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Well, apparently not as you demonstrate again below.
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Originally Posted by ATG5
People are throwing a fit for what those players did, because they don't agree with their opinion and vice versa. The 1A is only acceptable when their opinion is the same as yours.
People are throwing a fit as you put it. Your response is basically "Hey, don't those players have a 1st amendment right?"
That might be a relevant question if the government was doing something to restrict the players from taking such actions. Any reference to the 1A is irrelevant when we are talking about other citizens being critical of the actions of the players.
My guess is he did not attack any cops when he was arrested, probably the reason he is alive today.
I would not bet my life on it, Mark has been known to be very belligerant, usually proclaiming variants on the golden theme of "Do you know who I am? You will be sorry that you messed with me."
Be careful about letting those straw men get too close to the fire, they might get burned.
Well, apparently not as you demonstrate again below.
People are throwing a fit as you put it. Your response is basically "Hey, don't those players have a 1st amendment right?"
That might be a relevant question if the government was doing something to restrict the players from taking such actions. Any reference to the 1A is irrelevant when we are talking about other citizens being critical of the actions of the players.
Dave
You still don't get it.
I'm not talking about people's 1A right to respond to someone else's 1A right.
lol That would be a great comedy sketch....Mike Ditka doing a drive by shooting, Mike Ditka selling drugs to kids...maybe even Mike Ditka playing the knockout game.
Of course the skit would end with Chris Farley choking on a pork chop, passing out, and crashing through a table, with Bill Swerski (sp?) Super Fans yelling out "Daaaa Bearssss!"
I'm not talking about people's 1A right to respond to someone else's 1A right.
I can't help you understand that.
Really?
What was this all about then:
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Originally Posted by ATG5
So....
You have a problem with pro athletes expressing their first amendment right on their highest platform.....
....but you don't have a problem with a former athlete/coach and current public figure expressing his first amendment right on one of his highest platforms.
Wait a minute. I thought he was just another rich white guy who has no idea what it's like to be on the wrong end of an encounter with the police.
A millionaire facing a dui charge is in a whole other league than an "average guy" facing a dui charge.
A $6k annual car insurance bill (common after a dui) would murder my budget & might even tempt a regular "average" american with driving *uninsured*, leaving them open to "step 2", beatdown for driving without insurance. Mr Ditka can wipe his ample behind with $6k and still have cash for a tip.
We have "tent city" for regular folks who get a dui here in phoenix, but wealthy people can pay a lil' extra to do their time in Scottsdale.. with air conditioning..
To claim that his dui "experience" matches "everyman's" dui experience is complete hogwash..
Aside from the fact that cops have these things called "radios" & dashboard computers that tell them you're "mr celebrity douchebag" before they even leave the patrol car.
So yes.. it's quite likely he doesn't get stomped/choked/shot unless he really acts up.
Last edited by Zippyman; 12-04-2014 at 01:34 PM..
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