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Simulating Murder
By Amiri Baraka
Feb 20, 2009, 16:21

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(On The New York Post Simulation of the Murder of The President of The United States)

Naturally we are outraged by Rupert Murdoch's low rag The New York Post's depicting of Barack Obama as a
monkey, whatever garbage they use to lie about this racist attack. But even more deadly is the fact that the Post in that cartoon is actually Calling For The Assassination of the President of the United States!!
And this is punishable by prison.


Can you imagine anyone drawing a picture of Bush being slain and what the consequences would be? In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez had to pass a law against the right wing calling for his assassination over television. What would be the penalty for some group calling for the assassination of past presidents of the United States by public media?


We can not just be outraged by the racism of Murdoch's disgusting infamy. We must call for the prosecution of the publisher and all involved with it. It is not just racism, it is a threat to the chief executive of the United States. This is one of the aspects of Barack Obama's election to the Presidency, that this New York Post brand of racist slander now is an attack on the President of the United States, and Murdoch and company must be made to pay for it.


This is the least we can do to begin to push for the reality of a "post racial" America, to begin to lock up these egregious! This should be a test case, and we should come together to push this.


What about you Amsterdam News, Daily Challenge, Village Voice(?), New York Times, Johnson Publications, Washington Post, Essence, BET, TV One, ABC, CBS, NBC, ACLU, Move On, Outraged Citizens, etc. Will you take up the Call for Prosecution of the creators of this blatant and dangerous threat to the President of the United States?!



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