Stupidity is lame
Here is evidence that the new, finger-to-the-wind Bay Guardian will be just like the old Bay Guardian.
The Guardian's blog has a story (below in italics) on the billboard at 10th and Howard: "Hate Has No Place in Our City: San Francisco Embraces Diversity and Acceptance, Not Hate and Bigotry."
The head on the story: "Hate is lame." No shit! Moral and intellectual sloth are also lame.
Christie George, one of the billboard's organizers:
They're going to have a party on Thursday to congratulate themselves for their inability to question their own smug beliefs.
The ads on Muni buses last year only opposed violent jihad. The question is, Why does anyone find that "hateful"? And why didn't any newspaper or blog in SF publish a single one of the Danish Mohammed cartoons when Islamic jihadists were rioting around the world against free speech? Only the SF Chronicle even editorialized about the issue.
Norman Geras tries to answer that question. Somehow "progressives" and all right-thinking liberals see criticizing Islam as out of bounds, even if that criticism is directed at violent jihad, suicide bombers and homicidal anti-Semites.
Hate is lame
In response to a series of anti-Muslim ads that appeared on San Francisco transit vehicles, a group of online activists seeks to drown out the hate speech by taking things to a whole new level. Yes, they’re posting their anti-hate message onto a billboard.
From Aug. 5 until Sept. 1, a billboard at 10th and Howard streets will proclaim: “Hate Has No Place in Our City: San Francisco Embraces Diversity and Acceptance, Not Hate and Bigotry.”
The effort was crowd-funded through Louder, a platform for crowd promotion, through about $3,000 in donations from 100 individuals from throughout the country. It was spearheaded by San Francisco resident Christie George, who teamed up with New Yorker Ateqah Khaki to get the project off the ground.
“When I read about the ads in other cities, I was horrified by how hateful they were. But when I learned that they were coming to San Francisco, I felt like I couldn’t be silent, and was compelled to do something to celebrate how much this city embraces diversity,” George said.
Next Thursday, Aug. 15, the “No Place For Hate” team will host a meet-up for contributors and supporters, featuring talks from the campaign organizers and some comments by Louder founder Colin Mutchler.
The head on the story: "Hate is lame." No shit! Moral and intellectual sloth are also lame.
Christie George, one of the billboard's organizers:
“When I read about the ads in other cities, I was horrified by how hateful they were. But when I learned that they were coming to San Francisco, I felt like I couldn’t be silent, and was compelled to do something to celebrate how much this city embraces diversity.”George seems to think she and the others---their pictures are even on the billboard!---who paid for that innocuous billboard statement are taking a bold stance against "hate," but they're only putting their shortcomings on public display.
They're going to have a party on Thursday to congratulate themselves for their inability to question their own smug beliefs.
The ads on Muni buses last year only opposed violent jihad. The question is, Why does anyone find that "hateful"? And why didn't any newspaper or blog in SF publish a single one of the Danish Mohammed cartoons when Islamic jihadists were rioting around the world against free speech? Only the SF Chronicle even editorialized about the issue.
Norman Geras tries to answer that question. Somehow "progressives" and all right-thinking liberals see criticizing Islam as out of bounds, even if that criticism is directed at violent jihad, suicide bombers and homicidal anti-Semites.
Hate is lame
In response to a series of anti-Muslim ads that appeared on San Francisco transit vehicles, a group of online activists seeks to drown out the hate speech by taking things to a whole new level. Yes, they’re posting their anti-hate message onto a billboard.
From Aug. 5 until Sept. 1, a billboard at 10th and Howard streets will proclaim: “Hate Has No Place in Our City: San Francisco Embraces Diversity and Acceptance, Not Hate and Bigotry.”
The effort was crowd-funded through Louder, a platform for crowd promotion, through about $3,000 in donations from 100 individuals from throughout the country. It was spearheaded by San Francisco resident Christie George, who teamed up with New Yorker Ateqah Khaki to get the project off the ground.
“When I read about the ads in other cities, I was horrified by how hateful they were. But when I learned that they were coming to San Francisco, I felt like I couldn’t be silent, and was compelled to do something to celebrate how much this city embraces diversity,” George said.
Next Thursday, Aug. 15, the “No Place For Hate” team will host a meet-up for contributors and supporters, featuring talks from the campaign organizers and some comments by Louder founder Colin Mutchler.
Labels: Islamic Fascism, Muni Jihad Ads, Right and Left, The SF Bay Guardian
posted by Rob Anderson @ 12:43 PM
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2 Comments:
Exactly. When I chat with my "progressive" friends about this issue they look at me like I landed from Mars. They will not even entertain a discussion with me about this topic. They have perfect knowledge and seem to be 100% blind to the reality that is violence tied to a religious belief.
And I bet they wouldn't have any comprehension problem if the issue was radical Catholics bombing abortion clinics. Islam oddly gets a pass from the left, even though its followers are now responsible for almost all the terrorism in the world.
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