Ben Johnson, FloydReports.com
Al Sharpton told MSNBC’s Ed Schultz he has scheduled “a series of meetings next week” with federal officials to discuss kicking Rush Limbaugh off the airwaves. Rush’s rhetoric, Sharpton claims, is racist. However, this time the FCC is headed by an Obama appointee equally committed to removing conservative ideas from the airwaves.
The good reverend said he has been “talking with all the civil rights groups” about joiningthe anti-Limbaugh purge, saying, “We’re not going to stand by and let publicly regulated radio and television just go for marketing and promoting this kind of racism.” As examples of Limbaugh’s alleged racism, Sharpton cited Paul Shanklin’s satirical song “Barack the Magic Negro” (a term first coined by the Los Angeles Times) and his use of the phrase “Driving Miss Nancy” (which Limbaugh uttered while bashing “the white racist leadership of the Democratic Party”).
When asked how he would “monitor” this “racist-type talk,” Sharpton replied the FCC should “establish what is the guidelines [sic.] where you go over the top, and clearly I think Rush Limbaugh’s statements would be over the top.” Of course, Sharpton’s over-the-top remarks about “white interlopers” at Harlem’s Freddy’s Fashion Mart in 1995 stoked racial resentments that culminated in the deaths of eight people. Now he presents himself as the quintessence of ethnic comity.
How far would Sharpton go toward suspending the First Amendment? He believes no one should be offended by speech on the airwaves….
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