Pushing Back Against Extremism
by TChris
Right wing extremists seem to believe that they are immune from the consequences of their crazed rantings. Not always, it turns out.
Washington, D.C. radio talk show host Michael Graham was fired on Monday after refusing to apologize for comments he made about Islam. On July 25, Graham said “We are at war with a terrorist organization named Islam. The problem is not extremism. The problem is Islam.” His station, WMAL, said he referred to Islam as a terrorist organization 23 times during that same show.
Graham can say what he wants to say, but his employer, a private business, doesn’t have to give him a forum to preach religious hatred.
Pat Robertson isn’t likely to lose his job for advocating the assassination of a foreign head of state, but his remarks have nonetheless triggered the “international firestorm” that they deserve.
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