Metro riders waiting for trains in Glenmont Metro Station Thursday afternoon might have noticed small 'Hate speech' signs affixed to an advertisment that read, "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad."
The ad is paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, whose executive director is blogger and political activist Pamela Geller, and has been in place since Monday. Similar ads have been posted in the U Street, Georgia Avenue and Takoma Metro stations.
The Huffington Post reported that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates the D.C. Metrorail system, at first delayed putting up the advertisements because of their controversial nature, but the American Freedom Defense Initiative successfully sued.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer told Metro to display the ads by 5 p.m. on Oct. 8, citing First Amendment protections, according to the Huffington Post.
The ads will run for four weeks, Politico reported.
Don't like what one group is saying ? Counter it with speech of your own. That, however, does NOT give you the right to censor or deface messages you don't like. . .
IN ANY WAR BETWEEN THE CIVILIZED MAN AND THE SAVAGE, SUPPORT THE CIVILIZED MAN. LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO CIVILIZE AND EDUCATE MAN. SUPPORT ISRAEL AND OTHERS IN THIS EFFORT.
Very well said. Bill Samuel: Would you care to join me as I murder some Jews? I thought we might send a few missiles and mortar bombs into parts of Israel, especially where some children might be. After all Jewish children grow up to be productive citizens of the world, contributing far more than they take from the world, and we anti-Semites cannot have that, now can we? Because we are useless blood suckers, and resent those who achieve and give. Then I feel that we must teach our ill educated children, not to read, study, love, inquire, critically think, but we must teach them to be like us, and KILL, KILL, KILL, as long as Jews, their fellow travelers, and friends are killed. Is all that OK with you? We need to keep killing Jews as they have contributed more to the welfare of the entire world than any other single group. And we do not want the world to be a better place. Why did, and why does America let jihad lovers, anti-Semites and their ilk into America in the first place? They should not be here.
Well said.
Well said.
Well said
Well said.
Good question.