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Protesters Storm Stage at Ted Cruz Rally

What if...? said:
Some opinions deserve silencing.

Like, "I think we should kill all the Jews in Germany."

Laws try to make a world of grays into black and white. Sometimes they work, other times not so much. And there are and have always been stupid or abusive laws.

The first amendment only applies to the government.
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Now, there you go! So, who will be in charge, in this brave new leftist world, of deciding which opinions deserve "silencing"? Hillary? Bernie? It was Goebbels in Germany.
 
Anthony60 said:
Now, there you go! So, who will be in charge, in this brave new leftist world, of deciding which opinions deserve "silencing"? Hillary? Bernie? It was Goebbels in Germany.
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You are misstating my point.

Never said the STATE should be able to curtail speech. The 1st only applies to the state, not individuals.

Between individuals its just kinda rude, most of the time. The rest of the time its just good old human behavior to shout down the stupid.
 
JoeTrumps said:
VIDEO: Anti-Gun Protesters Storm Stage at Ted Cruz Rally | Fox News Insider

wait......when did Ted Cruz advocate violence?

I mean, we all know, according to the left, that Trump "had it coming". But why try and shut down a Cruz rally?

can't figure this out. We can't blame the protesters, they are angels walking among us. So who do we blame here?
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"Storming" has a meaning. That meaning does not apply here. Go to 1:15 for a more accurate demonstration of "storming," the example here being, "storming a barricade."

 
Moot said:
Is a university considered private property? I think the students probably have a right to go on university property. Also, the tickets were free to the public, so doesn't that make it a public event?
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Nope. Because tickets were required, it is a private event. If the doors were open and anyone who wanted to go in could go in, it might be public. It was not.
 
reinoe said:
And once again it was done by a Bernie Sanders supporter.
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And you know this...how? Oh, who am I kidding, you don't give a **** about facts or reality.
 
JoeTrumps said:
VIDEO: Anti-Gun Protesters Storm Stage at Ted Cruz Rally | Fox News Insider

wait......when did Ted Cruz advocate violence?

I mean, we all know, according to the left, that Trump "had it coming". But why try and shut down a Cruz rally?

can't figure this out. We can't blame the protesters, they are angels walking among us. So who do we blame here?
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It's almost as if...... Trump whipping up anger and inciting violence...... doesn't justify others doing the same thing.......




A whole generation of leftists learned this weekend that the way to stop Republicans is to riot. Expect more like this.
 
Peaceful protesting is a way of life in America. Get over it already.
 
What if...? said:
You are misstating my point.

Never said the STATE should be able to curtail speech. The 1st only applies to the state, not individuals.

Between individuals its just kinda rude, most of the time. The rest of the time its just good old human behavior to shout down the stupid.
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So, what are you saying? It is okay for one set of individuals to "silence" other individuals? And that is just rude, but no law against it? Even in a situation where a candidate pays for a venue, you are still okay with them being silenced?
 
Anthony60 said:
So, what are you saying? It is okay for one set of individuals to "silence" other individuals? And that is just rude, but no law against it? Even in a situation where a candidate pays for a venue, you are still okay with them being silenced?
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Well, obviously, because only the STATE can infringe on rights. People can't do that. :lamo
 
Fishking said:
There is no freedom to trespass or cause a disturbance on other private citizens. There is no expressing of freedom there.
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Sorry, no, claiming that a protestor cannot express their own speech is a restriction on the first amendment right...
 
ajn678 said:
By going to a rally like this to protest and interrupt you are doing nothing but trying to silence a different opinion. Something you have no right to do in a private rally such as this. So yea, they are completely anti-freedom.
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By making their voice heard, where they conflict with your favored ideology, they lose their rights and speakers of your favored ideology retain them- that sum up your view here ?
 
cpwill said:
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It's almost as if...... Trump whipping up anger and inciting violence...... doesn't justify others doing the same thing.......




A whole generation of leftists learned this weekend that the way to stop Republicans is to riot. Expect more like this.
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Riot ? Really ?

Opponents protest = riot ?
 
Chomsky said:
Hey, in stand-your-ground states you never know.

Walking to the store for a bag of Skittles could have deadly consequence! :doh
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Nominated for most moronic post of the month.
 
cpwill said:
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It's almost as if...... Trump whipping up anger and inciting violence...... doesn't justify others doing the same thing.......




A whole generation of leftists learned this weekend that the way to stop Republicans is to riot. Expect more like this.
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Riot? Holy hyperbole, Batman, some confused pothead got up on stage and started reading a brownie recipe or something. Even Cruz thought the image was so ridiculous that he laughed and joked about it. The security guards gently and sympathetically removing him was a particularly nice finishing touch.

Here's a video of a riot.

 
Absentglare said:
Sorry, no, claiming that a protestor cannot express their own speech is a restriction on the first amendment right...
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The first amendment only stops the government from prohibiting speech, it says nothing about private citizens, on private property, at private functions, from being able to do so.

Or were you unaware of that?
 
Cardinal said:
Riot? Holy hyperbole, Batman, some confused pothead got up on stage and started reading a brownie recipe or something.
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You are confusing what happened at the Cruz event with my reference to Chicago this weekend.
 
Absentglare said:
Sorry, no, claiming that a protestor cannot express their own speech is a restriction on the first amendment right...
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Why don't you try that in my home, at my business, or at a meeting hall I rented. I promise to let people of your choice know where the police will be holding you.
 
Absentglare said:
Why are you against freedom of speech ? Don't protestors deserve freedom of expression ?
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Not according to the SCOTUS.
they can be arrested and removed from the area.

Supreme Court's Precedent Backs Donald Trump - Bloomberg View

Today, however, the norm is clear: Protesters who disrupt a rally can be removed by police so that they don’t exercise what’s called a heckler’s veto over the rally’s organizer. It shouldn’t matter whether it’s the Ku Klux Klan interrupting a civil-rights speaker or civil-rights protesters interrupting a racist diatribe. The law considers the speaker’s rights as paramount.
 
Crossfire said:
Well, obviously, because only the STATE can infringe on rights. People can't do that. :lamo
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Yes, I never realized that the right to free speech can be taken away by everyone, except the federal government. I guess just about anyone can disarm us too.
 
cpwill said:
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It's almost as if...... Trump whipping up anger and inciting violence...... doesn't justify others doing the same thing.......




A whole generation of leftists learned this weekend that the way to stop Republicans is to riot. Expect more like this.
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You think this just started happening with Trump's Chi-town rally?
The GOPs have kowtowed to threats from the left for a decade.
 
Absentglare said:
Sorry, no, claiming that a protestor cannot express their own speech is a restriction on the first amendment right...
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Not in a private venue. You have zero, none, zilch freedom of expression at a private venue or even a public venue in which people are there to see someone specific speak.

There is no freedom of speech in which you suppress the rights of someone else.

Is this willful ignorance you have on display? Because you have been given this information several times in the past.
 
Absentglare said:
Sorry, no, claiming that a protestor cannot express their own speech is a restriction on the first amendment right...
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Not to suppress someone else's rights. Why so fascist?
 
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