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The Power of Wikipedia: A Challenge for You to Help Record History
8/24/2006
Side B: Explains that Schwarz recently championed legislation in the Congress that made it illegal to demonstrate at funerals. It further explains that this was necessary due to abusive demonstrations by “anti-war protestors.”
Perfect timing and perfect topic for Schwarz obviously, although he lost the primary. The paid-for-by-the-AMA postcard told his conservative constituency that he is tough on those nasty, liberal, peace activists.
One problem: That demonstrator was not an anti-war protestor. No anti-war protestors that anyone can document have done that kind of thing during the Iraq war. The protestor pictured, and the demonstrators who have been in the news and who the legislation was aimed at, are members of the Westboro Baptist Church (Kansas), a right-wing Christian church that is actually pro-war because its members believe that God is punishing the United States for its tolerance of homosexuality. They demonstrate at soldiers’ funerals and praise the deaths and the maiming. Truly disgusting.
So, I called the Schwarz campaign – they say they had nothing to do with it. So, I called the AMA – at least 8 times now – and no one returns my calls. I have friends who are peace activists and I don’t like this slur. What to do?
What to do is write about it in the Wikipedia articles for J'e Schwarz and the American Medical Association, which I did. And what I wrote is not only still there, others are adding details to it. Pretty cool. Check it out. I love Wikipedia.
Enjoy! Meanwhile, I’m going to plug away at that silly postcard and see if I can get an apology to peace activists from the AMA, and also see if there may have been some violation of federal campaign financing laws.
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