From antimedia at lists.powerblogs.com  Tue May 13 20:40:35 2008
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:40:35 -0400
Subject: [antimedia] antimedia: Wake up America!
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Posted by antimedia:
Wake up America!
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1210725627.shtml


   Your freedoms have already eroded too far. If you don't take a stand
   now, today, right this minute, freedom will be just another word with
   no real meaning.

     The University of Toledo has suspended with pay one of its
     administrators for writing a newspaper op-ed that questions whether
     homosexuality is a civil rights issue. The school said the
     administrator was suspended precisely because her views on
     homosexuality do not comport with those of the university, a state
     institution.
     Crystal Dixon, associate vice president of human resources at the
     Ohio-based university, sparked controversy Apr. 18 when she wrote
     in the Toledo Free Press that she did not agree with comments by
     the newspaper's editor that portrayed homosexuals as civil rights
     victims.
     In the column, "Gay rights and wrongs: another perspective," Dixon
     said she was not speaking on behalf of the university, but was
     writing privately as "a Black woman who happens to be an alumnus of
     the University of Toledo's Graduate School, an employee and a
     business owner."

   Considering the blatant abrogation of Ms. Dixon's 1^st amendment
   rights, you would think [1]this story would have gotten wide coverage.
   After all, the media are fierce guardians of the First Amendment,
   aren't they?
   You would be wrong. No major media outlet covered this story. Not CNN.
   Not CBS. Not ABC. Not NBC. Not the supposedly conservative Fox News.
   Not the NY Times. Not the Washington Post. Not the supposedly
   conservative Washington Times. No one.
   The article goes on to report "Homosexual activists condemned Dixon's
   comments and praised Jacobs for the action he took."
   Homosexual activists are fools. They're so blinded by their own agenda
   that they can't even see how, in a country that allows people to be
   censured for their opinions, the very same thing could be done to
   them.
   The days of "I completely disagree with what you say, but I will
   defend to the death your right to say it" are disappearing in the
   dusty halls of history, replaced by a tyranny that is as capricious as
   the people who wield its power.
   And no one seems to care any more. They're so wrapped up in their own
   reality they can't see the country they should love and be proud to
   defend crumbling away beneath their feet. When the end comes, they
   will be uncomprehending and dumbstruck.
   The time is short. True Americans, unaffected by political bias and
   agenda-driven politics, will see this incident for what it really is.
   A Paul Revere moment -- a clarion alarm bell screaming for patriots to
   unite in defense of freedom.
   The rest will wonder how Brittany is doing and what Mariah and Nick
   will name their first child.
   I pray to God there are enough patriots left to save America. And I
   pray Ms. Dixon hires an attorney and ends up owning the University of
   Toledo.

References

   1. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200805/CUL20080512a.html