Anti-LGBT author (Orson Scott Card) who compared Obama to Hitler appointed to PBS board in NC

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By David Edwards
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 15:57 EDT



A science fiction author who opposes equal rights for LGBT people and has a history of comparing Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler was appointed to a board of trustees overseeing North Carolina’s public television stations this week.

In a statement on Monday, UNC-TV announced that Republican state Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger had named Orson Scott Card to the UNC-TV Board of Trustees.

“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Card to the UNC-TV Board of Trustees,” Chairman Robb Teer said. “We are grateful for his willingness to serve and look forward to working with him to continue providing the people of our state with enriching, life-changing television in these challenging times.”

In a column earlier this year, Card speculated that Obama “Obama will put a thin veneer of training and military structure on urban gangs” and turn them into “Brown Shirts.”

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1. what's going on in NC? n/t

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3. NC state government was taken over by Koch-sniffing Wackjobs n/t

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4. I noticed now when I'm watching

many shows on PBS they are sponsored by one of the Koch brothers. It's disconcerting. At least they aren't the ones sponsoring Miss Fisher's Mysteries.

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2. wtf.

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5. not long ago I would have said: 'this has got to be a joke'

Koch brothers major funder of NOVA...which explains a lot regarding some of their programming content.. yeah, it appears that PBS is just about catering to and pleasing the repukes these past several years. but this report even has me astonished. sheesh.