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Title: Anti-police brutality activists are “cultural brothers and sisters of that maniac racist murder in Charleston”
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salon.com
URL Source: http://www.salon.com/2015/07/01/fox ... y_anti_police_brutality_group/
Published: Jul 1, 2015
Author: SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN
Post Date: 2015-07-05 06:49:26 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 392
Comments: 6
Everyone on “Fox & Friends” is positively livid over Disarm NYPD‘s decision to burn an American flag at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn tonight. On its Facebook page, the group maintains that “both the Confederate flag, and the American flag are symbols of oppression,” because in “the years following the war, Jim Crow, segregation, and the extreme expansion of the prison industrial complex were all upheld by the United States of America, not the Confederacy.” “So,” the statement concluded, “we will burn the American flag, a symbol of oppression and genocide, and in the same action, dismantle our stunted, cynical expectations of what is possible in the world.” This decision apparently didn’t sit well with the producers at Fox News, who devoted three segments to the small protest because it could be a prelude to Fourth of July terror attack — or because the network’s been on the wrong side of a flag-related issue for a few weeks now and would rather viewers forget about that. But whatever the reason, the vehemence with which the “Fox & Friends” co- hosts and their guests went after Disarm NYPD can’t be denied. Elisabeth Hasselbeck began the first segment by asking state Senator Marty Golden (R) how much of the blame New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio should take for this protest. Senator Golden declined to answer that leading question, instead saying that he just hopes the mayor can stop the protest from happening. “Here’s the thing,” Steve Doocy replied. Flag-burning “is protected speech — but you can’t actually burn anything in New York City, so they could actually be arrested on the spot just for lighting the match!” The suggestion being, of course, that if de Blasio doesn’t order officers to do just that, he sympathizes with the protesters. “Think about this,” Brian Kilmeade said with an excitement that made it appear as if it’s the first time he’s ever done it. “Think about this — the terror alert is sky high from coast-to-coast, and guess who’s on the front lines? Law enforcement!” In another segment, Doocy — who earlier noted that flag-burning is protected speech — asked Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr. whether flag-burning is protected speech. “Burning the flag is protected by the Constitution,” Johnson said, “but there are laws in New York that say you can’t be burning stuff without a permit, and certainly not in a park.” “This group, Disarm NYPD, is the essence of anarchist values that seek to destroy this country,” Johnson continued, apropos of nothing. “‘But Peter,’ people say, ‘you wear a flag pin and are on Fox News.’ These folks are the cultural cousins, the cultural brothers and sisters and that maniac racist murderer in Charleston, South Carolina, who decided that he was going to burn the flag and show it on social media.” “There’s little difference between they propose to do and what he did,” Johnson added, apparently forgetting that Dylann Roof also murdered nine people. “They’re on different ends of the same continuum of crazy, demented, un-American behavior that we all need to condemn.”
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#1. To: Gatlin (#0)
I don't get the angry reactions over someone burning their own flag in protest or for publicity. I am willing to bet that the same people would cheer if the current PUTO, President Under Title Only were burnt in effigy. It is political speech. OTOH, who listens to FOX news anymore, they are establishment Republican by and large. Which means they are Progressives like Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Bawhey Fwank, Hitlery Clinton, Barack Obama, John Boenher, or Al Gore. Fox News will "spin" the news just like NBC, but with a different dress on it.
The latest 2015 ratings Show that Fox News once again topped the cable news rankings with 1.72 million primetime viewers. This was an increase of 10 percent, and an average of 1.07 million total day viewers.
People have given everything to this country for which this flag stands for. Thats why people get upset and rightfully so. When people see POS burn the flag they want them jailed or removed from this country. That way they can be reminded how good they have it.
The bubble-headed bleach blonde bimbo was a former a "panelist" on The View. Her claim to fame before that was being a contestant on Survivor That's FOX for you - style over substance. I guess she didn't learn that flag-burning is protected speech under the First Amendment. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much
I can understand the feeling of being offended, but isn't that what this flag stands for? The absolute right of offensive beliefs and speech. Intimidating the people that express those beliefs, is a tactic of those who will accept and embrace tyranny.. If only popular beliefs and speech are allowed, you have a tyranny of the majority. EXACTLY what Progressives want, and Jeffersonian Liberals despise....
#2. To: jeremiad (#1)
OTOH, who listens to FOX news anymore…
We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are ~ Anaïs Nin.
#3. To: jeremiad (#1)
I don't get the angry reactions over someone burning their own flag in protest or for publicity.
#4. To: Gatlin, jeremiad (#0)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck began the first segment...
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#5. To: Deckard (#4)
The latest 2015 ratings Show that Fox News once again topped the cable news rankings with 1.72 million primetime viewers. This was an increase of 10 percent, and an average of 1.07 million total day viewers.
#6. To: Justified (#3)
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