I like to think of myself as a free speech advocate, but thinking of seeing the Klan on television, public television no less, really makes me sick. I will refrain to falling back onto inappropriate language, slander, stereotypes, and other fleeting thoughts of adolescently vengeful acts against the Klan and people who would agree with them. But I will write that this confirms yet again for me how far our "enlightened" society, our "shining city on a hill" has to go before we can really raise our heads and be proud. For more information on the Klan program, read here; I must admit I didn't see it on the programming at the Midland Public Television site here, but WNEM 5 says it will be on.
Blech.
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Oh. My. God. Why would anyone watch that?!
The Nazis marched on Toledo, OH, this weekend, too, but the locals rose up and threw bricks at them. I do not advocate violence, of course, but Ohio has plenty of corn fields and mud-bogs for Nazis to march in. They don't have to march through the city streets causing innocent by-standers to throw bricks at them.
although i don't agree with them they have a right the put a show about the KKK on TV you don't have to watch it, but there is no reason for saying that they shouldn't be allowed to show something like that
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