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U.S. Lawmaker: Boycott Subway Over Anti-Jihad Ad
Arutz Sheva ^
| 11/10/12
| Elad Benari
Posted on 10/10/2012 10:28:50 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5
Boycott the subway! Everyone get back into your cars!!
That’ll be better. Sure.
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posted on
10/11/2012 6:42:00 AM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
To: Eleutheria5
Put a bag over his head, and don’t take it off until you’re kicking him out the cargo door into an Afghani hot zone.
Talk about a reality check.
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posted on
10/11/2012 6:53:09 AM PDT
by
Tuanedge
(Warriors victorious in a hundred battles, flee when a tiger enters their tent.)
To: decal
Boycott Subway Over Anti-Jihad Ad OK, I'll eat there after hitting Chick-fil-A... I'm boycotting Honda.
43
posted on
10/11/2012 6:57:42 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: Eleutheria5; IsraelBeach; tedbel; Shellybenoit; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; forkinsocket; Inyokern; ...
I believe those pro-Israel public transit ads that are the subject of this outrage on the part of Congressman Honda were initiated by Pam Geller. Good for her!
Honda's logic in comparing the ads to the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII is grossly flawed. The ads do not advocate the internment, nor any other inhumane or illegal treatment, of any Americans whatsoever.
Furthermore, boycotting mass transit as Honda advocates might hurt the boycotters and others economically. But leftists like Honda don't really care about that, because, in his way of thinking, in DC most of these mass transit riders boycotting would be federal workers who will be taken care of regardless of whether or not they show up for their jobs.
To: Eleutheria5
“But “the right to not support hate speech is also a right, which is why I encourage people to boycott, if possible, WMATA” and public transit in the other places where the ad is running until the ad buys are finished, Honda said in a statement.”
This guy was interned during WW2. Obviously he is allowing his personal experience on an entirely DIFFERENT set of circumstances to influence his decision on this subject.
His reaction is an emotional, irrational one.
The situations are NOT analogous. Islam is the equivalent of Fascism and is, by our current western standards, a BRUTAL, INTOLERANT, SEXIST cult. Would he oppose a poster attacking Fascism on the subway system? I certainly would hope not but today one never knows.
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posted on
10/11/2012 7:10:48 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(See video: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-siege-of-vienna.html)
To: Eleutheria5
It would be great if the taxpayers could boycott paying for the subway. Ridership doesn’t matter when you have a free flow of “other peoples’ money”.
46
posted on
10/11/2012 7:17:57 AM PDT
by
meyer
(It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
To: justiceseeker93
Yes, Pam Geller put up the ads on some of the subway platforms in NYC and, I think, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. She did it in response to anti-Israel ads that had previously been posted. This Honda guy is a moron - asking middle-class and working-class people to boycott the subways...
To: VeniVidiVici
Hey Rep Honda,
How do ya like me now? Let's boycott Bugs Bunny while we're at it. Hey let's boycott Honda. Oh, he's not part of THAT Honda? My bad, all them Japs rook arike /s
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posted on
10/11/2012 8:09:58 AM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: Eleutheria5
Honda, who as a child was interned at a camp due to his Japanese ancestry, said he took the issue "very personally" because he remembered the "hateful billboards and caricatures that equated Japanese Americans to savages" during World War II. 1. How old is this guy? In order to remember what he says he does, he must be pushing 80. If he is not, then he's lying.
2. I want to see picture proof of the hateful billboards.
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posted on
10/11/2012 8:29:45 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Grams A
But we dont have subways in Texas ... There used to be short one just West of downtown Ft. Worth. It ran from a parking lot to a department store (what was it, A Montgomery Wards?) and a bit further, but not much further.
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posted on
10/11/2012 8:54:17 AM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(going to change my name to "Nobody" then run for elective office)
To: Eleutheria5
Mike Honda supports terrorism and hate speech.
To: hattend
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor December 7, 1942. Internment policy wasn't implemented until some time in 1943. I'd look it up but I'm lazy. Anyone else, feel free. That would be about 69 years ago. A boy would be able to read at about age 6, so he'd have to be roundly 75 years old. On the other hand, he might not have been able to read, just see pictures of lots of evil-looking slanty-eyed, yellow-skinned charicatures with buck teeth. So let's say he was four or five, and is now 73. Now to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Honda "Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda (Japanese: 本田実) (born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic Party politician. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district, encompassing western San Jose and Silicon Valley. He has been serving since 2001." Busted. He was 18 months old on December 7, 1942, and 5 years old in 1946 when Japan capitulated. He certainly is a Democratic Party politician. Lying as naturally as others breath.
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posted on
10/11/2012 10:45:55 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: BlueDragon
Interesting. Used to go to FTW frequently but spent most of my time in Billy Bob’s. Had totally forgotten about Monkey Wards. Seems like they haven’t been around for a while though.
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posted on
10/11/2012 10:55:02 AM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Eleutheria5
I’m really surprised nobody has made the observation that if the Muzzies boycott the Metro, that would make it the safest subway in the world.
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:04:25 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: Eleutheria5; 300winmag; Grams A; left that other site; All
Actually, the headline of this story is technically inaccurate, since the DC Metro rail system is only partly a subway (underground). I believe that the majority of it is outdoors, either at ground level or elevated. I'm sure that Congressman Honda would want a boycott of the outdoor portions as well.
To: justiceseeker93
Grievance Politics rots the mind and soul. Political Correctness nurtures this pathology and the modern left is dependent on it.
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:19:43 AM PDT
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: justiceseeker93
All the more reason to ride my Harley!
:-)
Seriously though, I remember walking to the central Bus Station in Jerusalem and taking the bus to the Jaffa Gate.
It would have been a more pleasant ride if certain folks boycotted that route!
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:38:24 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
To: justiceseeker93
“I’m sure that Congressman Honda would want a boycott of the outdoor portions as well.”
Street panhandlers and performers will do their part, and stay away from the entrances, so they can strike a blow against hate.
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:39:36 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: left that other site
Now there’s a light rail system running down Jaffe Road. It’s a superfluous dingdong that cost billions and totally disrupts everything. It’s crowded as hell, too. Can we boycott that train system?
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:42:05 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(End the occupation. Annex today.)
To: Eleutheria5
Oh wow...they removed those from Boston. PITA...and i don’t mean the BREAD!
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posted on
10/11/2012 11:53:24 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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