other hand, are well aware of the norms of Civilization (based on the Golden Rule of Law which defines all situational morality quite simply as “Do Not Attack First”) and consciously REJECT them all, in favor of expressing their self-proclaimed, and only alleged, criminal “right” to remain irresponsibly wrong, and to ALWAYS attack all ‘The Others’ first, in the name of their idolatrous excuse of an us-versus-them, might-makes-right and equally criminal ‘god!’
11 years ago
Re: Christina Abraham, “Civil Rights Director” of Hamas-CAIR’s Chicago office: – what sort of retarded moslem savage would name it’s female offspring “CHRIST-ina?!
