Former Los Angeles talk show host John Ziegler was arrested at USC after handing out free copies of his new DVD, ‘Media Malpractice.’ He was objecting to a journalism award being presented to Katie Couric for an interview she did with Sarah Palin.
Strange. If it was Jesse Jackson who’d been roughed up, handcuffed and arrested, there would be 24/7 news coverage. Don’t get me wrong. I voted for Obama. I just think this is an obvious case of reverse racism and trying to shut someone up because their opinions don’t agree with the majority. Ziegler’s not my favorite person, which is the whole point of freedom of speech. The voice of the minority has a right to protection from the oppression of the majority.
We all could wake up one day and find out everything is gone.
“When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.”
Attributed to Martin Niemöller
