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What happened in New York City was an exercise in urban fascism: calls for censoring the free speech of a private company were issued by agents of the state (e.g., New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called for the billboard to be removed [N.B. Will the ACLU step in to defend free speech?]); waiters and waitresses who work in a restaurant in the building where the billboard was posted were harassed [By tolerant liberals...who think it is ok to murder a defenseless innocent baby in the womb. Here we see the pent up hatred and violence that festers in the hearts of those who support abortion.]; and concerns that violence might ensue—as admitted by an official for the ad company—forced the decision to take down the billboard.
Just a few months ago, the Catholic League protested a vile video that was part of an art exhibition at the Smithsonian that showed large ants running all over Jesus on the Cross. Because the Smithsonian receives 70 percent of its funding from the public, and Christians comprise 80 percent of the population, we asked Congress to reconsider the propriety of underwriting this institution. We never called for censoring the video, we never sponsored harassment of Smithsonian employees (there was none anyway), and we never threatened violence. Yet we were the subject of endless condemnation by the liberal-left.
Now, when real calls for censorship take place, along with real acts of harassment, and real concerns over violence, no one is castigated by our critics. I think we know who the real fascists are.
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