[Peace-discuss] Listen up, Mark has a message for you..... Fascism is on the rise locally!

[Brian Dolinar]

Mark Thompson, owner of Slot and Wing up on north Prospect,
has also been going after the IMC.

Please read this important notice from Jan Kruse of AWARE.

Again, the News-Gazette exposes its status as a right wing yellow rag
with no journalistic ethics.

BD

On 3/24/07, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> Today, I believe AWARE is receiving the first results of the Sunday
> March 18 N-G AD.  The 3/18 AWARE AD noted the beginning of the 5th year
> of the war in Iraq and the resulting death, destruction and lack of
> democracy.  Today the editorial page of the News-Gazette and editorial
> writer Jim Dey dedicates 4 columns (8 1/2 by 91/2 inches) of free space
> to a summary of radio advertisements that Mark Thompson apparently runs
> on a local radio station.  These radio advertising spots are to sell
> his business, but they are much more than that.
> With the N-G offering him free coverage to tell his "version of
> reality" Mr. Thompson is given at no cost, advertising space for his
> business and for his anti-AWARE views.
> The paper summarizes four of the radio advertisements.
> Mr. Thompson intermingles religion, business, pro government and his
> right-wing political views in the radio spots.
> Jim Dey offers Mark Thompson space and opportunity to make numerous
> erroneous statements.  Perhaps the N-G allow this since it is on the
> Opinion Page.
> Here is a sample of one radio ad reprinted today in the N-G:
> "Hi this is Mark from Slot and Wing Hobbies.  RU aware.  That is a
> double-edged sword in Champaign-Urbana .  I hope you are aware of the
> group AWARE.   That's the acronym for the ant-war anti-racism effort,
> the local branch of the world-wide propaganda machine that is
> responsible for most all the demonstrations of magnitude that speak
> against our government."
>
> Dey adds his own commentary: "that obviously this is aimed at the local
> left-wing group that protests against pretty much everything."
> Thompson claims he brought 800 counter protesters to Prospect to oppose
> AWARE.   (I only saw a few hundred rude pro-Bush pro-war supporters
> once or twice.  When it got cold they were gone!)
> The N-G allows Thompson to claim he needed a police escort out of the
> 3/1/07 Cindy Sheehan event to protect him from being physically
> assaulted by the proponents of peace.  This statement is far from what
> we witnessed.  Paul Wood of the N-G was present and could easily have
> verify this falsehood.
> The attitude and behavior of Mr. Thompson reminded me of a particular
> word.  I looked up Fascist. It didn't say Mark Thompson, but it did
> say: "consuming nationalism, distain for human rights, supremacy of
> military, religion and government intertwined, and a desire to control
> the media".
> After seeing the N-G feature today with accompanying photo of Mark
> Thompson it seems apparent to me that Jim Dey has verified and seems to
> support what many in this community already feared; that fascism is on
> the rise locally!
> Jan Kruse
>
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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
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