Posted on 05/28/2015 3:26:27 PM PDT by markomalley
WMATA has submitted to the assassin’s veto.
Following the cowardly policy change for the New York MTA, the Washington MTA has suspended all issue-oriented ads through the end of year after we submitted our free speech ad.
Oh, the irony.
This is an end run around the first amendment.
These cowards may claim that they are making people safer, but I submit to you the opposite. They are making it far more dangerous for Americans everywhere. Rewarding terror with submission is defeat. Absolute and complete defeat.
More demands, more violence will certainly follow. The message is that terror works.
This is sharia in America.
The only upside is the antisemitic groups will not be able to run their blood libels.
Constitution....? We don’t need no stinkin’ Constitution. /sarc
Pam: You win either way. Show the drawing and the First Amendment wins. Don’t show it and the Jihadists win but it expose the cowards in DC (and elsewhere) as Sharia-compliant.
This is what is needed to be focused on re the American people, as well as teaching about the self-suppression of the First Amendment by the liberals.
We call this a “teachable moment” and the American people and the press definitely need some “teachin’”.
Seems like the smart move to me. The thing with issue ads is that you can pretty much guarantee at least 1/3 of the people who see them disagree with them, or at least find them annoying. That’s why they’re “issues”. The point of selling ad space is to generate revenue, not boycotts.
Changing your policy in response to a specific ad so you don’t have to run the ad is a violation of the First Amendment. They should sue.
It depends on if they just ban that ad or all of that kind. And remember your first amendment rights end at somebody else’s property. If they sue they’ll lose.
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