Whether it's economic development or human decency Bozo Urbana is decades behind the times.
The latest gaffe, reported in the 15Apr News-Gazette report is that Urbana is considering an update to Urbana Public Television policy that the city "does not condone or endorse speech that promotes fear, hatred, prejudice or discrimination toward any group based on religion, ethnicity, race, gender or sexual orientation."
Bozo Urbana should have figured this out decades ago.
Banning non-locally produced programs on Urbana Public TV in no way inhibits the free flow of ideas. Anyone wanting to watch the bizarre, historically inaccurate shows provided to Urbana Public Television by Mr. Brumleve can find such on the Internet. Anyone holding such beliefs can produce their own show for airing on UPT.
Champaign, whose slogan is "Proud of Our Diversity," would never tolerate junk like Timothy Brumleve's on a city sponsored forum.
You are so right. Lets keep the free exchange of ideas out of the media. Don't the people see the truth or any new ideas. Heck look what they did to Savonorola. If they'd had the ban on free speech it would have saved his life. The Earth is Flat. (ok its a little bit concave) its not a sphere. Words are like bullets. Ban the guns. Ban Free Speech. Thomas Jefferson was an enemy of the people. God save Queen Laurel.
Who/what is Savonorola ?
Its a computerized car radio that saves talk radio as .mpeg files