Mid-Oct. Report : Anti-Jihad ads vs the Jihad Enablers

October 14, 2012.  Hoping Sunday might be easier to check on all of the AFDI ads, I headed for the NYC Subway. WRONG. Weekend Subway construction kept me from getting to 23rd St and 8th Ave. and the F Train was impossible to get to simply because it's not near ANY of the other locations. But, I did get to two new (for me) locations: 28th St on the #6 and Rector Street on the #1.

And now the updates and observations:

44th St. and 8th Ave,  all was unchanged. No need to duplicate pictures. Then I headed for 23rd St and 8th Ave. But, after a couple of trips back and forth between 14 st and 34th street, while I TRIED to catch a glimpse of the 23rd stations while speeding thru on an express train. Not as easy as I had hope, so....with eyes glazed over, I moved on to the #1.

34th St (#1) used to have an AFDI ad.



The Methodist ad is in the AFDI ad location and which has not been restored. There are now TWO pro-Jihad ads at this station and  NO AFDI ad.



Pro-Jihad ad is in the distance in picture 2

The Sojourner ad and the Methodist ad  promote Jihad in response to WHAT? There is no AFDI Anti-Jihad ad at this station.

Rector Street (#1) Pleased to find an AFDI ad so close to Ground Zero (hanging next to an anti-fracking ad)



The pro-Jihad ads were on both sides of the station. The green Methodist was peaking through the girders




But, the orange Sojourner, which came out after the Methodists, is on the same side as the AFDI

Heading for the the East side ( #6) took me above ground for a glimpse of Ground Zero

28th St (#6) I think the ad that Pamela Geller found has been moved. (guessing based on the tiles around her picture)

Seem as though the MTA crews are "oh so busy" moving these ads around...

And this 'helpful' PAINT HERE sign (that is no where else in the station) Perhaps it's a new form of 'helpful' vandalism; encouraging the MTA to 'paint-over- the AFDI sign.





Took the Shuttle back to Times Sq where the Times Square Corridor was unchanged so, I took the N/R to 49th St and wrapped up the day's journey at this location.

The missing AFDI anti-Jihad sign had been replaced and was now centered in the station

  BUT, it didn't last long



And, of course, the PRO-Jihad signs, which are at both ends of the platform,  remain UNTOUCHED.





Those who support Jihad ( the Enablers)  will not win this war against Free Speech. They may win a few battles, but they will NOT win The War as the current anti-Jihad campaign continues with new ones: Pick Your Favorite Quranic Quote and  Support for Victims of Jihad , all preparing to be go live.

Stay Tuned!

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UPDATE: The AFDI Anti-Jihad vs the Pro-Jihad Ad-War continues + the DC Ads are up!

I have two reports to post. I started at the beginning of the week, October 8, 2012 and wrapped it up on, Friday , October 12, 2012

To Re-cap a bit of the Ad-War:

“Following the lawsuit, the MTA changed its advertising rules last week to ban ads that could “imminently incite or provoke violence or other immediate breach of the peace.”…  the new ads “are accepted and conform with our guidelines,” adding," The MTA doesn’t endorse any of the ads we carry.



Both religious organizations and transit officials have confirmed that the new ads will be purposely placed near the anti-jihad spots in the same subway stations.” **

While looking for the ads that the Leftists claimed were going up on October 8, I checked two of the Times Square AFDI anti-Jihad posters. The Lefties threatened there would be a glut of posters opposing the AFDI ad, an ad that has been vandalized by these ‘progressive’ tools and/or removed (pasted over) by the MTA.

I passed by two locations that have the sickly-green “Methodist” Women’s Organization’s posters hanging beside the AFDI anti-Jihad posters.

[42nd St and Broadway] Since we last saw it, it has gone from this smudge:

To this …

Please note that the only vandalizing and denial of Free Speech continues to come from the Radical “Methodists”, Radical “Rabbis”, and the very Radical Jim Wallis.

The hostile actions of these Leftards, groups like CAIR, Existence is Resistance and their supporters, are dedicated to stomping on the Free Speech Rights of AFDI; rights to be Eradicated/Obliterated/DENIED.


[44th street and 8th Avenue] Reveals an attempt at tearing the ad:

In NYC  the desecration continues: "Free Speech for ME but not for THEE " is their mantra…"Hypocrisy… Thy middle name…"

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Went looking for the Pro-Jihad ads on Friday, October 12 as The War of the Ads continued. The Jim Wallis ad has now displaced the Methodist ad…..

44th street and 8th avenue. They actually replaced the slightly torn AFDI ad (see above) .

BUT, the MTA has now posted the Sojourner orange ad  just a few ads north….

The Times Square Corridor (the scene of Mona Eltahawy’s Spray Paint Vandalism) is keeping the MTA very busy. The ads positions are floating around the corridor wall. At this time, The “Methodist’s” sickly green ad has been moved and replaced by the Jim Wallis Sojourner orange ad.

BUT…there are still two more pro-Jihad ads to be put up. Can’t wait  to see who gets moved  next…

 As I wrapped up today’s journey, I stopped by the 72nd street poster (C line) . It went from being seriously torn, to being replaced and it seems …. it’s location in the station also seems to keep changing….

It now looks like this (different location):

And for another comparison, pictures of the ads were previously posted here.

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Meanwhile, in Washington, DC the anti-jihad campaign went up on Monday, October 3….And it is amazing!!



From Pamela Geller:

"These are not posters, these are huge displays in light boxes. Gorgeous!”

Read more  at Atlas Shrugs


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Free Speech & the MTA Ad-Wars Continue (Update)

Have a new picture of the F line vandalism along with the United "Methodist"  Women's sickly green poster yet, they didn't post this location with the vandalism exposed.

I have now managed to catch "THREE Faces of the F line poster" beginning with Day 2 of the ad campaign, September 25, 2012



The"cleaned-up" version after I scraped away their vandalism. (Note the pink poster that shares the space. )



Though close to the MTA booth, the AFDI ( American Freedom Defense Initiative) ad is conveniently obstructed by an MTA map. Did the MTA ignore/look 'the other way' at this location, so the vandalism could continue 'unnoticed'?



(in picture below,  posters can be seen next to a large "A")



Perhaps, as this newest picture reveals, the United "Methodist' tools avoided publicizing this location because it shows what hypocrites they are. Not only was AFDI's First Amendment rights to Free Speech: obliterated... so was the pink poster that had shared that space. It's GONE....



Even though October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, their poster has been removed, pasted over ... obliterated...in the name of 'free speech' for the "Methodists". And the 'social justice' poster... untouched....

Approval of all of these new ads went through with amazing speed, even though AFDI's ad took a year to be approved.

The ads in the NYC ad-wars now include one created by Rabbis for Human Rights North America



A response from Pamela Geller:

"These are the same rabbis who reassured the German Jews that "arbeit macht frei." These "faith groups" are faithless, soulless tools who say nothing in the face of the mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing of their own people at the hands of savage Muslim jihadis."

Another ad from the Marxists at the The International Action Center. They claim they will have an ad up on October 8th. Sara Flounders, Secretariat of Workers World Party  and a principal leader of the International Action Center announced their ad on Sept 30th.



And the charlatan, Jim Wallis, who, like the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has more in common with Marxism than Christian theology:



Thankfully, there will be a fabulous new bus campaign from AFDI . Go here to see them all



And, after the victory for Free Speech in DC,  AFDI's subway ads will also be  going up there.



Will AFDI's ads go unscathed? Will the MTA take any action to protect them from vandalism?  Will there be ANY vandalism of the Lefties ads?  Unless they decide to vandalize over one of their own, will the violation of Free Speech be one-sided, all aimed toward the AFDI ads?

In an article at the NY Post, Free-speech free-for-all , they observed:

".. how you counter something you consider to be hate speech. With more speech. Not spray paint — like self-promoting Muslim activist Mona Eltahawy."

As we go about Manhattan and perhaps see the new ads, will they ALL be required to add this statement to the bottom of their ads?

"This is a paid advertisement sponsored by.....
The display of this advertisement does not imply MTA's endorsement of any views expressed"

Let us know what you see....

Part 2- The MTA & "The Case of the Disappearing AFDI Ads"

Originally, this follow-up post was going to focus on the parodies that have sprung up around the ridiculous "Mona E".  Mona Eltahawy's credibility as a journo is in tatters, I hope,  with her audacious "Free Speech for ME but not for THEE" ; as these posters and video so deftly reveal:

From iOwntheWorld:




And The Peoples Cube




A "John Smith" also had some fun with this musical parody proving Mona is now One Big Joke.





Even the NY Post  got in to the act:



This exposure should have been the end to the insane vandalizing committed by the rabid lib/progressive/soc/commie  free-speech opponents. However on October 2, as I conducted a follow-up on the ads….something just didn’t seem right…..There was something a foot, but what?


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Late Night Edition, Tuesday, October 2. Found in a few subway ad locations, that the ads are either grossly damaged or gone . Seems the “Thought Police” are still roaming through underground.
The ad at 23rd street and 8th Ave went from this:


The ad at 23rd street and 8th Ave went from this:



To this mess below....




Also, on Tuesday evening I noticed, two ads are gone. No where to be seen. This one at 49th street (the N/R) : GONE




The other at 34th st (the1 line) - GONE



Mona's spray painted ad was replaced




But, it was carefully vandalized again with pink signs taped on. (Thanks to TD for this catch)





 
And now, the new sign, post-Mona, has an odd glop on the ad…

The 44th street ad is right by the Transit Police station.



Perhaps that's the only reason the ad at 44th St and 8th Ave has just a few scratches.




And the FABULOUS Pamela Geller confirmed we still had an ad at 28th Street (6 line)! But, that was Tuesday. I still wanted to know why some ads were missing.






2nd Update. Wednesday-October 3, 2012. “The Case of the Disappearing Anti-Jihad Signs” continues. Made a discovery at the TWO locations I had returned to. They had been replaced, not damaged, REPLACED by two very sickly-green ads connected to the very ‘social justice’ commentariat aka: the “Methodist Church-USA”.


“The Methodists For Social Justice” pukey green signs can also be found at their Face book page,  here.

Here’s a look at how those locations look now, on Wednesday October 3.

49th st ( N/R)



34th St (1) the AFDI was covered up by the Social Justice ad



44th St ( 8th Ave)



Times Sq corridor
                                                                                                                                   


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It took AFDI a YEAR to get their ads approved by the MTA and yet, somehow, the “Social Justice” propaganda machine not only got the MTA to put up their signs, but to also cover up …to remove the AFDI signs. Co-incidence? Or, perhaps….Something is VERY rotten at the MTA!


This arrogant destruction and obstruction of Free Speech, could it actually turn the tide against these tools? We can HOPE….
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