““National Public Radio is a public institution that directly or indirectly exists because the taxpayers fund it,” she wrote. “And what do we, the taxpayers, get for this? We get to witness Juan Williams being fired from NPR for merely speaking frankly about the very real threat this country faces from radical Islam.”
Palin acknowledged Williams’ past criticism of her, but asserted her devotion to free speech and the need for open and honest debate.
“Are we not allowed to say that Muslim terrorists have killed thousands of Americans and continue to plot the deaths of thousands more? Are we not allowed to say that there are Muslim states that aid and abet these fanatics? Are we not allowed to even debate the role that radical Islam plays in inciting this violence?” she posted.
Palin went on to write that it is now up to Congress to take away NPR’s funding and for President Obama to take notice and speak out.
“President Obama should make clear his commitment to free and honest discussion of the jihadist threat in our public debates – and Congress should make clear that unless NPR provides that public service, not one more dime,” she wrote.”
But Sara, he’s letting them build a Mosque near Ground Zero. How free-speechie does he have to get? You just want to defund Cookie Monster and Mister Rogers.
The guarantee of free speech in this country is pretty much a joke when your economic survival can be threatened by these petty tyrants. The stranglehold that the politically correct have on our national discourse makes it nearly impossible to confront real problems, let alone find ways of solving them. Defunding NPR and PBS would be a salvo across the word nazis bow.