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Time to counter hate and intolerance

From Restore Fairness blog

Even as hate filled rhetoric continues to pump the airwaves, there are a number of initiatives calling to counter the intolerance.


Who Needs Joe McCarthy when you have Glenn Beck?

Plenty has been said in the progressive blogosphere about the witch hunt for left-leaning staff in the Obama administration led by Glenn Beck and Faux News.  Over the Labor Day weekend, Van Jones resigned from his post as Green Jobs Czar.  Today, Yosi Sergant was forced to resign from his post at the National Endowment for the Arts.  Jeff Chang, in particular, has an excellent analysis on The New Shape of the Culture War.


Rallying all those Racisty Racists: The Fringe Effect

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It has become clear recently that "fear the black guy" is getting a chorus in the right wing fringe of the teevee and talk radio. It is isn't funny. This is no laughing matter and it should not be taken lightly. This was something the right wing couldn't stick to Bill Clinton back in 90's because he was "Bubba", so they had to cook up conspiracies about murders and money while fetishing over Clinton's penis. However, now, today with the first ever black President Barack Obama, the hate radio has another angle and it is a dangerous one.