Petition to Fire George Will Launched By Wife of White House Media Director

Article here. Excerpt:

'Last week, George Will wrote a column about how progressive politics have fomented "rape culture" on college campuses. The column was not well received by some, or even, as a great many of the histrionic responses would indicate, well understood. I received the following press release yesterday, headlined: "87,000 Call on The Washington Post to Address Sexism, Fire George Will." A group called UltraViolet was touting the success of an online petition they'd whipped up over the controversy. From the release:

“The past week has seen the Washington Post devolve to violent and shameful rhetoric that normalizes rape and violence against women. In the face of a national epidemic of sexual violence, The Washington Post should take a stand against rape-- starting by firing George Will, said Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet. “From mocking survivors to misleading the public on demands for college sexual assault reform and blaming women for violence against them-- the Post has left the realm of honest debate and entered the realm of hate-speech and dog whistles.”

Let's be clear, absolutely nothing about Will's column rises to the level of "hate speech" and the bit about dog whistles is absurd. The more relevant question is: Who is UltraViolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary? In 2004, she was the Democratic National Committee's first director of online. And she is the former campaign director at MoveOn.Org. While with MoveOn.org, Chaudhary aggressively defended the organization's infamous "General Petraeus is likely to become General Betray Us" ad. (And no, the irony of revisiting how MoveOn.org was wrong about the surge in Iraq as we're currently making plans to evacuate the Baghdad embassy is not lost on me.)'