The “media justice” mob strikes again

Earlier this week, I introduced you to the “media justice” mob — Marxist-inspired activists seeking to crack down on conservative political speech under the guise of combating “hate” and crusading for “diversity.”
“Social justice” = redistribution of wealth and economic “rights.”
“Media justice” = redistribution of speech and First Amendment rights.
Well, they’re at it again. Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters blogs about the latest campaign:
Called StopTheWitchHunt.org, their goal is “to give voice to the millions of Americans who believe it is time for talk-show hosts and elected officials to stop stoking the racial anxieties of the fringes of America.”
They accuse the quintet of spewing “lies and hate speech…in a nationwide witch hunt” against President Obama.
They even call Limbaugh’s “I hope he fails” remark “the verbal equivalent of putting a razor blade in a candy apple.”
Yes, these witch hunters are decrying witch hunters. Pot and kettle.
One of the organizers is Makani Themba- Nixon, Executive Director of The Praxis Project and a member of the Echo Justice coalition.
The Praxis Project explains its name, partly inspired by Marx:
Although there are other organizations with the name Praxis, and there’s even a Praxis Project in the Midwest, we’ve had our name since 1995.
The name is drawn from three meanings for the word Praxis. The first is from Catholic pedagogy where it means practicing one’s religion or applying the principles of religion to day to day living. This value, practicing or living out one’s beliefs—especially as they relate to social justice, is an important part of our organizational philosophy.
Karl Marx took the term to apply it more broadly to the process of applying theory through practice as a methodology for developing more informed theory and practice for social change. Of course, this requires attention to both reflection and direct action, and their relationship to each other. This process is the core of our work.
The final meaning is drawn from more modern roots—Star Trek lore. (If you have no idea about Star Trek, please bear with us while we talk to other trekkies…)
Praxis was a Klingon moon that imploded leaving their world in disarray. The Klingon people had little choice but to make a strategic alliance with the Federation in order to save their world. Klingons had long warred with the Federation. They were an “exotic”, messy addition to the Federation’s fairly homogenous alliance…
The Praxis Project is a signatory to the FCC/left-wing churches/open-borders alliance’s petition to shut up illegal immigration critics on the airwaves.
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They are the soft children of a once strong nation. Like trust fund babies, they are squandering the wealth with no understanding of the sweat and blood spent to accumulate it.
Heh, the Praxis Of Evil!
I wonder if this leftist group will ever say a word about the poisonous pen of Maureen Dowd of the left’s beloved New York Times. Dowd once wrote that after Paul Wolfowitz left the Defense Department he could “return to being Ariel Sharon’s advisor”. This was a nasty slur, an accusation of dual loyalty to another country. It a particularly vile slur to select a Jewish employee of the Defense Department and accuse him of being loyal to Israel. It was really a charge leveled at all Jews who work at DOD. A number of people wrote to the useless Barney Calume at the NY Times public editor office. Calume, who viewed his job as that of an advocate for the reporters and editors, not the readers, rushed to Mo Dowd’s defense. It was all good natured banter insisted Calume. Can anyone imagine the reaction from the liberal media if a conservative columnist had made the same vile accusation that Dowd did? It would end the career of any conservative who wrote what Dowd did.
Actually the moon in question exploded, not imploded. If you’re going to try to be a geek at least get your imaginary facts straight.
Then again, since the Star Trek franchise was taken over by Marxists 22 years ago I can see why the “justice” crowd would look to it for inspiration.
Wow. Those people are so angry and full of hate that it is hard for patriotic citizens (i.e. normal Americans) to comprehend.
From their website:
Why do liberal groups always have this same gobbledygook of meaningless jargon? It seems as if they all take a class to learn the same empty phrases to make it sound as if they actually do something useful. I know from experience that the people involved in these groups spend far more time writing mission statements, reports, strategies, proposals and endless meetings and seminars to review the aforementioned than they do performing real work. Which is probably a good thing as they do less damage when they are busy writing about their vision.
These cling-ons need to be wiped and flushed.
Figure The Praxis Project orbits the same moon the Klingons do
this person explains that she changed her name. Why?
That is a Swahili/Bantu name. Did her forebears come from southern Africa?
So, in other words, the term “Praxis” in the name “Praxis Project” stands for the Socialist wing of self declared “Catholics.” It also includes Marxism, and it is topped off by the Cult of Trekies from the Star Trek cult.
Sounds like loony roots right from the start!
When it comes to preserving freedoms that many of us take for granted, Eternal Vigilance is called for now more than ever.
That a politically correct mob — with the at least tacit blessing of the ruling party and funded through that party’s front organizations — could propose turning our media into the equivalent of a collective farm experiment used to be something of the “It couldn’t happen here” classification.
Not anymore.
We are dealing with a dominant political party that from the top down has sold out to left-wing extremism. They thrive on conflict, either through stoking class warfare of by fixating on select “enemies” who must be destroyed before Utopia can be realized.
These same political heirs apparent to the failed legacy of Marx & Engels — the Cognoscenti comprising the donkey party leadership and their appendages in the donkey media — are supported by an alarmingly large number of followers who would gladly do away with a lot of other Americans’ freedoms: either out of ignorance, stupidity, jealousy and greed (the i.e., the Ignorati) or through the malevolently narcissistic belief that they’ll be spared when the round-ups of the modern-day Kulaks begin (i.e., the Glitterati).
They have the White House; they have Congress; they’re filling the Justice Department, the FCC and the courts with fellow-travelers. They have already demonstrated that they no respect for the Constitution.
Just how long do we expect to be able to hide behind the “Crime-Coddling Bill of Rights” when faced with such people?
Not much longer…
I bet this group has J Wright in for guest sermons from time to time.
And no, catholics are not marxists in any way. This is simply a sad group trying to pervert a religion to their ends.
They remind me of the gays that try to force their way into churches they hate with the simple goal of destroying religion.
In their mission statement, the left out the following in the final edit:
“We also promise not to share needles and will not bogart that last doobie”.
’nuff said…
What an idea. Let Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews be the first to step down.
Michelle,
Thank you for raising awareness about these character assassins hunting citizens not in public office. Please indulge me this minor quibble about your definitions:
“Social Justice” = Redistribution of individual liberty and justification for economic justice
“Economic Justice” = Redistribution of wealth
Maybe they have a plan for a more fair distribution of vowels around the world. Why do Canadians get to hoard vowels that are so needed in Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe? Very unfair. It is almost impossible to communicate using almost nothing but consonants.
I hope Obama fails.
I have to ask, which one?
And thus the Second Amendment-our God given right to defend home and hearth and the means to resist tyranny-Thomas Jefferson. Think this good “radicals and Bitter Clingers”: when we agree to Concealed Weapons PERMITS, “REASONABLE” regulations, background checks and such we are telling the fascist bastards who we are.
If you find yourself on jury duty and the subject comes up think “jury nullification” regardless of what the State’s toady on the bench tells you. WE are the sovereign authority.
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From the gallows
? Oh prendad!
It is a logical progression for the left to go from control of our public schools to control of the public airwaves.
OK I went to Drudge and saw “(Hillary) Clinton charm offensive runs into suspicions…”
Hillary Clinton=Charm? Oh please. There is nothing charming about a cackling crow. But I do hope she stays in Pakistan until they solve all their problems. Hillary in a burqua and Abdullah the goat herders third wife anyone?
Orwell answered this in 1946.
Swahili/Bantu name? I bet she traced her roots to a Swahili Tribe on the Tanzanian/Kenya border?
Any time you see the left talking about “______-justice,” it’s just code for theft of some sort.
Yes, they most certainly are Marxist-inspired.
If they were truly crusading for “diversity”, they would welcome the diversity of opposing conservative voices.
If they were truly crusading for “tolerance”, they would tolerate Conservatives including Conservative Christians.
Instead they are
In July of 2008, I said that there are
And so far Obama has yet to do them.
Go ahead, Obama, I dare you to prove me wrong.
On October 30th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, mattymatt10 said:
Yes.
We see “fairness” and “justice” as equality of opportunity.
They see “fairness” and “justice” as equality of results.
So, if there is inequality of results, they believe it is their moral imperative to “spread the wealth” and bring about “redistributive change”. I.e. to play “Robbing Hoodlum” (a.k.a. Robin’ Hood’).
Hold government agencies accountable. I’m all for that! Let’s see them hold the Justice Department accountable for giving up on a case they already won against the voter intimidating NBPP.
Yeah, right.
On October 30th, 2009 at 1:57 pm,
I’m with Phil on this one! And let’s not forget the Dutch. Using all those a’s and o’s in a row is not conserving letters very well. Besides, it is very hard on the larynx.
I once tried pronouncing “Van Gogh” the way they do in the Netherlands. I couldn’t eat anything but ice-cream for the rest of the day.
If they posted what their actual agenda was, we would run them out of town on a rail. They have to resort to double-talk and chicanery to get their message out while making it look as if it has some redeeming value to society.
And just like the Saleem witch trials these people will find “witches” just because they want to.
hey! at least leave the Afrikaans volk out of it!
Jy Vrystaat!
These looters and parasites have calculated that they will not suffer the consequences of their actions and inaction–figureing that there’s enough wealth and economic activity out there to keep THEM going, and won’t have to suffer as a result until the next generation.
I don’t know how to put it to them, because their fall will be both fortunate and unfortunate, because liberalism destroys everyone. The justice meted upon our nation will effect the innocent and the guilty. At least I won’t be surprised when the ruin and panic comes…
This whole thing is nothing more than jealousy. They are jealous that Right-Wing talk shows have high audience numbers while Liberal shows can’t keep an audience let alone attract one. So they act like the immature little children they are, have a tantrum and do the equivalent of, “If we can’t have a show, then nobody can have a show”. Typical Liberal babies.
Thing is, they haven’t figured out why that is; why is it that Conservative talk radio guarantees a large audience while Liberal talk radio can’t.
It’s very simple:
Conservative talk radio carries a positive message. It encourages people to take control of their own lives, to be accountable for themselves, their actions and their lives. That they and they alone know what is best for themselves and their families, that no one has the right to take their hard-earned pay, that they have rights and the Government should keeps it’s nose out of their business and hands out of their pockets and wallets and off their paychecks. They are up-beat and positive, in general.
Contrast with the Liberal talk shows where the hosts are constantly whining about one thing or another. They are constantly saying how unfair everything is, how everything is someone’s fault other than theirs, how everything is somehow tied in with racism, how no one is responsible for their own actions, how no one is entitled to their money or property, they are generally mean spirited, mocking, joking, laughing at others, making hateful and hatefilled comments, and generally making you feel angry and worse off for having tuned in while mocking and degrading anyone with a different opinion than theirs or the generally accepted Liberal talking points.
Even their fellow Liberals can only take so much before they don’t want to hear anymore.
Who wants to tune in to a show that has constant whining, b**ching, pissing and moaning all day? They just don’t grasp that concept, which is why Air America and every other Liberal Talk Show format is a constant epic fail.
And what is their solution? More hateful/hate-filled whining and caterwauling. And this “Age of Obama”, this “Age of Hope and Change” that was built last year on just those principals has lasted less than a year, as the people of this nation who fell for the usurper’s Snake Oil do what those who tuned in to Air America et al have done: get tired of the whining, the lack of personal responsibility, the scapegoating etc., and are turning away from them, looking for positive people and politicians who will actually uphold the ideals that this nation was founded on, who accept and encourage personal responsibility and freedom and not look to blame others and scream racism and look for scapegoats.
Sorry bout the length guys…but this is a real sore spot.
A few years ago, the Canadian government was reportedly considering re-naming the country to Canadadanadanada to absorb all of the “a’s” they were choking on. Saying “eh” to begin, end and spice up their local idion was not working. Why not just export them to Czechoslovakia at a profit?
Van Gogh…sounds Klingon!
And speaking of Star Trek, the Federation was absolutely not a “fairly homogenous alliance”. They accepted hortas!!!
Now, keeping in mind I have been a huge “Star Trek” fan since I was about 6 years old and watched it every night after “The Electric Company” and just before “Emergency” and know Kirk could wipe the floor with Picard and use Worf’s ridges for a laundry scrubber, do these idiots really believe that stating they took the name of their “organization” from “Star Trek” would lend credence and respect to them?
If anything, all it does is make them appear to be just another sophomoric joke of a group that consists of four or five hippie pot heads with nothing else to do between government checks and arguments as to whether or not a “Stargate” is a realistic device or not, and whose turn it is to load the bong with hippie lettuce. That, and whether to read aloud from “The Communist Manifesto” or “Farenheit 451″.
I hope the red states are calculating and planning just how to bow out of the union. I am afraid that is what it will take- if we want to try it bloodlessly. Actually that would be a constructive exercise for school children. Each should take a state and determine how well it would fair financially if they acted on their own accord. I believe it would be very revealing.
Was it some angry Quebecois that came up with the plan?
Careful, you are insulting my relatives up there. They are staying out of that fight. They have enough to work on like, for instance, their penchant for saying things like “Throw me down the stairs my hat!”
That explains things from my last trip to Montreal…after being thrown down the steps of a bar, my hat landed softly on my dome. Mystery solved.
More political bigotry against conservatives on display. The left has replaced it’s racial bigotry of the past where blacks were considered too stupid to take care of themselves with political bigotry where conservative are too stupid to take care of themselves. Furthermore, conservative shouldn’t be allowed to spread their conservative message to others anymore than blacks were allowed to sit where they want in unsegretated buses, etc, etc. Expect it to continue far into the future until folks start to call this left wing bigotry for what it is.
Actually, the name of the country is CND. But, when asked to spell it any Canuck would answer ” C, eh; N, eh; D, eh”. Hence the confusion.
Oh cool, a 3rd grader from the public school system made a website with scary cartoon characters. Boy oh boy, I had no second thoughts about signing up for their misspelled crayon newsletters and cell phone text messages, LOL.
But, don’t assume that they are Marxists, Maoists, Socialist or Communists just because virtually every aspect of their philosophy comes from Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro and Guevara. It is all just coincidence, really…
He has already failed.It’s groups like these and the MSM that prop him up.
These freaks can put any name on their group that they want. They are still the Moveon.org crowd with a different membership; fringe nutjobs, completely irrelevant.
You sound like one of them there rightwingnuts. Even though y’all are actually +/- 65% of the country, y’all’re “fringe” dontcha know. You gotta be stopped!
They can’t even come CLOSE to creating a site with any drawing power because they don’t have any real ammunition – just one re-tread lie after another. For example, which site keeps YOUR attention; StopTheWitchHunt.org or a site like this one. (I found that the big text and lots of pictures makes me feel young again for some reason?)
Give me a break. Trekkie weirdos…Progressives….I guess they are similar.
It’s easy to see people, liberals have no brains.
That one e-mail to the Hillary campaign about the caucus fraud and misconduct continues to haunt me…
My sacrifice, so you can see mental illness in action.
Amazing, doesn’t sound radical to me.
I recall that back in the 60′s all the hippies were saying to not trust ‘big brother’ government for anything, (heck, I was agreeing with them back then!). That they seem to have reversed themselves is that much more proof that pot causes irreparable brain damage.
From the sidebar…
NY23: Dems Bringing in Big Money Against Hoffman
Lots of union people pouring into upstate New York, and I guess big time TV ad buys against Hoffman.
Oh, story by Robert Stacy McCain. I never would have recognized that name before he was accused of describing inter-racial dating as repugnant. Interweb searches on multiple search engines all lead back to a single source, a blog that accused him of that without source or attribution.
But here is where, if rural upstate New York, dairy farms and ski mountains and Fort Drum, Home of the 10th Mountain Division, is anything like the put down of Pennsylvania I have heard (Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with Alabama in between), ie, fly over yokels who clong to guns and Bibles, explicitly making this a referendum on Obama is probably a bad move.
No, we aren’t. Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam!
ECS
lie, cheat, steal. whatever it takes to win and keep power.
ECS-My universal translator is down and I can’t find my Klingon-English Dictionary?
GSP
Gesundheit!
DWD
“Today is a good day to die!” (Usually indicating a willingness to fight if challenged or insulted.)
I have been a StarTrek fan since the original series first aired. There is much to be admired about the tlhIngan species.
ECS
Is that the same ‘mob’ that leaves a sticky mess in the back row of the theater?
That will make Hoffman’s victory even sweeter. I hope they spend a billion dollars. They can’t buy what us Tea Party Patriots just accomplished virtually for free.
It’s very expensive selling cancer.
Precisely. Add to that the fact that liberal radio exemplifies the typical government program: a liberal program that can’t stand on its own, can’t pay for itself, and thus, needs constant, usually involuntary, infusions of cash from taxpayers to prop up their very existence. Or they steal from orphanages, or get liberal socialist sugar daddies like George Soros. It is populated with whining, talentless, socially crippled individuals like Al Franken.
Conversely, conservative programming exemplifies that which is free market and conservative. It is self supporting and, as RetFiremen states, attracts a large audience, voluntarily, that agrees with the upbeat message. Look at Glenn Beck for instance: interesting, humorous, entertaining, and above all, factual.
Simply put, liberal programming is a losing concern, while conservative programming is a financial boon to radio stations, and a welcome, needed counter to the former monopoly of liberal programming (in all senses of the word). If they were ineffectual, the Obamaroids would not need to attack them, and if they were wrong, the WH attacks would be effective. They are not.
I’d rather deal with the zombies.
Threadwinner!
cnd indeed; very good one and all. i can’t help worry that the redistribution mafia will so drive producers out of this nation that it will be nothing but a bunch of lazy thugs and sheep. ayn rand was right. corrupt gubmint and takers don’t produce anything. especially jobs. the media is supposed to be our watchdog on a corrupt gubmint, but when the media is part of the corrupt gubmint, ussr puts up a wall to keep it’s people in, north korea ditto. we are heading down that same path.
Then I imagine Mr. Hoffman has them scared-always a good sign. Should Mr. Hoffman win the Obaminations will claim it is NOT a referendum on Obama-should Democrat Bill Owens win by more than two votes the New York Times headline reads:
GREATEST LANDSLIDE IN HISTORY-NY 23 AN AFFIRMATION OF LOVE FOR HE WHO HAS WON ONE
or something similar.
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O Canada, O Canada just where is O Canada, eh?
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HI ARIZONA NEANDERTHAL. Good post. I also would like to see our brilliant Secretary of State–Hilliary Clinton–get a “real world education” into the lives and status of women in backward Islamic countries. She would be a lot less likely to want to cynically “cut deals” with repressive regimes after enjoying some of their “benefits”.
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Such as stonings, floggings, acid in the face for attending school, no civil rights, being owned by her husband, no driving, no leaving the country, arranged child marriages, female genital mutilation, etc.
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Put her in a really big blue burka and turn her loose in Taliban country. Let the re-education begin!
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John Bibb
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Ironically, their final explanation of their name is completely wrong also.
They state:
The Federation was hardly homogeneous before the admission of the Klingons. The Federation is supposed to be an alliance of alien races. How in the world is that “homogeneous”?