[ATOMIC_PUNK]

http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/01/1667650.php

CITY SETTLES LAWSUIT - GIVES FREE REPUBLIC $60,000
JEEPERS FREEPERS!
By Mike Rhodes
January 11, 2004

In September of 2003 Debbie Reyes, the Chairperson of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) in Fresno, sent a Press Release to the media to warn the community about potential violence at a Free Republic (they call themselves Freepers) rally and picnic. The Press Release referred to the Freepers as a “hate group” and encouraged the public to stay away from the area.

When the media went to the site of the rally (Shaw and Blackstone) they found 5-10 flag waving “patriots” saying that they were just there to support the president. Jim Robinson, the head of the Free Republic, played his role as a persecuted martyr very well and within two weeks went on the attack with a million dollar lawsuit filed against the City of Fresno claiming that their reputation had been damaged.

The lawsuit opened a new front in an ongoing war against the HRC by conservatives in Fresno. The conservatives hate the HRC because they are an effective force for promoting cultural diversity, they honor the role of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr, and use conflict resolution techniques to resolve problems in the community. The mayor and several City Council members don’t believe that the HRC should support workers struggling for a living wage, help to organize activities honoring MLK Jr. and Cesar Chavez, or to make the connections between the war in Iraq and poverty in this city.

[Indy Pendance]

Looks like Free Republic is becomming a bigger threat to liberals every day. =====> evil grin :-}

[sauropod]

Ok. Who TF is Mike Rhodes?

[ahadams2]

amazing - I thought sure any leftwing reporter worth his salt would have worked in the phrase "chilling effect" (you know - that's what happens everytime leftists are caught in their own lies)...guess this guy must be new.

[eddie willers]

The conservatives hate the HRC because they are an effective force for promoting cultural diversity, they honor the role of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr, and use conflict resolution techniques to resolve problems in the community.

The Founding Fathers set up a system for "conflict resolution".
It's call the Judicial System.

And it worked, hehe.

[The Right Stuff]

nice, unbiased article...thanks for posting, let's us see their mindset.

[muawiyah]

"Conflict Resolution" ~ what a laugh! Tell the media entertainer who wrote that article to be sure and not lose his day job!