Election Thread 2016

[Anthony]

Isn't first amendment freedom from oppression by government? Not people nagging you at a dinner party.

[Yoshi]

In part, it's freedom to gather, which was impeded by the idiot protesters who went from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to whatever they were doing in Chicago since they have nothing better to do. In addition to that, protesting inside a closed venue where the Secret Service is present is a federal crime.

[kedawa]

But how can you know they're there if they're so secret?

[A Robot Bit Me]

The UIC thing was stupid and illegal. Does Red Team do anything illegal to silence their political opponents? Maybe we can ask Gabby Giffords.

NO YOU SHUT UP

[icarusfall]

"Waaah, protests are illegal."

Fuck you.

[Diff-chan]

The UIC thing was stupid and illegal. Does Red Team do anything illegal to silence their political opponents? Maybe we can ask Gabby Giffords.

NO YOU SHUT UP

Free speech zones at the RNC when Dubya was Prez.

[Fe 26]

I'm sure glad my grand father got part of his leg shot off so people can't protest events that impact the whole world.

Oh wait.

[bbobb]

In part, it's freedom to gather, which was impeded by the idiot protesters who went from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter to whatever they were doing in Chicago since they have nothing better to do.

Good thing the first amendment only concerns the government, if some protesters are exercising their first amendment rights and it makes you uncomfortable that's too bad. If that impedes you it's not against the constitution. Just like it's not against the constitution for a newspaper to decide to censor an article it's publishing.

[A Robot Bit Me]

I'd Trump just out and said "My rallies are for my supporters only," that would render any protest in the venue illegal, right? But he won't do that because of political backlash.

[Diff-chan]

Good thing the first amendment only concerns the government, if some protesters are exercising their first amendment rights and it makes you uncomfortable that's too bad. If that impedes you it's not against the constitution.

I've grown to hate this viewpoint. The Framers did not anticipate the Internet. Facebook for example is functionally a public forum. They shouldn't censor shit, whether or not they are a private company. That's giving way too much power to shape viewpoints to a private company with a profit motive.