Last week I wrote about the MTA hearing I attended on whether they were going to
change their policy to refuse all political ads (background here). It was, essentially a rabble rousers' freak show. The people who attended were for the most part OWS thugs, anarchists, and Jew-haters. They spoke as one
violent and hateful voice, attacking the board members, attacking the
system, attacking me, attacking everything they could.
New York Governor Paterson on the radio did a radio show segment on it. Listen to his observations here: Download Pamela Geller (POD) 092712
OWS had sent out a notice earlier that day calling Eltahawy's anti-free speech fascist vandalism a "righteous act" and saying: "If it wasn't clear before, it is now obvious that the MTA is incapable of operating public transportation for the 99%." At the hearing, one OWS brownshirt said to the MTA Board: "You all would be shivering if you knew what's coming! Your days are numbered!"
In this poisonous atmosphere, I was grateful to be given the opportunity to speak (video above). I explained the context of the ad, how it was a response to the anti-Israel ads that ran in the subways with no complaints. Of course, these free speech crushers did everything they could to shout me down. They were escorted out quickly.
I asked why this meeting had not taken place when not one, but numerous anti-Israel ads were up. That in itself shows an institutionalized, systemic anti-Israel bias. This is New York. They're worried about provoking jihadis? In 1993 there were no ads up, or cartoons or movies about Muhammad, but the World Trade Center got hit just the same. Nor were there any ads "offensive to Muslims" before 9/11.
They worried that the ads are "racist"? Jihad is not a race. I asked them to consider their decision very carefully -- I understand the pressure of the critical media and the howl of the mob. But the world is watching. As messy as this conversation is, this is the price of the freedom of speech. I asked them to stand for the freedom of speech, make the tough decision and do the right thing.
Protest Breaks Out at NY MTA Meeting Over Ad Policy Transportation Nation September 27
Below is a video of the entire meeting. Watch the whole thing -- look at how the destroyers, moochers, looters, and revolutionaries pervert the process:
UPDATE:The wannabe totalitarian who said, "you're days are numbered" guy is Caleb Maupin of the Workers World Party.
WWP, of course, is the driving organization behind the International Action Center/the Cancer from ANSWER.
Here is his blog,(thanks to TRTD)
