Tell CNN: Fire Lou Dobbs

[HippieCowgirl]

I got this in email today from the "Stand on the Side of Love" Campaigners at the UUA

Lou Dobbs of CNN, more than any other newscaster, is responsible for spreading myths and misinformation about Latinos. A wide coalition of Latino groups and their allies have launched a campaign calling on CNN to fire Lou Dobbs. The campaign is called Basta Dobbs! or Enough Dobbs!

Please take three minutes right now to watch the Basta Dobbs video and then send CNN the message, basta! Enough! http://bastadobbs.com/video/org/ssl/

Lou Dobbs has falsely reported that immigrants make up 1/3rd of the prison population when they only make up a small fraction. He has spread the conspiracy theory that Mexican immigrants are plotting to re-conquer the southwestern United States. And he has promoted the views of extremist groups like the Minutemen and individuals such as Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom Lou Dobbs calls a "model for the whole country" while Arpaio is being denounced as a violent racist by elected officials and Latino leaders throughout the country.

We do not question Dobbs' legal right to say what he says. But we ask why CNN, which purports to be a news station, provides a national platform for Dobbs' demagoguery and misinformation. We ask why CNN implicitly supports the marginalization of the Latino community.

We have been called to stand up and be counted on the issues that matter to Latino communities. We have been called to stand up for truth and love. We have been called to join the Latino community in saying Basta Dobbs!

Are you ready to answer this call? Now is the time to stand on the side of love.

Take action: watch the Basta Dobbs video and tell CNN it is time for Dobbs to go.

[kaehele]

1. Nope.

Gotta say that I hold no brief for Lou Dobbs: he has morphed from a spokesman for the middle class to an astonishing hysteric.

However, if one actually believes in freedom of speech I believe we should not even ask that he be fired. Remember it is the Repubs who want to close out dissent. It was Bush who allowed only true believers into his speeches. It was the Bush administration who argued that to disagree with the Iraq war was to turn against the US.

I think we are smarter than Dobbs as a country, and I think if we begin firing and "disappearing" all those with whom we disagree, we will have worked against the US Constitution. We need to hear the crazies; we need to hear the intelligent folks who disagree with us. And even more important, all of these need to feel included in the debate.