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Warpy

(113,130 posts)
4. Skiokie was different
Wed May 31, 2017, 02:14 PM
May 2017

because even though there had been altercations between Nazis and their counter demonstrators, it hadn't degenerated into a mob. There was no precedent that would have allowed them to be shut down. I stood up for their rights, the rights of Klanners to parade, and I've stood for the rights of the last few dusty Communists to hold one of their protests. Politics isn't the issue here

There's a difference between political protest and starting a riot. Dolt45's pep rallies are on that knife edge. Once a city is smashed, looted and blackened with burning cars in the street and the hospital full of injured bystanders, Dolt45 will find himself having to pay a very large bond to hold a pep rally for haters, large enough to prevent many of them. And that will start to shut them down.

Get it? The criterion isn't political, it's yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater, and "might lead to a few fistfights" is not adequate.

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