Putin smashing dissent?

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  • 69charger69charger Posts: 1,045
    El_Kabong wrote:
    ok...and then security comes and removes the offender....did these 'hundreds' of events have to be shut down b/c of the person shouting?

    In a lot of cases, yes. It did shut the event down.

    It's irrelevant anyways. I'll point you to what I said earlier that you ignored...

    That's not free speech. That's preventing free speech.

    Free speech would be holding you own event in a civil manner to counter points being made by those with whom you disagree.

    As a supposed supporter of free speech I would think you would agree?
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    69charger wrote:
    In a lot of cases, yes. It did shut the event down.

    It's irrelevant anyways. I'll point you to what I said earlier that you ignored...

    That's not free speech. That's preventing free speech.

    Free speech would be holding you own event in a civil manner to counter points being made by those with whom you disagree.

    As a supposed supporter of free speech I would think you would agree?


    and i'll repeat the things you ignored....:

    you think only allowing ppl to protest in a civil manner out of sight of what they are protesting and not allowing the press to even take their pictures is free speech?

    you think fining someone $500 for holding a sign <note, not yelling or shouting anyone down, just holding a sign and refusing to go to one of these 'free speech zones'> is free speech?

    of course i don't think someone should shout the other down and prevent them from speaking...but what you are endorsing is not promoting free speech, it's limiting it...you're few examples <well, your hypothetical examples as you've only provided hearsay> do not warrant, in my mind, this action. i would htink someone like you would be against punishing the collective to punish a small handful of ppl

    if you thought i already agreed why did you need the validation?
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • I think at the very least, it is rude to hold up a sign speaking against the president while the president is giving a speech. At the very worst, the person holding the sign represents a threat to the president's personal safety.

    If I were the president (God forbid), I would most certainly have serious problems with people protesting me while I was giving a speech. Maybe some beatings would be in order.
    All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
    -Enoch Powell
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