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No one is saying you can't protest but rather what is an acceptable level of protest such that it does not infringe upon the rights of others.
Consider the Westboro church funeral protesters. Are you ok with them protesting down the road? I am. Are you ok with them coming up to the actual graveside service and screaming at the people with bullhorns? I am not.
I think that in these situations you have to look at it from both sides and look for where the line is between the rights of the protesters and the rights of the people trying to utilize their own rights to free speech.
We have a clear group of posters that are ok with damn near anything as long as it impinges the ability of the OTHER party from being able to use their own free speech and they're the scary ones.
No one is saying you can't protest but rather what is an acceptable level of protest such that it does not infringe upon the rights of others.
There is no such right.
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Consider the Westboro church funeral protesters. Are you ok with them protesting down the road? I am. Are you ok with them coming up to the actual graveside service and screaming at the people with bullhorns? I am not.
The people were more than capable of handling them without new laws.
People simply kept them away. Colleges have full control over this. They can.eject people. That they CHOOSE not to is NOT a valid reason for stupid politicians to interject themselves.
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I think that in these situations you have to look at it from both sides and look for where the line is between the rights of the protesters and the rights of the people trying to utilize their own rights to free speech.
There is NO right to not be interrupted. There is no such thing.
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We have a clear group of posters that are ok with damn near anything as long as it impinges the ability of the OTHER party from being able to use their own free speech and they're the scary ones.
The people were more than capable of handling them without new laws.
People simply kept them away. Colleges have full control over this. They can.eject people. That they CHOOSE not to is NOT a valid reason for stupid politicians to interject themselves.
There is NO right to not be interrupted. There is no such thing.
Give your speech in an environment you control.
There is also no right to ALLOW this type of behavior. I'm for the law.
Lol you're advocating an anti-free speech bill to defend free speech?
seems like your idea of what speech is varies wildly depending on the topic
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Inciting violence is not protected by Free Speech
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His Freedom of Speech was not violated. The government didn't have any involvement in this issue, and that's the only application of Freedom of Speech mentioned in the Constitution.
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Freedom of Speech means you are free to express your opinions without persecution from the local, state, or federal government.
so where's the 'persecution from the local, state, or federal government' in this situation?
Every post on this thread has the same theme. Those who are leftists are saying that only they have the right to speak unobstructed and rightists are saying that only they have that right. So one-sided speeches can't be presented and only debates with all sides represented, can take place. Simple solution. Let the right-wingers spout their poisonous drivel and be exposed for what they are, in the face of truth from the other side. Evil withers when light shines on it, so the best policy is to let it be expressed and to self-destruct.
Actually SHOUTING DOWN speakers is anti free speech....this makes consequences for being a little fascist shouting down people you don't want to hear speak. Its odd for some reason when I don't want to hear someone speak...I turn the channel or just don't attend!
Just for information purpose's they do this in russia ,not in America.
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