I Support Amiri Baraka and the New Jersey Poet Laureate Post
I support poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka in his struggle to exercise his freedom of speech rights and retain the post of Poet Laureate of the State of New Jersey. Amiri Baraka is the Peopl... continue reading »
"Amiri Baraka is a great american and deserves to get any recognition that comes his way. I know his daughter and have followed his career and fully support his work, especialy those regarding 9/11. As an Anti War activist myself I can appreciate the perso"
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"Nobody argues that Baraka has the RIGHT to be an anti-Semite or to make ridiculous assertions that Pres. Bush knew about 9-11 beforehand. The issue is whether Baraka should be paid by the state of NJ to spew forth such ridiculous hate speech. No doubt tha"
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"In defence of freedom of expression"
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"The freedom to life , liberty, and justice is for al regardeless of race or nationality. Every living soul has something to contribute to humanity and this is a gift from the Almighty. Amiri Baraka has surely made use of his God given gift, the power of s"
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"Just what I want to spend MY tax dollars on!!!!"
"FREEDOM OF SPEECH!"
"poets are hired to write poems not be agreeable"
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"If Amiri Baraka's position as N.J. Poet Laureate is pulled, America will prove to be, perhaps not as violent, but just as intolerant to their poets as Stalin & Franco. (See the cases of Federico Garcia Lorca, Miguel Hernandez, Osip Mandelstam, etc.)"
"BARAKA IS A BAD SEED. HIS HORRIBLE RACIAL AND COMMUNISTIC VIEWS SHOULD BE A LESSON TO EVERYBODY ON WHAT HATE CAN DO! HIS ANTI-JEWISH VIEWS ARE REDICULOUS AND BARAKA SHOULD BE DETHROWNED WITHOUT DELAY!"
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"I have been in your presence, in a personal setting. Governor McGreevey I do not believe you to be an unfair man."
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