Campaign To Stop The Incitement Of Domestic Terror By Extremist Media

[ThirdChoice]

Non-Profits Launch Campaign To Stop The Incitement Of Domestic Terror By Extremist Media, Politicians And Religious Leaders: Attorney General Urged To Enforce Laws

Today a coalition of non-profit organizations representing more than a million members launched an aggressive campaign to address the recent surge in threats and acts of terrorism against Americans. www.StopDomesticTerror.com. The majority of these acts can be traced to groups and individuals who do not accept the results of our recent election or the laws enacted or proposed by those who have been elected. They seek to undermine the democratic process through threats, intimidation, and even outright murder. They can't accept the legitimacy of the President, or a woman's legal right to make choices about her own medical care, or an immigrant's right to be treated humanely under the law, so they carry out acts that are antithetical to American democracy, values, and both civil and human rights.

Those who commit these acts of terror are frequently exploited by a continuous wave of rightwing media advocating violence, either directly or indirectly, and by commentators amplifying the talking points of extremist religious leaders and extremist political leaders. This fringe is incited on our public airwaves, and urged to take matters into their own hands, with the underlying belief that the Bible and/or U.S. Constitution justify using ‘whatever means’ are necessary to oppose what they believe to be immoral laws.

“We are taking a stand against this dangerous trend towards the incitement of lawlessness and violence,” said attorney and spokesman Kevin Zeese, who directs VotersForPeace.US “We strongly believe in the First Amendment right of free expression and discourse, even when it is abhorrent or contrary to our beliefs. However, the First Amendment does not protect debate where one side includes the threat or act of violence. We urge the Attorney General to quickly address this wave of domestic terrorism by enforcing laws on the books, conducting a review of the relationship between extremist media and the acts of terrorism, and enforcing anti-trust laws against right wing media.”

The campaign urges respect and civility by the media, an advertising boycott against media and commentators that incite or advocate violence, condemnation of violence by media CEOs and religious leaders, federal legislation to require more diversity in the media, and congressional hearings on media monopolies and the responsibilities of media to act in the public interest.

Source: www.StopDomesticTerror.com

Recently, there has been an explosion in threats and acts of domestic terrorism. The majority of these can be traced to groups and individuals who do not accept the results of our recent election or the laws enacted or proposed by those who have been elected. They seek to undermine the democratic process through threats, intimidation, and even outright murder. They can't accept the legitimacy of the President, or a woman's legal right to make choices about her own medical care, or an immigrant's right to be treated humanely under the law, so they carry out acts that are antithetical to American democracy, American values, and both civil and human rights. We have written a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder outlining our concerns and requesting that he act quickly to address this wave of domestic terrorism. Learn more and take action here: http://stopdomesticterror.com

[noiretextatique]

1. YES!

:kick:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. This is good, and a good step

[annabanana]

3. Velvet Revolution is a DAMN FINE OUTFIT

Happy to put my name to this.

[scarletwoman]

4. k& r! Thanks for posting this!

I went there and signed up. So glad someone is organizing this!

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[Trillo]

5. That should silence all of us here.

"do not accept the ... laws ... proposed by those who have been elected"

Then he goes on to write about how this isn't a threat to the First Amendment.

The two statements can't both be reconciled as truth.

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There's also a slippery slope on "does not protect debate where one side includes the threat ... of violence".

So what is a threat? We can all probably agree that a person with a gun and audibly threatening to kill someone is a threat of violence. But what about someone who's mad as hell and screaming bloody murder?

Now, put the two together, and you have the power to literally silence nearly all criticism and verbal debate and jail or execute any real political opposition.

[Wilms]

6. k&r n/t

[Gwereeya]

7. K&R

Who's the guy on the upper left? Don't recognize him.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

8. YEAH!

GOOD!

willl check the site later during a break.

[KharmaTrain]

9. A Good Step...But...

There are many out there who consider the hate that spews from the AM radio as gold...people unseen who milk the bile for their own profit. Not just BillO or dreck, but companies like Cheap Channel who owns many of the stations these spewers inhabit. The AM dial has been turned into a sewer as hate radio draws one of the few remaining demographic groups to AM radio. There's little redress for these outlets of ugly as the corporates control thousands of licenses and program as they see fit...cheap programming they make an additional profit on through syndication. A nice little racket they have going...and one that's a continual source of lies, rumors and inflamatory noise. Radio needs to be reregulated...break up the large corporates who force feed much of the right wing hate and put back some local control and accountability.

Sadly I believe people won't take this matter seriously until something bad happens. Many dismiss the ugly rhetoric coming from the right as "just politics" or that "both sides do it" (saw some asshat saying that last night on Ed Schultz's show)...and unfortunately they probably won't wake up to how destructive its been until some disaster occurs.

I do with this group the best of luck and am looking into offering support...the more voices out there speaking out against the hate the better.

[nyc 4 Biden]

10. Velvet Revolution FTW!!!

I can get behind anything they organize. They've done outstanding work uncovering election fraud.