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Civil Rights Activists denounce Gaga's Little Monsters!
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Civil rights activists as well as students all over the city gathered at Chicago’s Martin Luther King Jr. Library to talk about Martin Luther King Junior’s legacy. The group also talked about how racism is still prevalent in today’s society and pointed to a web and twitter campaign by Lady Gaga fans hoping to destroy the success of Madonna’s new album and tour.
The site features a gorilla with a caption that reads, “Here is the next child Madonna is planning to adopt.” Another post insults body parts of Muslims and several other posts are ageist in nature. “I’m not a Madonna fan, but when did something like this become acceptable just because people have free access to the Internet?” asked Albert Winston, a retired teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. College.” Several others noted that the “Monsters against Madonna” campaign was also trending on Twitter, with no repercussions
Alan Goldberg, a teacher at a private Jewish school in Skokie, talked about websites ran by conservatives such as Andrew Breitbart and Michelle Malkin where nasty comments about homosexuals, Latinos, and African Americans have become the norm. “I’m not saying that we should ban free speech. But it becomes a point where free speech is being abused. Kids look at these websites and think it’s okay to bully others because—why not, adults do it!”
All of the participants of the discussion plan to participate in several parades during the weekend and this coming Monday. Do you think they are correct in saying that Internet hate speech has gone too far?
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Here what was initially posted on the blog:
(it has since been taken down).
....Some of them have really stooped to a new low.  .
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Yesterday, this column reported on the disgust among civil rights activists at Chicago's Martin Luther King Jr. library when an anti-Madonna site filled with hateful posts (one—with the gorilla represented Madonna’s next adopted kid—was erased) was shown.
There were several bigoted email posts from supposed "little monsters" who called me a "Spic," "Dirty Mexican," and an "Illegal Pu**y." Those were actually some of the nicer posts I received. It was very heartrbreaking since I always considered myself a fan of Lady Gaga's as well. In fact, I have seen her in concert 3 times and have paid a lot of money to do so.
Today, a tweet from Lady Gaga’s beloved producer DJ White Shadow has made its round. The tweet reads, “Somebody needs to take their old lady medications before they are allowed to talk in public,” which obviously refers to Madonna. There are also some other harsh words.
True civil rights leaders and followers believe nobody should be discriminated against for something they are not in control of and age is one of them. Lady Gaga is an extremely talented woman who has done a lot of commendable work for gay rights. Perhaps she will speak out against the hate being spread by some of her fans and employees. We sent an email to her publicist, but have not received a response.
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