A conservative author tried to speak at a liberal arts college. He left fleeing an angry mob (lawyer, activist)

[r small]

Originally Posted by beb0p

Which, under the First Amendment is absolutely allowed as long they don't break any laws.
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How do you assault someone without breaking any laws?

[Tall Traveler]

Liberals are full of hate and violence. You have to defend yourself from their heinous activities with your fists, a bat or a gun....you choose.

[beb0p]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

And assault is indeed against the law.

Yes, and they were in the wrong for crossing the line.

But the assault is not against free speech, which is the idiotic point that the OP was trying to make.
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[beb0p]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Liberals are full of hate and violence. You have to defend yourself from their heinous activities with your fists, a bat or a gun....you choose.

That's rich coming from the party that associates themselves with hate groups.
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[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by beb0p

Yes, and they were in the wrong for crossing the line.

But the assault is not against free speech, which is the idiotic point that the OP was trying to make.
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when assaults prevent free speech from taking place, how are said assaults NOT against free speech?

that you somehow believe they are not is the true idiocy.

[Moth]

Originally Posted by beb0p

That's rich coming from the party that associates themselves with hate groups.
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Those thugs wore masks and engaged in violence- Just like the Ku Klux Klan.

The circle is now complete. YOU are the PEOPLE the LEFT once warned you about.

[r small]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

when assaults prevent free speech from taking place, how are said assaults NOT against free speech?

that you somehow believe they are not is the true idiocy.

Exactly right. The whole point of the violence was to shut down free speech.

[Moth]

Originally Posted by r small

Exactly right. The whole point of the violence was to shut down free speech.

It seems a good chunk of the Middlebury academia agree:

https://freeinquiryblog.wordpress.com/

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by beb0p

The violence is separate from the point they were making. I already said they crossed the line! You could say they were morons and they chose the wrong form of expression to voice their disagreement.

But to say they were trying to take the First Amendment rights from other people is a giant lying spin.




Yes!! This is not a First Amendment issue but a civil disobedience issue!! This is the only smart thing you've said but too bad your own point seems to be lost on you.
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Reasoning why, the 2nd immediately follows the 1st Amendment.
The 2nd Amendment protects ALL your rights.

[Tyster]

Originally Posted by beb0p

That's rich coming from the party that associates themselves with hate groups.
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Hate groups? You mean like BLM? Or the Black Panthers? Or the army of deranged snowflakes rioting in the streets and physically attacking people? You mean like that?