• alykanas@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    Too many people think free speech is the right to walk into any room and yell anything you want.

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      4 days ago

      Too many people think decorum and tradition will stop proto-fascist hacks who abandoned both decades ago.

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      4 days ago

      If law enforcement can legally remove you from a public forum for confronting your elected officials, how free is your speech really?

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        3 days ago

        Not defending the police, but there’s a difference between being removed for being a disruption and being arrested for what you say.

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          3 days ago

          Protest by its nature is disruptive. So you support police being free to end protest? To detain people because they’re an inconvenience to fascists?

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            2 days ago

            but he’s not protesting. he’s yelling over other people and it’s being offered here as him being prevented from using free speech. the people he is shouting over also have the right to free speech. it is not a privilege for those who can shout the loudest at a meeting.