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I don't feel one side should have a right to free speech.
The rally was deemed "far-right", "Nazis" by the press and tens of thousands showed up to protest. If the people who wanted to attend the rally showed up to hear the speakers they would have been photographed, doxxed, harassed at their jobs, and who knows what else.
The social media would have labeled attendees "far-right" and attacked them for listening to the what the speakers had to say.
We don't know what would have been said at the rally. They didn't have a chance to say anything. And even if vile, do you condone intimidation of free speech?
So, the other side used their right to free speech to oppose the KKK. Why is that a problem?
It doesn't matter if you want to call it fascism or not. A man doesn't have that right anytime/anyhow he wants. I believe Taiwan may have those rights. Not here.
It's a natural right. I don't care about lines on maps.
A man has every right to move freely about the earth with whatever he likes on his person as long as he does not not initiate force on others.
Any restrictions on this right, imposed by a State or other person, is clearly a violent act in itself.
I don't feel one side should have a right to free speech.
The rally was deemed "far-right", "Nazis" by the press and tens of thousands showed up to protest. If the people who wanted to attend the rally showed up to hear the speakers they would have been photographed, doxxed, harassed at their jobs, and who knows what else.
So, now it's free speech without consequence? That's not how life works and that's something the alt-right needs to learn and is likely learning. Accountability.
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The social media would have labeled attendees "far-right" and attacked them for listening to the what the speakers had to say.
We don't know what would have been said at the rally. They didn't have a chance to say anything. And even if vile, do you condone intimidation of free speech?
We did know what was going to be said because a key speaker spoke last weekend.
Among the key tenets of Friday's statement are that "Jews are an ethno-religious people distinct from Europeans," "Whites alone defined America as a European society and political order," "the so-called 'refugee crisis' is an invasion, a war without bullets, taking place on the fields of race, religion, sex and morality. At stake is Europe's very identity," "we oppose feminism, deviancy, the futile denial of biological reality, and everything destructive to healthy relations between men and women," and "Leftism is an ideology of death and must be confronted and defeated."
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I'm just taking the next step in the logical/moral stance. To be as consistent as possible.
If we can't carry what we want on our person we will get the thought police hot on our trail of what's "acceptable".
Gun: no.
Baseball bat: no
Pocket life under 4 inches: yes
wearing wedding rings: no (bastardized brass knuckles)
Backpack over 14 pounds: no (deemed a heavy object)
See where I'm going? Regulation, collectivism, and thought policing. It's the pathway to the Left's den of hell.
I know what you are saying but in the instance of protests with controversial subjects I am inclined to lean on experience and people's lack of common sense coupled with rage. The idiots will always prove me right and innocent lives are not worth the fight in this case.
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