Reply #46: Where did you find that?

[Up2Late]

It's all Greek to me, but this is the second RW "christian" website I've run across that had DU blocked.

PABAAH was the first one I found, but it's now been closed and renamed "Fire Hollywood." Here's a description from Wikipedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireHollywood>

FireHollywood, originally named Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood (or PABAAH) is a U.S. nationalist-conservative organization that calls for the boycott of Hollywood films made by film makers who have made statements deemed by the group to be "unpatriotic," "anti-American" or treasonous. Though it mainly targets film makers, it targets other pop-culture figures, including musicians.

PABAAH was formed by Jon Alvarez (born circa 1966) in reaction to the "Not in Our Name" internet petition against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which included many celebrity signatures. According to Alvarez, these celebrities are "unpatriotic" for making political stances against current U.S. president George W. Bush, his foreign policy and otherwise "...Stepping out of their roles as entertainers."

FireHollywood has been criticized for this attitude —many who visit the site, including moderate conservatives, have accused the group of advocating censorship. Some within the group have advocated views in favor of certain limited kinds of censorship, but others argue that the main goal of the group is to deny liberal celebrities a living in the movie business, not the right to free speech. Regardless of its intentions, the group's boycotting techniques have been compared to McCarthyism.

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...FireHollywood has gained some national and international attention, being covered by some major news broadcasts, newspaper columnists and (on one occasion) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (in that case as an object of parody). In its PABAAH days, it also received attention in the indie press by going after college radio stations for playing the industrial group, Skinny Puppy, because of their controversial anti-Bush shows. PABAAH's actions, according to the vocalist from the band, actually increased record sales. PABAAH is best known on this level for its extensive and frequently-updated website list of those who have made statements that are considered by the group to be either anti-Bush or "anti-American", including non-Americans like Canadians Neil Young and Dave Thomas, as well as British musician Sting.

(more at link) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireHollywood>

Let see if they are still blocking us? <http://www.firehollywood.com/>

BTW, when I went there, their were ZERO Members on-line and only 6 "guests." :rofl:

I wish I knew how much traffic it got at it's peak, but it does look it's lost most of it's supporters.