Wry Catcher
Diamond Member
- Banned
- #21
First you need to repeal the First Amendment. Isn't that the goal, to silence people? Outlaw their ideas and opinions, and especially the right of the people to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances? That's what makes you and others like you fascists!
Many of us have taken the oath to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. Be aware, We the People will stand up to power, legally, with the good will of an independent judiciary, protecting the Rights of The People to stand up to power misused, and to protect those whose very existence is threatened by the callous disregard, fear and hate mongering of the New Right.
You are free to utilize the First Amendment, however there are certain conditions that require a permit BEFORE such protest is to be held
1) A march or parade that does not stay on the sidewalk, and other events that require blocking traffic or street closure
2) A large rally requiring the use of sound amplifying devices; or
3)A rally at certain designated parks or plazas
The First Amendment does not allow a demonstrator to prohibit another individual's freedoms or rights, such as blocking traffic on a bridge or the flow of pedestrian traffic in a mall without a permit granting the demonstrator that prior right to be there. Likewise, confronting an individual in an aggressive manner, damaging public property, setting public fires is not a protest protested under the first amendment.. that is called vandalism or rioting. Such individuals of aggression are commiting a crime and are to be removed and treated as such by the proper authorities. Educate yourself on those laws surrounding your right to demonstrate before making a blanket statement based on ignorance.
What you say is true, as long as permits issued by the government are not denied by fiat, or restricted as did the Bush Administration, placing anti war protesters in fenced areas blocks from his presence.
In fact vandals are arrested; most protests are by people who may be loud, and may carry signs, but are not disaffected and predisposed to light fires, turn over cars or loot businesses. Those vandals are people who are attracted to crowds, as we have seen whenever a professional team wins a championship.
The fans are like the protesters, the vandals are not fans, they are malcontents, petty criminals and disaffected youth and adults who never grew up; many urban areas have a floating population of school dropouts, societal dropouts, occasional workers, drug users, hooligans, and street people.
Lumping them all together is a lie, and of course lies and Big Lies are the meat which sustains the Right Wing.