A Message from People For the American Way =====================================
Dear Charles, On Saturday night, we obtained text and audio of the threats made to ACORN in the last several days. I urge you to read this post on People For the American Way's Right Wing Watch blog. It's a sobering reminder of how much hate remains in the world and how much work lies ahead in combating it. http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=syOtGhm2Eb1RXGxuZWngbg.. Since coming out in defense of ACORN against the ludicrous and overblown charges of so-called "voter fraud" by the McCain-Palin campaign, we've received some pretty disgusting hate e-mail too. Unfortunately, these types of fear mongering messages may continue if we are doing our job of standing up to injustice and hate. But I am proud that People For has the guts to be out front in support of our allies and stand up against the increasingly ugly and destructive right-wing machine. The threats and hate mail come as part of a crescendo of hate and bigotry and outright racism that we've seen building over the last two weeks, including: * an escalation in volatile rhetoric from white supremacist groups, * video footage of attendees at McCain-Palin rallies spouting ignorant and frightening comments about Barack Obama's race, and * incidents like a California GOP women's group sending out a newsletter saying that if Barack Obama is elected, his image would appear on food stamps, not dollar bills like other presidents (with an illustration following the statement of an "Obama Bucks" bill featuring Obama's image surrounded by a bucket of fried chicken, watermelon, ribs and Kool-aid). The GOP has recklessly fanned these flames with ugly robocalls and "push polling" calls that attempt to tie Obama to terrorists (some of the calls actually purport to be from the Obama campaign). And earlier this week, Sarah Palin started referring to her ticket's supporters as "pro-American" as if the rest of us somehow are not -- a sentiment later echoed by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) who invoked Joe McCarthy by suggesting that someone launch an investigation to expose which members of Congress are not sufficiently "pro-American." People For the American Way is proud to counter the lies and insinuations of the Right. Please know that we are counting on all of you. Together we can send the message that this kind of hate and bigotry is unacceptable and has no place in the America for which we strive. Please take a moment to sign on to a simple statement to that effect, and if you've seen incidences of racism, threats and hate speech in your community, please share the story with us. http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=jyOVIml_uP7OTkBNYqiYhw.. Thank you for the work you do in your communities -- and for the work your support enables us to do. All the best, Kathryn Kolbert, President People For the American Way +++++++++++++++++ view as a web page: http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=WKEJBoXBp5bT8S57eLXd1A.. tell a friend: http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=01e9JlhVOPqk6ywJW0H8bQ.. subscribe: http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=Qfp8bRyAFnZdt1kOuxUwUg.. unsubscribe: http://site.pfaw.org/site/CO?i=sUEz6W2TBbpkWQK2w6c2mVQLazXagdIZ&cid=1021 privacy policy: http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=hXFtEKgwIc5MCcvIGd-QUQ.. contact us: http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=BjUa4fkNGV8LhIMJk7LkJw.. +++++++++++++++++ People For the American Way 2000 M Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 phone: 202-467-4999 This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
