The SPLC is a hate group in and of itself, and is not credible. It's like citing CAIR, or MSNBC, or any other non-credible site.
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:56 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > just another attempt by jews to turn the US against muslims. > > The SPLC describes SIOA as a "propaganda powerhouse" that paints > moderate Muslims as radical terrorists;[16] ADL writes that SIOA > "promotes a conspiratorial anti-Muslim agenda under the guise of > fighting radical Islam" and "seeks to rouse public fears by > consistently vilifying the Islamic faith and asserting the existence > of an Islamic conspiracy to destroy 'American' values."[2] > > The Jewish Council for Public Affairs has called it "bigoted, > divisive" and JCPA President Rabbi Steve Gutow has said “the fact that > ads have been placed in the subway attacking Israel does not excuse > the use of attack ads against Muslims."[17] In September 2012, > journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested for spray-painting over one of > the ads; SIOA's president Pamela Hall announced she would sue Eltahawy > for having allegedly damaged Hall's filming equipment with spray paint > while Hall tried to block Eltahawy's way. The ad had read: "In any war > between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. > Support Israel. Defeat Jihad."[18] Several groups have sponsored > subway ads to counter SOIA's original ad and condemn it as "hate > speech." > > > On Oct 7, 5:47 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/DC-Metro-anti-Jihad-ads/2012/10/06/i. > .. > > > **** > > > > > ** ** > > > Judge: DC Metro Must Allow Anti-Jihad Ads**** > > > > > Saturday, 06 Oct 2012 09:27 AM**** > > > > > The D.C. transit system must allow a pro-Israel ad that equates Muslim > > > radicals with savages, a federal judge ruled Friday. A spokesman for > the > > > Metro system said it would comply with the judge's decision and that > the > > > advertisements would go up over the weekend. > > > > > "The result is absolutely correct," said David Yerushalmi, a lawyer > > > representing the American Freedom Defense Initiative, the organization > > > behind the advertisements. "There simply was no way under the First > > > Amendment jurisprudence that we have today that this ad should not have > > > gone up when contracted." > > > > > The one-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Mary Collyer follows a > > > similar court order in New York that cleared the way for anti-jihad > ads to > > > go up in that city's subway system last month. The ads read: "In any > war > > > between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. > > > Support Israel. Defeat Jihad." > > > > > Debate over the ads flared two weeks ago against the backdrop of > violent > > > reaction in the Middle East to the online video, "Innocence of > Muslims," > > > which denigrated the prophet Muhammad. Metro had delayed approving the > ads > > > because of safety concerns and the uproar over that video. > > > > > The transit system's lawyers called the ad's message "fighting words in > > > the context of current events" and said the FBI was investigating a > promise > > > of violence if the ads ran in Washington. Still, the violence that > roiled > > > the region has largely abated since then, and there have been few > reports > > > of mischievous or hostile reactions to the ads since they appeared in > New > > > York. > > > > > The New York ads went up in 10 stations across Manhattan on Sept. 24. > > > Since then, an Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested for > spray-painting > > > the ad, though two religious groups say that, starting Monday, they'll > hang > > > ads urging tolerance alongside the anti-jihad ones. The ads also > appeared > > > recently on city buses in San Francisco, where some have been defaced > or > > > have had words removed. > > > > > The ads won't be particularly visible in the Metro system. 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